Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Acting

Birthday

1943/06/07 (81 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also know as

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Biography

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is a British director and actor who, together with director Michael Bogdanov, founded the English Shakespeare Company. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best known to wider audiences for his role as Moff Jerjerrod, commanding officer of the Death Star in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and as Michael Foot in The Iron Lady, opposite Meryl Streep.

Acting
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
0.0

(1985) Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

as ---

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
7.2

(2003) Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
0.0

(1981) A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

as John Lilburne

Degas and Pissario Fall Out
0.0

(1994) Degas and Pissario Fall Out

as Degas

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
0.0

(2021) Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

as Narrator (voice)

Fragile
6.5

(2005) Fragile

as Marcus

The Marlowe Inquest
1.0

(1986) The Marlowe Inquest

as Thomas Kyd

Le Tombeau d'Alexandre
7.3

(1993) The Last Bolshevik

as Voice

Return of the Jedi
7.9

(1983) Return of the Jedi

as Moff Jerjerrod

Hamlet
5.7

(1969) Hamlet

as Laertes

0.0

(2008) Airborne: The RAF at 90

as Narrator - (Voice)

The Dinosaur Hunters
5.0

(2002) The Dinosaur Hunters

as William Buckland

0.0

(1968) The Tycoon

as Peter Bell

Mad Jack
0.0

(1970) Mad Jack

as ---

0.0

(1977) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

as Don Harris

Danton's Death
0.0

(1978) Danton's Death

as Saint-Just

Richard II
0.0

(1991) Richard II

as Richard II

Henry IV: Part 1
0.0

(1991) Henry IV: Part 1

as Prince Henry of Wales

Henry IV: Part 2
0.0

(1991) Henry IV: Part 2

as Henry Prince of Wales

Henry V
0.0

(1991) Henry V

as King Henry V

Henry VI: House of York
0.0

(1991) Henry VI: House of York

as Jack Cade

Henry VI: House of Lancaster
0.0

(1991) Henry VI: House of Lancaster

as Earl of Suffolk

Richard III
0.0

(1991) Richard III

as Duke of Buckingham

0.0

(1970) The Dolly Scene

as Tom

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
5.2

(1987) The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

The Iron Lady
6.4

(2011) The Iron Lady

as Michael Foot

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
7.0

(2014) Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

as Narrator (Voice)

Florence Nightingale
6.0

(2008) Florence Nightingale

as Wen

0.0

(1982) Outside Edge

as Bob

The Witches of Pendle
0.0

(1976) The Witches of Pendle

as Minister

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
2.0

(1986) Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Oedipus Rex

Cymbeline
6.6

(1982) Cymbeline

as Posthumus

The Savage Peace
7.5

(2015) 1945: The Savage Peace

as Narrator (voice)

5.0

(1984) The Mayor of Montemilone

as Narrator

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
7.5

(2013) Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

as John of Gaunt

Pyramid
6.0

(2002) Pyramid

as Narrator (voice)

Cracker: White Ghost
0.0

(1996) Cracker: White Ghost

as Commander Gordon Ellison

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
0.0

(1978) Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

as E1A

Lewis
7.6

(2007) Lewis

as Dr. Melville

Silent Witness
7.6

(1996) Silent Witness

as Dennis Morgan

Dalziel & Pascoe
6.3

(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe

as ---

Between the Lines
5.6

(1992) Between the Lines

as ---

State of Play
7.5

(2003) State of Play

as ---

Callan
7.0

(1967) Callan

as ---

Waking the Dead
7.2

(2001) Waking the Dead

as Prof Alan Macintosh

Trial & Retribution
6.4

(1997) Trial & Retribution

as ---

No Hiding Place
3.7

(1959) No Hiding Place

as ---

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as ---

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Alexei Turbin

Summer's Lease
7.5

(1989) Summer's Lease

as Hugh Pargeter

Father Brown
7.5

(2013) Father Brown

as Bishop Reynard

Empire Warriors
0.0

(2004) Empire Warriors

as Narrator

Raised by Wolves
7.6

(2020) Raised by Wolves

as The Trust Voice (voice)

The Lost World of Communism
6.0

(2009) The Lost World of Communism

as ---

Endeavour
8.1

(2013) Endeavour

as Professor Donald Bagley

Freud
3.0

(1984) Freud

as Carl Jung

Cracker
6.5

(1993) Cracker

as Cdr Gordon Ellison

Public Eye
7.8

(1965) Public Eye

as John Sheldon

Playing Shakespeare
10.0

(1984) Playing Shakespeare

as ---

The Escape Artist
6.9

(2013) The Escape Artist

as Judge