Actor profile

Michael Pennington

7th June 1943 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK Acting

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was 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.

38 Movies 28 TV Shows 66 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali poster

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali 9th March 2021 as Narrator (voice)

1945: The Savage Peace poster

1945: The Savage Peace 24th May 2015 as Narrator (voice)

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

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words 4th November 2014 as Narrator (Voice)

RSC Live: Richard II poster

RSC Live: Richard II 13th November 2013 as John of Gaunt

The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady 26th December 2011 as Michael Foot

Airborne: The RAF at 90 11th December 2008 as Narrator - (Voice)

Florence Nightingale poster

Florence Nightingale 1st June 2008 as Wen

Fragile poster

Fragile 14th October 2005 as Marcus

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death poster

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death 12th October 2003 as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

The Dinosaur Hunters poster

The Dinosaur Hunters 30th December 2002 as William Buckland

Pyramid poster

Pyramid 28th October 2002 as Narrator (voice)

Cracker: White Ghost poster

Cracker: White Ghost 28th October 1996 as Commander Gordon Ellison

The Last Bolshevik poster

The Last Bolshevik 21st October 1994 as Self (voice: English version)

Degas and Pissario Fall Out poster

Degas and Pissario Fall Out 1st March 1994 as Degas

Henry IV: Part 1 poster

Henry IV: Part 1 29th March 1991 as Prince Henry of Wales

Henry IV: Part 2 poster

Henry IV: Part 2 29th March 1991 as Henry Prince of Wales

Henry V poster

Henry V 29th March 1991 as King Henry V

Henry VI: House of Lancaster poster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster 29th March 1991 as Earl of Suffolk

Henry VI: House of York poster

Henry VI: House of York 29th March 1991 as Jack Cade

Richard II poster

Richard II 29th March 1991 as Richard II

Richard III poster

Richard III 29th March 1991 as Duke of Buckingham

The Return of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Return of Sherlock Holmes 10th January 1987 as Sherlock Holmes

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King 16th September 1986 as Oedipus Rex

The Marlowe Inquest poster

The Marlowe Inquest 3rd September 1986 as Thomas Kyd

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie poster

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie 26th March 1985

The Mayor of Montemilone poster

The Mayor of Montemilone 26th October 1984 as Narrator

Cymbeline poster

Cymbeline 10th July 1983 as Posthumus

Return of the Jedi poster

Return of the Jedi 25th May 1983 as Moff Jerjerrod

Outside Edge poster

Outside Edge 19th December 1982 as Bob

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter poster

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter 30th January 1981 as John Lilburne

Danton's Death poster

Danton's Death 23rd April 1978 as Saint-Just

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat poster

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat 18th January 1978 as E1A

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 28th June 1977 as Don Harris

The Witches of Pendle poster

The Witches of Pendle 19th June 1976 as Minister

The Dolly Scene 3rd November 1970 as Tom

Mad Jack poster

Mad Jack 4th February 1970

Hamlet poster

Hamlet 21st December 1969 as Laertes

The Tycoon 30th December 1968 as Peter Bell

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars poster

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars 12th July 2022 as Narrator ( Voice)

Raised by Wolves poster

Raised by Wolves 3rd September 2020 as The Trust Voice (voice)

The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist 29th October 2013 as Judge

Endeavour poster

Endeavour 14th April 2013 as Professor Donald Bagley

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Bishop Reynard

The Lost World of Communism poster

The Lost World of Communism 14th March 2009

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Dr. Melville

Empire Warriors poster

Empire Warriors 19th November 2004 as Narrator

State of Play poster

State of Play 18th May 2003 as Richard Siegler

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible poster

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible 12th November 2001 as Priest

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as Prof Alan Macintosh

Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe 16th March 1996 as Hartley Culpepper

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Dennis Morgan

Between the Lines poster

Between the Lines 4th September 1992

Summer's Lease poster

Summer's Lease 1st November 1989 as Hugh Pargeter

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Thomas Kyd

Freud poster

Freud 14th September 1984 as Carl Jung

Playing Shakespeare poster

Playing Shakespeare 29th July 1984

BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week 21st September 1977 as E1A

Playhouse poster

Playhouse 13th March 1974 as John Lilburne

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Lancelot Wishart

Callan poster

Callan 8th July 1967

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Alexei Turbin

Public Eye poster

Public Eye 23rd January 1965 as John Sheldon

Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625 3rd May 1964 as Alexander

Drama 61-67 19th March 1961 as First youth

No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place 16th September 1959

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Tom