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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

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Michael Pennington

Acting1943-06-07Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

TV Credits(30)

Representative TV credits first: longer-running roles appear before newer one-off appearances.

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars

Narrator ( Voice)

Empire Warriors

Empire Warriors

Narrator

Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease

Hugh Pargeter

The Lost World of Communism

The Lost World of Communism

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Prof Alan Macintosh

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Dennis Morgan

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Freud

Freud

Carl Jung

Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

The Trust (voice)

Father Brown

Father Brown

Bishop Reynard

Endeavour

Endeavour

Professor Donald Bagley

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

Judge

Lewis

Lewis

Dr. Melville

State of Play

State of Play

Richard Siegler

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Priest

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

Hartley Culpepper

In My Defence

Franz Jagerstatter

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

Thomas Kyd

Italians

Italians

Narrator

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