Michael Pennington

Biography

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.

Filmografi

Return of the Jedi1983 · Moff JerjerrodThe Tycoon1968 · Peter BellThe Iron Lady2011 · Michael FootRichard III1991 · Duke of BuckinghamHenry V1991 · King Henry VFragile2005 · MarcusPyramid2002 · Narrator (voice)It's Only Rock 'n' Roll1977 · Don HarrisRSC Live: Richard II2013 · John of GauntThe Last Bolshevik1994 · Self (voice: English version)Henry VI: House of York1991 · Jack CadeHenry VI: House of Lancaster1991 · Earl of SuffolkCracker: White Ghost1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison1945: The Savage Peace2015 · Narrator (voice)Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986 · Oedipus RexMr and Mrs Bureaucrat1978 · E1AThe Return of Sherlock Holmes1987 · Sherlock HolmesWaving to a Train1984 · RichardCymbeline1983 · PosthumusColosseum - Rome's Arena of Death2003 · Narrator (voice)Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie1985 · Hamlet1969 · LaertesDanton's Death1978 · Saint-JustA Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter1981 · John Lilburne