Acting
Michael Pennington
Born June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Died May 10, 2026
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.
Known for
8.3
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
6.4
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
7.4
Raised by Wolves
The Trust (voice)
6.0
Fragile
Marcus
8.6
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
7.8
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
8.2
Lewis
Dr. Melville
8.3
State of Play
Richard Siegler
7.9
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
7.5
The Escape Artist
Judge
7.9
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
7.5
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper
7.8
The Last Bolshevik
Self (voice: English version)
6.9
Hamlet
Laertes
8.1
Between the Lines
1992 · Series
7.6
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)
8.3
Callan
1967 · Series
6.2 TMDB
Cymbeline
Posthumus
7.1 TMDB
RSC Live: Richard II
John of Gaunt
7.4
Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter
Filmography
- 2021Manik da: The Mystique of Pather PanchaliNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2020Raised by WolvesThe Trust (voice)Series
- 20151945: The Savage PeaceNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2014Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own WordsNarrator (Voice)Movie
- 2013RSC Live: Richard IIJohn of GauntMovie
- 2013The Escape ArtistJudgeSeries
- 2013EndeavourProfessor Donald BagleySeries
- 2013Father BrownBishop ReynardSeries
- 2011The Iron LadyMichael FootMovie
- 2009The Lost World of CommunismSeries
- 2008Airborne: The RAF at 90Narrator - (Voice)Movie
- 2008Florence NightingaleWenMovie
- 2007LewisDr. MelvilleSeries
- 2005FragileMarcusMovie
- 2004Empire WarriorsNarratorSeries
- 2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of DeathNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2003State of PlayRichard SieglerSeries
- 2002The Dinosaur HuntersWilliam BucklandMovie
- 2002PyramidNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2001Dr Terrible's House of HorriblePriestSeries
- 2001Waking the DeadProf Alan MacintoshSeries
- 1996Cracker: White GhostCommander Gordon EllisonMovie
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeHartley CulpepperSeries
- 1996Silent WitnessDennis MorganSeries
- 1994The Last BolshevikSelf (voice: English version)Movie
- 1994Degas and Pissario Fall OutDegasMovie
- 1992Between the LinesSeries
- 1991In My DefenceFranz JagerstatterSeries
- 1991Henry VKing Henry VMovie
- 1991Richard IIRichard IIMovie
- 1991Henry IV: Part 1Prince Henry of WalesMovie
- 1991Henry IV: Part 2Henry Prince of WalesMovie
- 1991Henry VI: House of YorkJack CadeMovie
- 1991Henry VI: House of LancasterEarl of SuffolkMovie
- 1991Richard IIIDuke of BuckinghamMovie
- 1989Summer's LeaseHugh PargeterSeries
- 1987The Return of Sherlock HolmesSherlock HolmesMovie
- 1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingOedipus RexMovie
- 1986The Marlowe InquestThomas KydMovie
- 1986ScreenPlayThomas KydSeries
- 1985Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde MovieMovie
- 1984The Mayor of MontemiloneNarratorMovie
- 1984ItaliansNarratorSeries
- 1984FreudCarl JungSeries
- 1984Playing ShakespeareSeries
- 1984Waving to a TrainRichardMovie
- 1983CymbelinePosthumusMovie
- 1983Return of the JediMoff JerjerrodMovie
- 1982Outside EdgeBobMovie
- 1981A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh PeterJohn LilburneMovie
- 1978Danton's DeathSaint-JustMovie
- 1978Mr and Mrs BureaucratE1AMovie
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekE1ASeries
- 1977It's Only Rock 'n' RollDon HarrisMovie
- 1976The Witches of PendleMinisterMovie
- 1974PlayhouseJohn LilburneSeries
- 1972No ExitIan StrawsonSeries
- 1970The Dolly SceneTomMovie
- 1970Mad JackMovie
- 1969HamletLaertesMovie
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamHansSeries
- 1968The TycoonPeter BellMovie
- 1968The Root of All Evil?Clive PinnerSeries
- 1967ITV PlayhouseLancelot WishartSeries
- 1967CallanSeries
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthSt Just, Alexei TurbinSeries
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreMartinSeries
- 1965Public EyeJohn SheldonSeries
- 1964The Wednesday PlayGeoffrey CromlechSeries
- 1964Theatre 625Wulfnoth, AlexanderSeries
- 1961Drama 61-67First youthSeries
- 1959No Hiding PlaceSeries
- 1956Armchair TheatreAdrian, TomSeries