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Michael Pennington

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.


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Born:
Jun 7, 1943 In Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
48
First Appeared:
In the series No Hiding Place 1959-09-16
Latest Project:
Movie Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali 2021-03-09
Known For
Poster of 1945: The Savage Peace
Poster of Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Poster of The Lost World of Communism
Poster of The Mayor of Montemilone
Filmography
Movie Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali Narrator (voice) 2021-03-09
Movie 1945: The Savage Peace Narrator (voice) 2015-05-24
Movie Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words Narrator (Voice) 2014-11-04
Series Endeavour Professor Donald Bagley 2013-04-14
Movie Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II John of Gaunt 2013-11-13
Movie The Iron Lady Michael Foot 2011-12-26
Series The Lost World of Communism 2009-03-14
Movie Florence Nightingale Wen 2008-06-01
Series Lewis Dr. Melville 2007-02-18
Movie Fragile Marcus 2005-10-14
Series State of Play Unknown 2003-05-18
Movie Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death Narrator (UK version) (voice) 2003-10-12
Movie Pyramid Narrator (voice) 2002-10-28
Movie The Dinosaur Hunters William Buckland 2002-12-30
Series Waking the Dead Unknown 2001-06-18
Series Trial & Retribution Unknown 1997-10-19
Series Silent Witness Unknown 1996-02-21
Series Dalziel & Pascoe Unknown 1996-03-16
Movie The Last Bolshevik Voice 1993-03-25
Series Between the Lines Unknown 1992-09-04
Movie Henry VI: House of Lancaster Earl of Suffolk 1991-03-29
Movie Richard III Duke of Buckingham 1991-03-29
Movie Henry VI: House of York Jack Cade 1991-03-29
Movie Henry V King Henry V 1991-03-29
Movie Henry IV: Part 2 Henry Prince of Wales 1991-03-29
Movie Richard II Richard II 1991-03-29
Movie Henry IV: Part 1 Prince Henry of Wales 1991-03-29
Series Summer's Lease Hugh Pargeter 1989-11-01
Movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 1987-01-10
Movie The Marlowe Inquest Thomas Kyd 1986-09-03
Movie Theban Plays: Oedipus the King Oedipus Rex 1986-09-16
Movie Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie 1985-03-26
Series Playing Shakespeare 1984-07-29
Movie The Mayor of Montemilone Narrator 1984-10-26
Series Freud Carl Jung 1984-09-14
Movie Return of the Jedi Moff Jerjerrod 1983-05-25
Movie Outside Edge Bob 1982-12-19
Movie Cymbeline Posthumus 1982-12-20
Movie A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter John Lilburne 1981-01-30
Movie Danton's Death Saint-Just 1978-04-23
Series BBC Television Shakespeare Unknown 1978-12-03
Movie The Witches of Pendle Minister 1976-06-19
Movie Mad Jack 1970-02-04
Movie Hamlet Laertes 1969-12-21
Series Callan Unknown 1967-07-08
Series BBC Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Series The Wednesday Play Unknown 1964-09-30
Series No Hiding Place Unknown 1959-09-16