Michael Pennington
Born June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Return of the Jedi
The Iron Lady
Fragile
RSC Live: Richard II
Richard III
Cracker: White Ghost
The Last Bolshevik
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Pyramid
Henry V
1945: The Savage Peace
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Florence Nightingale
The Mayor of Montemilone
Henry VI: House of York
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
The Marlowe Inquest
Hamlet
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
The Witches of Pendle
Cymbeline
The Dinosaur Hunters
Henry IV: Part 1
TV Shows
Playhouse
Waking the Dead
Endeavour
The Wednesday Play
Lewis
Thirty-Minute Theatre
ITV Playhouse
BBC2 Play of the Week
No Hiding Place
Dalziel and Pascoe
ScreenPlay
Raised by Wolves
Public Eye
Between the Lines
Callan
State of Play
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
The Escape Artist
Playing Shakespeare
Armchair Theatre
Freud
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Summer's Lease
The Lost World of Communism
Empire Warriors
