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
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Richard III
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Hamlet
1945: The Savage Peace
Cracker: White Ghost
The Last Bolshevik
Pyramid
Danton's Death
Henry V
Cymbeline
Henry VI: House of York
The Witches of Pendle
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
The Dinosaur Hunters
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Henry IV: Part 2
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
TV Shows
Theatre 625
Lewis
The Wednesday Play
ITV Playhouse
Playhouse
Endeavour
Dalziel and Pascoe
Thirty-Minute Theatre
No Hiding Place
Raised by Wolves
Between the Lines
ScreenPlay
BBC2 Play of the Week
Public Eye
Callan
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Freud
State of Play
The Escape Artist
Playing Shakespeare
Armchair Theatre
Summer's Lease
The Lost World of Communism
Empire Warriors
