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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
June 7, 1943Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
36Place of birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/vNhw2KX9qaNJCYMNEwkSeo3EWMY.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bfH3D57JkXewQ6rxVtEGJ7vhsFB.jpg)
Hamlet
Laertes![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s7gCOegufXiQR48IhuTsPNy0Fav.jpg)
Fragile
Marcus![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jQYlydvHm3kUix1f8prMucrplhm.jpg)
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/df6L1tVwXm28kDim4UAB6y98ZYT.jpg)
Mad Jack
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bGFWrfzZhC1UpK1ZrF4EDUBTUJ8.jpg)
Danton's Death
Saint-Just![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/PTItASociYqLKqUWEED7QGdQsl.jpg)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fx7wpKXOht7WOkeOslvErbrf69Q.jpg)
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bI9lIIV1FpjmyxWfB4zZXY8yVmH.jpg)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xyq9SKbrmolVc6ixlCoyYlY6K4z.jpg)
Florence Nightingale
Wen![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jfxw4HTYHuEBQrJYwxXRMayV8nv.jpg)
The Witches of Pendle
Minister![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3HaEqtYj11kX1JjHdowufIrHZiw.jpg)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Oedipus Rex![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ifziWQtfh0GduELwdBjXmF6NrDc.jpg)
Cymbeline
Posthumus![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zqLiBL3Z9hI5lQSihu0aWiJW4BY.jpg)
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3mAqKgJvMeq52eXGcJQRaJbpW16.jpg)
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
John of Gaunt![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p4Q5XYHHKQBPr7srLWMIginPSHX.jpg)
Pyramid
Narrator (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yWfUWBxSWqIBigjnxb3zHNFkLuv.jpg)
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (UK version) (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/n2kg8YanmqZrxAsSzkVIYW6onSt.jpg)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/k5u5rheU4m7zDRPFPTEsS4sqAdD.jpg)
The Marlowe Inquest
Thomas Kyd![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2VHcgSUQh1P6f71KIauQtRCRdlz.jpg)
The Last Bolshevik
Voice