Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
Person

Michael Pennington

Actor 1943-06-07 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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

FILMOGRAPHY
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Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983 · Moff Jerjerrod

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011 · Michael Foot

Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

2020 · The Trust (voice)

Fragile

Fragile

2005 · Marcus

Endeavour

Endeavour

2013 · Professor Donald Bagley

Father Brown

Father Brown

2013 · Bishop Reynard

Lewis

Lewis

2007 · Dr. Melville

State of Play

State of Play

2003 · Richard Siegler

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996 · Dennis Morgan

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

2013 · Judge

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001 · Prof Alan Macintosh

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996 · Hartley Culpepper

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1994 · Self (voice: English version)

Hamlet

Hamlet

1969 · Laertes

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

1992 · TV

1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace

2015 · Narrator (voice)

Callan

Callan

1967 · TV

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · St Just

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · Martin