Michael Pennington

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021)
• 1945: The Savage Peace (2015)
• Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words (2014)
• RSC Live: Richard II (2013)
• The Iron Lady (2011)
• Airborne: The RAF at 90 (2008)
• Florence Nightingale (2008)
• Fragile (2005)
• Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003)
• The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)
• Pyramid (2002)
• Cracker: White Ghost (1996)
• The Last Bolshevik (1994)
• Degas and Pissario Fall Out (1994)
• Richard II (1991)
• Henry IV: Part 1 (1991)
• Henry IV: Part 2 (1991)
• Henry V (1991)
• Henry VI: House of York (1991)
• Henry VI: House of Lancaster (1991)
• Richard III (1991)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
• Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
• The Marlowe Inquest (1986)
• Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
• The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)
• Waving to a Train (1984)
• Cymbeline (1983)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Outside Edge (1982)
• A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)
• Danton's Death (1978)
• Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (1978)
• It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
• The Witches of Pendle (1976)
• The Dolly Scene (1970)
• Mad Jack (1970)
• Hamlet (1969)
• The Tycoon (1968)