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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

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

Biography

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.

Movies

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983 7.9

as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011 6.4

as Michael Foot
Fragile

Fragile

2005 6.5

as Marcus
Hamlet

Hamlet

1969 5.7

as Laertes
Cymbeline

Cymbeline

1983 5.7

as Posthumus
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987 5.4

as Sherlock Holmes
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003 7.2

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace

2015 7.5

as Narrator (voice)
The Witches of Pendle

The Witches of Pendle

1976 0.0

as Minister
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

2013 7.5

as John of Gaunt
Outside Edge

Outside Edge

1982 6.0

as Bob
Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

2008 6.0

as Wen
The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

2002 5.0

as William Buckland
Richard II

Richard II

1991 0.0

as Richard II
Cracker: White Ghost

Cracker: White Ghost

1996 7.0

as Commander Gordon Ellison
Pyramid

Pyramid

2002 6.0

as Narrator (voice)
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981 0.0

as John Lilburne
Danton's Death

Danton's Death

1978 0.0

as Saint-Just
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986 2.0

as Oedipus Rex
The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1993 7.3

as Voice
Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

1991 0.0

as Earl of Suffolk
Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York

1991 0.0

as Jack Cade
Mad Jack

Mad Jack

1970 0.0
Henry V

Henry V

1991 0.0

as King Henry V
Richard III

Richard III

1991 0.0

as Duke of Buckingham
Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 1

1991 0.0

as Prince Henry of Wales
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978 0.0

as E1A
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

1985 0.0
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

2014 7.0

as Narrator (Voice)
The Marlowe Inquest

The Marlowe Inquest

1986 1.0

as Thomas Kyd
Henry IV: Part 2

Henry IV: Part 2

1991 0.0

as Henry Prince of Wales
Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

1994 0.0

as Degas
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

2021 6.0

as Narrator (voice)
The Mayor of Montemilone

The Mayor of Montemilone

1984 5.0

as Narrator

TV Shows

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996 7.5

as Dennis Morgan
Father Brown

Father Brown

2013 7.6

as Bishop Reynard
Endeavour

Endeavour

2013 8.1

as Professor Donald Bagley
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001 7.2

as Prof Alan Macintosh
Lewis

Lewis

2007 7.6

as Dr. Melville
Playhouse

Playhouse

1974 7.0

as John Lilburne
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965 5.0

as St Just
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965 5.0

as Alexei Turbin
Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

2020 7.5

as The Trust Voice (voice)
Public Eye

Public Eye

1965 7.8

as John Sheldon
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964 7.2

as Wulfnoth
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964 7.2

as Alexander
BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 7.0

as E1A
State of Play

State of Play

2003 7.4

as Richard Siegler
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

2013 7.1

as Judge
Freud

Freud

1984 3.0

as Carl Jung
Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease

1989 7.3

as Hugh Pargeter
Empire Warriors

Empire Warriors

2004 0.0

as Narrator