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Michael Pennington

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1943-06-07 (81 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 67

Movies 42

TV Shows 25

Narrator 9

Voice 4

self 4

Narrator

Michael Pennington

Biography

Filmography

all 67

Movies 42

TV Shows 25

Narrator 9

Voice 4

self 4

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021)

Raised by Wolves (2020)

1945: The Savage Peace (2015)

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words (2014)

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II (2013)

The Escape Artist (2013)

Endeavour (2013)

Father Brown (2013)

The Iron Lady (2011)

The Lost World of Communism (2009)

Airborne: The RAF at 90 (2008)

Florence Nightingale (2008)

Lewis (2007)

The Da Vinci Code: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (2006)

Fragile (2005)

Empire Warriors (2004)

Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story (2004)

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003)

State of Play (2003)

The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)

Pyramid (2002)

Waking the Dead (2001)

Trial & Retribution (1997)

Cracker: White Ghost (1996)

Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)

Silent Witness (1996)

Dinosaur Hunters (1996)

Degas and Pissario Fall Out (1994)

The Last Bolshevik (1993)

Between the Lines (1992)

Secret History (1991)

Henry IV: Part 1 (1991)

Henry VI: House of Lancaster (1991)

Henry IV: Part 2 (1991)

Henry V (1991)

Henry VI: House of York (1991)

Richard III (1991)

Richard II (1991)

Summer's Lease (1989)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

The Marlowe Inquest (1986)

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)

Oscar (1985)

The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)

Freud (1984)

Playing Shakespeare (1984)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Cymbeline (1982)

Outside Edge (1982)

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

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)

Callan (1967)

The Space Kidettes (1966)

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

The Wars of the Roses (1965)

Public Eye (1965)

No Hiding Place (1959)

Building the Great Pyramid

Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1943-06-07 (81 years old)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1943-06-07 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom