
Michael Pennington
Biography
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.
TV Shows(30)

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Narrator ( Voice)

Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice)

Father Brown
Bishop Reynard

Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley

The Escape Artist
Judge

The Lost World of Communism

Lewis
Dr. Melville

Empire Warriors
Narrator

State of Play
Richard Siegler

Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Priest

Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan

Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper

Between the Lines

Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter

ScreenPlay
Thomas Kyd

Playing Shakespeare

Freud
Carl Jung

Italians
Narrator

BBC2 Play of the Week
E1A