Actor
Michael Pennington
Born June 7, 1943 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Died May 10, 2026 (aged 82)
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.
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Acted in 36
LearningSecrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words2014
LearningRSC Live: Richard II2013
The Iron Lady2011
True Grit2010
LearningFlorence Nightingale2008
Shrek the Third2007
LearningThe Peter Pan Formula2006
Big Momma's House 22006
Fragile2005
LearningColosseum - Rome's Arena of Death2003
LearningThe Dinosaur Hunters2002
LearningBaader2002
24 Hour Party People2002
LearningThe Lost World1998
LearningCracker: White Ghost1996
LearningThe Last Bolshevik1994
LearningIn the Army Now1994
LearningDegas and Pissario Fall Out1994
Law of Desire1987
LearningThe Return of Sherlock Holmes1987
LearningTheban Plays: Oedipus the King1986
LearningThe Marlowe Inquest1986
LearningThe Mayor of Montemilone1984
LearningCymbeline1983
Return of the Jedi1983
LearningDanton's Death1978- It's Only Rock 'n' RollLearningIt's Only Rock 'n' Roll1977
LearningTake a Hard Ride1975
The Return of the Pink Panther1975- The Dolly SceneLearningThe Dolly Scene1970
LearningMad Jack1970
LearningHamlet1969
LearningLa Voleuse1966
Sansho the Bailiff1954
Drunken Angel1948
LearningThe Adventures of Prince Achmed1926