Acting
Michael Pennington
Jun 7, 1943 (died May 10, 2026, aged 82) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.
Known for
7.9
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
7.5
Raised by Wolves
The Trust (voice)
6.3
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
7.7
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
8.1
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
7.6
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
7.6
Lewis
Dr. Melville
7.2
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
6.5
Fragile
Marcus
7.5
State of Play
Richard Siegler
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper
7.1
The Escape Artist
Judge
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
St Just
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Martin
5.2
The Wednesday Play
Geoffrey Cromlech
Filmography
6.0
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · Narrator (voice)
7.5
Raised by Wolves
2020 · The Trust (voice)
7.6
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · Narrator (voice)
7.0
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · Narrator (Voice)
7.7
Father Brown
2013 · Bishop Reynard
8.1
Endeavour
2013 · Professor Donald Bagley
7.1
The Escape Artist
2013 · Judge
7.1
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · John of Gaunt
6.3
The Iron Lady
2011 · Michael Foot
6.0
The Lost World of Communism
2009
6.0
Florence Nightingale
2008 · Wen
7.6
Lewis
2007 · Dr. Melville
6.5
Fragile
2005 · Marcus
7.0
Empire Warriors
2004 · Narrator
7.5
State of Play
2003 · Richard Siegler
7.2
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · Narrator (voice)
7.3
Pyramid
2002 · Narrator (voice)
6.5
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · William Buckland
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001 · Prof Alan Macintosh
7.0
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · Priest
7.6
Silent Witness
1996 · Dennis Morgan
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Hartley Culpepper
7.0
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison
7.6
The Last Bolshevik
1994 · Self (voice: English version)
8.0
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · Degas
5.5
Between the Lines
1992
8.0
Henry V
1991 · King Henry V
Richard II
1991 · Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
1991 · Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
1991 · Henry Prince of Wales