Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

  • Birthday: 1943-06-07
  • Place of birth: 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.

Filmography

Hamlet

1969

As Laertes

Fragile

2005

As Marcus

Return of the Jedi

1983

As Moff Jerjerrod

Mad Jack

1970

As

Danton's Death

1978

As Saint-Just

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987

As Sherlock Holmes

The Iron Lady

2011

As Michael Foot

Outside Edge

1982

As Bob

The Witches of Pendle

1976

As Minister

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

As Oedipus Rex

Cymbeline

1982

As Posthumus

1945: The Savage Peace

2015

As Narrator (voice)

The Mayor of Montemilone

1984

As Narrator

Pyramid

2002

As Narrator (voice)

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003

As Narrator (UK version) (voice)

The Marlowe Inquest

1986

As Thomas Kyd

The Last Bolshevik

1993

As Voice

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

As John Lilburne

Airborne: The RAF at 90

2008

As Narrator - (Voice)

The Dinosaur Hunters

2002

As William Buckland

The Tycoon

1968

As Peter Bell

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

As Don Harris

Richard II

1991

As Richard II

Henry IV: Part 1

1991

As Prince Henry of Wales

Henry IV: Part 2

1991

As Henry Prince of Wales

Henry V

1991

As King Henry V

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

1991

As Earl of Suffolk

Henry VI: House of York

1991

As Jack Cade

Richard III

1991

As Duke of Buckingham

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