Michael Pennington
Actor
- Born
- June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 10, 2026 (age 82)
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
Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
The Iron Lady
December 26, 2011
Fragile
October 14, 2005
The Last Bolshevik
October 21, 1994
Hamlet
December 21, 1969
1945: The Savage Peace
May 24, 2015
Cymbeline
July 10, 1983
RSC Live: Richard II
November 13, 2013
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
January 10, 1987
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
October 12, 2003
Florence Nightingale
June 1, 2008
Pyramid
October 28, 2002
Acting39
- 2021Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali as Narrator (voice)
- 20151945: The Savage Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2014Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words as Narrator (Voice)
- 2013RSC Live: Richard II as John of Gaunt
- 2011The Iron Lady as Michael Foot
- 2008Airborne: The RAF at 90 as Narrator - (Voice)
- 2008Florence Nightingale as Wen
- 2005Fragile as Marcus
- 2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death as Narrator (voice)
- 2002