Michael Pennington
Acting
64 credits
Born
Jun 07, 1943 (82 years old)
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.
Movies (38)
Movie
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
Movie
6.4
The Iron Lady
2011
Movie
2.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
Movie
Richard III
1991
Movie
6.5
Fragile
2005
Movie
6.0
Pyramid
2002
Movie
Henry V
1991
Movie
5.4
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Movie
5.7
Hamlet
1969
Movie
The Tycoon
1968
Movie
5.0
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
Movie
7.2
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
Movie
7.5
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
Movie
5.7
Cymbeline
1983
Movie
The Dolly Scene
1970
Movie
6.0
Florence Nightingale
2008
Movie
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
Movie
7.0
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
Shows (26)
Show
7.6
Father Brown
2013
Show
7.5
Silent Witness
1996
Show
8.1
Endeavour
2013
Show
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
Show
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Show
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Show
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
Show
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
Show
7.6
Lewis
2007
Show
7.0
Playhouse
1974
Show
7.5
Raised by Wolves
2020
Show
3.7
No Hiding Place
1959
Show
7.8
Public Eye
1965
Show
6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
Show
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Show
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Show
5.2
Between the Lines
1992
Show
7.0
Callan
1967