Michael Pennington
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1943
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 10, 2026
Biography
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.
Movies with Michael Pennington
- Return of the Jedi 1983 · ★ 7.9
- The Iron Lady 2011 · ★ 6.3
- Fragile 2005 · ★ 6.5
- The Last Bolshevik 1994 · ★ 7.6
- Hamlet 1969 · ★ 5.8
- 1945: The Savage Peace 2015 · ★ 7.6
- Cymbeline 1983 · ★ 6.2
- RSC Live: Richard II 2013 · ★ 7.1
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1987 · ★ 6.0
- Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death 2003 · ★ 7.2
- Florence Nightingale 2008 · ★ 6.0
- Pyramid 2002 · ★ 7.3
- The Marlowe Inquest 1986 · ★ 1.0
- The Dinosaur Hunters 2002 · ★ 6.5
- Outside Edge 1982 · ★ 8.0
- The Witches of Pendle 1976 · ★ 5.5
- Theban Plays: Oedipus the King 1986 · ★ 4.5
- Degas and Pissario Fall Out 1994 · ★ 8.0
- Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali 2021 · ★ 6.0
- Mad Jack 1970 · ★ 9.0
- Danton's Death 1978 · ★ 9.0
- Henry V 1991 · ★ 8.0
- The Dolly Scene 1970 · ★ 9.0
- Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words 2014 · ★ 7.0
- The Mayor of Montemilone 1984 · ★ 5.0
- Cracker: White Ghost 1996 · ★ 7.0
- Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie 1985
- A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter 1981
- Airborne: The RAF at 90 2008
- The Tycoon 1968
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 1977
- Richard II 1991
- Henry IV: Part 1 1991
- Henry IV: Part 2 1991
- Henry VI: House of York 1991
- Henry VI: House of Lancaster 1991
- Richard III 1991
- Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat 1978
- Waving to a Train 1984