Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1943-06-07 (82 years)
- Place of BirthCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also Known As-
Michael Pennington
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2021
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2020
Raised by Wolves
As: The Trust Voice (voice)
- 2015
1945: The Savage Peace
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2014
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
As: Narrator (Voice)
- 2013
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
As: John of Gaunt
- 2013
The Escape Artist
As: Judge
- 2013
Endeavour
As: Professor Donald Bagley
- 2013
Father Brown
As: Bishop Reynard
- 2011
The Iron Lady
As: Michael Foot
2008Florence Nightingale
As: Wen
2007Lewis
As: Dr. Melville
- 2005
Fragile
As: Marcus
2004Empire Warriors
As: Narrator
2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
As: Narrator (UK version) (voice)
2003State of Play
As: Richard Siegler
2002The Dinosaur Hunters
As: William Buckland
2002Pyramid
As: Narrator (voice)
2001Waking the Dead
As: Prof Alan Macintosh
1996Cracker: White Ghost
As: Commander Gordon Ellison
1996Silent Witness
As: Dennis Morgan
1994Degas and Pissario Fall Out
As: Degas
- 1993
The Last Bolshevik
As: Voice
1991Richard II
As: Richard II
1991Henry IV: Part 1
As: Prince Henry of Wales
1991Henry IV: Part 2
As: Henry Prince of Wales
1991Henry V
As: King Henry V
1991Henry VI: House of Lancaster
As: Earl of Suffolk
1991Henry VI: House of York
As: Jack Cade
1991Richard III
As: Duke of Buckingham
1989Summer's Lease
As: Hugh Pargeter
1987The Return of Sherlock Holmes
As: Sherlock Holmes
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
As: Oedipus Rex
1986The Marlowe Inquest
As: Thomas Kyd
1984Freud
As: Carl Jung
1983Cymbeline
As: Posthumus
- 1983
Return of the Jedi
As: Moff Jerjerrod
1981A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
As: John Lilburne
1978Danton's Death
As: Saint-Just
1978Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
As: E1A
1977BBC2 Play of the Week
As: E1A
1976The Witches of Pendle
As: Minister
1974Playhouse
As: John Lilburne
- 1969
Hamlet
As: Laertes
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: St Just
- 1965
BBC Play of the Month
As: Alexei Turbin
1965Public Eye
As: John Sheldon