Acting
Michael Pennington
EN, FR cinema · 39 credits
Born
7 June 1943
Died
10 May 2026 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known as Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
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
Filmography
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)
Fragile
as Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
Richard II
as Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
Outside Edge
as Bob
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
Mad Jack
Actor
Hamlet
as Laertes
The Tycoon
1968
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell