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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

1943-06-07 / 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.

Appearances

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
Dalziel & Pascoe
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
Between the Lines
Between the Lines (1992)
State of Play
State of Play (2003)
Callan
Callan (1967)
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
Trial & Retribution
Trial & Retribution (1997)
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)
Summer's Lease
Summer's Lease (1989)
Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
Empire Warriors
Empire Warriors (2004)
Raised by Wolves
Raised by Wolves (2020)
The Lost World of Communism
The Lost World of Communism (2009)
Endeavour
Endeavour (2013)
Freud
Freud (1984)
Public Eye
Public Eye (1965)
Playing Shakespeare
Playing Shakespeare (1984)
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist (2013)
Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)