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Michael Pennington
Actor· Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
10 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Michael Foot | Film |
| 2008 | Florence Nightingale | Wen | Film |
| 2005 | Fragile | Marcus | Film |
| 2003 | Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death | Narrator (UK version) (voice) | Film |
| 2002 | Pyramid | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1994 | The Last Bolshevik | Self (voice: English version) | Film |
| 1984 | Waving to a Train | Richard | Film |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Moff Jerjerrod | Film |
| 1983 | Cymbeline | Posthumus | Film |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Laertes | Film |
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