Michael Pennington
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-06-07 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known As
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
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 Streep.
Acting
2003
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
1981
as John Lilburne
1994
as Degas
2021
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Marcus
1986
as Thomas Kyd
1994
as Self (voice: English version)
1983
as Moff Jerjerrod
1969
as Laertes
2008
as Narrator - (Voice)
2002
as William Buckland
1968
as Peter Bell
1970
1977
as Don Harris
1978
as Saint-Just
1991
as Richard II
1991
as Prince Henry of Wales
1991
as Henry Prince of Wales
1991
as King Henry V
1991
as Earl of Suffolk
1991
as Jack Cade
1991
as Duke of Buckingham
1970
as Tom
1987
as Sherlock Holmes
2011
as Michael Foot
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
2008
as Wen
1982
as Bob
1976
as Minister
1986
as Oedipus Rex
1983
as Posthumus
2015
as Narrator (voice)
1984
as Narrator
2013
as John of Gaunt
2002
as Narrator (voice)
1996
as Commander Gordon Ellison
1978
as E1A
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