Acting
Michael Pennington
Also Known As: Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Birth Date
June 7, 1943
Death Date
May 10, 2026
(passed away at 82)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Biography
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.
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Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
1996 • 2 episodes
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
2013 • 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month
St Just
1965 • 1 episode
The Wednesday Play
Geoffrey Cromlech
1964 • 1 episode
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
2001 • 2 episodes
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
2013 • 1 episode
Lewis
Dr. Melville
2007 • 1 episode
ITV Playhouse
Lancelot Wishart
1967 • 1 episode
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Martin
1965 • 1 episode
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper
1996 • 1 episode
Playhouse
John Lilburne
1974 • 1 episode
Raised by Wolves
The Trust (voice)
2020 • 1 episode
Theatre 625
Wulfnoth
1964 • 1 episode
No Hiding Place
1959 • 1 episode
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
1983
Between the Lines
1992 • 2 episodes
BBC2 Play of the Week
E1A
1977 • 1 episode
ScreenPlay
Thomas Kyd
1986 • 1 episode
Public Eye
John Sheldon
1965 • 1 episode
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
2011