Michael Pennington

1943-06-07 – 2026-05-10 (age 82) 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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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Known For

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Moff Jerjerrod

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011

as Michael Foot

Fragile

Fragile

2005

as Marcus

Richard III

Richard III

1991

as Duke of Buckingham

The Tycoon

1968

as Peter Bell

Henry V

Henry V

1991

as King Henry V

RSC Live: Richard II

RSC Live: Richard II

2013

as John of Gaunt

Pyramid

Pyramid

2002

as Narrator (voice)

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1994

as Self (voice: English version)

Cracker: White Ghost

Cracker: White Ghost

1996

as Commander Gordon Ellison

1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace

2015

as Narrator (voice)

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

as Don Harris

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

1991

as Earl of Suffolk

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York

1991

as Jack Cade

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

1983

as Posthumus

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987

as Sherlock Holmes

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

2008

as Wen

Hamlet

Hamlet

1969

as Laertes

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

as Oedipus Rex

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978

as E1A