Biography
Michael Pennington
Acting
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.
Career works
71
Movies
39
Series
32
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
06/07/1943
Place of birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Date of death
05/10/2026
Filmography highlights
Movies
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · 6.0
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · 7.6
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · 7.0
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · 7.4
The Iron Lady
2011 · 6.4
Florence Nightingale
2008 · 6.0
Fragile
2005 · 6.5
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · 7.2
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · 6.5
Pyramid
2002 · 7.3
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · 7.0
The Last Bolshevik
1994 · 7.6
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · 8.0
Henry V
1991 · 8.0
Richard II
1991
Series
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
Raised by Wolves
2020 · 7.5
The Escape Artist
2013 · 7.1
Endeavour
2013 · 8.1
Father Brown
2013 · 7.6
The Lost World of Communism
2009 · 6.0
Lewis
2007 · 7.6
Empire Warriors
2004 · 7.0
State of Play
2003 · 7.4
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · 7.0
Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 6.4
Silent Witness
1996 · 7.6
Between the Lines
1992 · 5.5
Summer's Lease
1989 · 7.3