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Michael Pennington
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
7.9Return of the Jedi
1983
6.3The Iron Lady
2011
6.5Fragile
2005
7.1RSC Live: Richard II
2013
6.0The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
7.2Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
4.5Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
Richard III
1991
7.61945: The Savage Peace
2015
7.3Pyramid
2002
8.0Henry V
1991
7.0Cracker: White Ghost
1996
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
7.6The Last Bolshevik
1994
Henry VI: House of York
1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
5.5The Witches of Pendle
1976
6.3Cymbeline
1983
Henry IV: Part 1
1991