Michael Pennington

Michael Penningtonborn 1943

usually

Actor

Popularity

0.4

Famous

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.

Credits

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

2021

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

6
0.2
1945: The Savage Peace
1945: The Savage Peace

2015

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
0.3
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

2014

Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

7
0.1
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

2013

Drama • History

as John of Gaunt

7.5
0.3
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady

2011

Drama • History

as Michael Foot

6.4
2
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Airborne: The RAF at 90

2008

Documentary

as Narrator - (Voice)

0
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale

2008

Drama • TV Movie

as Wen

6
0.4
Fragile
Fragile

2005

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Marcus

6.6
1.9
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003

Documentary

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

7.2
0.2
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters

2002

Documentary • Drama

as William Buckland

5
0.5
Pyramid
Pyramid

2002

Documentary • Drama

as Narrator (voice)

6
0.2
Cracker: White Ghost
Cracker: White Ghost

1996

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Commander Gordon Ellison

7
0.2
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas and Pissario Fall Out

1994

as Degas

0.2
The Last Bolshevik
The Last Bolshevik

1993

Documentary • History

as Voice

7.3
0.2
Richard II
Richard II

1991

as Richard II

0.2
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry IV: Part 1

1991

as Prince Henry of Wales

0.2
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry IV: Part 2

1991

as Henry Prince of Wales

0.6
Henry V
Henry V

1991

as King Henry V

0.5
Henry VI: House of York
Henry VI: House of York

1991

as Jack Cade

0.3
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Henry VI: House of Lancaster

1991

as Earl of Suffolk

0.2
Richard III
Richard III

1991

as Duke of Buckingham

0.2
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987

Mystery • TV Movie

as Sherlock Holmes

5.2
0.3
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

Drama

as Oedipus Rex

2
0.3
The Marlowe Inquest
The Marlowe Inquest

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Thomas Kyd

1
0.2
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

1985

Drama

0.1
The Mayor of Montemilone
The Mayor of Montemilone

1984

Documentary

as Narrator

5
0.1
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi

1983

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Moff Jerjerrod

7.9
7
Cymbeline
Cymbeline

1982

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Posthumus

6.6
0.2
Outside Edge
Outside Edge

1982

Comedy

as Bob

6
0.2
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

TV Movie

as John Lilburne

0.1
Danton's Death
Danton's Death

1978

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Saint-Just

0.3
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978

as E1A

0.1
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

as Don Harris

0.2
The Witches of Pendle
The Witches of Pendle

1976

Drama • Horror • TV Movie

as Minister

0.1
The Dolly Scene
The Dolly Scene

1970

as Tom

0.2
Mad Jack
Mad Jack

1970

Drama • TV Movie

0.3
Hamlet
Hamlet

1969

Drama

as Laertes

5.7
0.5
The Tycoon
The Tycoon

1968

as Peter Bell

0.1

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