Acting

Michael Pennington

Born 1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UKDied 2026-05-1024 series53 films

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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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Acting

2020Raised by WolvesThe Trust (voice)1 ep.
2013The Escape ArtistJudge1 ep.
2013EndeavourProfessor Donald Bagley1 ep.
2009The Lost World of Communism3 ep.
2007LewisDr. Melville1 ep.
2004Empire WarriorsNarrator4 ep.
2003State of PlayRichard Siegler1 ep.
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorriblePriest1 ep.
2001Waking the DeadProf Alan Macintosh2 ep.
1996Silent WitnessDennis Morgan2 ep.
1992Between the Lines2 ep.
1991In My DefenceFranz Jagerstatter1 ep.
1989Summer's LeaseHugh Pargeter4 ep.
1986ScreenPlayThomas Kyd1 ep.
1984ItaliansNarrator1 ep.
1984FreudCarl Jung2 ep.
1984Playing Shakespeare9 ep.
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekE1A1 ep.
1972No ExitIan Strawson1 ep.
1969W. Somerset MaughamHans1 ep.
1968The Root of All Evil?Clive Pinner1 ep.
1967ITV PlayhouseLancelot Wishart1 ep.
1967Callan1 ep.
1965Public EyeJohn Sheldon1 ep.

Guest appearances

2022Raised by WolvesThe Trust (voice)1 ep.
2017EndeavourProfessor Donald Bagley1 ep.
2016Father BrownBishop Reynard1 ep.
2013The Escape ArtistJudge1 ep.
2008LewisDr. Melville1 ep.
2003Waking the DeadProf Alan Macintosh2 ep.
2003State of PlayRichard Siegler1 ep.
2002Silent WitnessDennis Morgan2 ep.
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorriblePriest1 ep.
1997Dalziel and PascoeHartley Culpepper1 ep.
1996CrackerCdr Gordon Ellison1 ep.
1993Between the Lines2 ep.
1991In My DefenceFranz Jagerstatter1 ep.
1986ScreenPlayThomas Kyd1 ep.
1984ItaliansNarrator1 ep.
1984FreudCarl Jung2 ep.
1978BBC Play of the MonthAlexei Turbin, St Just2 ep.
1981PlayhouseJohn Lilburne1 ep.
1978BBC2 Play of the WeekE1A1 ep.
1972No ExitIan Strawson1 ep.
1972Callan1 ep.
1972Thirty-Minute TheatreMartin1 ep.
1971Public EyeJohn Sheldon1 ep.
1968Armchair TheatreAdrian, Tom2 ep.
1970W. Somerset MaughamHans1 ep.
1970The Wednesday PlayGeoffrey Cromlech1 ep.
1968The Root of All Evil?Clive Pinner1 ep.
1968ITV PlayhouseLancelot Wishart1 ep.
1966Theatre 625Alexander, Wulfnoth2 ep.
1967No Hiding Place1 ep.
1966Drama 61-67First youth1 ep.

Also known as: Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington