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.
Known For
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Moff Jerjerrod
Fragile
(2005)
Marcus
The Iron Lady
(2011)
Michael Foot
Full Filmography
Acting
The Tycoon
(1968)
Peter Bell
Hamlet
(1969)
Laertes
Mad Jack
(1970)
The Dolly Scene
(1970)
Tom
The Witches of Pendle
(1976)
Minister
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
(1977)
Don Harris
Danton's Death
(1978)
Saint-Just
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
(1981)
John Lilburne
Outside Edge
(1982)
Bob
Cymbeline
(1982)
Posthumus
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Moff Jerjerrod
The Mayor of Montemilone
(1984)
Narrator
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
(1985)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
(1986)
Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
(1986)
Thomas Kyd
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
(1987)
Sherlock Holmes
Richard II
(1991)
Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
(1991)
Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
(1991)
Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
(1991)
King Henry V
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
(1991)
Earl of Suffolk
Henry VI: House of York
(1991)
Jack Cade
Richard III
(1991)
Duke of Buckingham
The Last Bolshevik
(1993)
Voice
Pyramid
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
(2002)
William Buckland
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
(2003)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Fragile
(2005)
Marcus
Florence Nightingale
(2008)
Wen
Airborne: The RAF at 90
(2008)
Narrator - (Voice)
The Iron Lady
(2011)
Michael Foot
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
(2013)
John of Gaunt
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
(2014)
Narrator (Voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
(2021)
Narrator (voice)