Michael Pennington
Known for ActingBorn 1943-06-07 — died 2026-05-10Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Return of the Jedi
1983 · as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady
2011 · as Michael Foot
Fragile
2005 · as Marcus
Pyramid
2002 · as Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · as Commander Gordon Ellison
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · as Narrator (voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · as John of Gaunt
The Tycoon
1968 · as Peter Bell
Danton's Death
1978 · as Saint-Just
Richard III
1991 · as Duke of Buckingham
Henry V
1991 · as King Henry V
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · as Oedipus Rex
Hamlet
1969 · as Laertes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · as Sherlock Holmes
Henry VI: House of York
1991 · as Jack Cade
Outside Edge
1982 · as Bob
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · as Earl of Suffolk
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978 · as E1A