Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

b. 1943 — d. 2026 (aged 83) Cambridge - Cambridgeshire - England - UK
Actor Director

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

Hamlet
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★ 6.9
Hamlet
1969
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
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★ 8.3
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983
The Iron Lady
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★ 6.4
The Iron Lady
2011
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★ 6.6
The Theban Plays by Sophocles
1986

Filmography

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
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★ 8.6
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
China's Secret Monkey Kingdom
2021 Actor
Speaker
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Footprints
2021 Actor Director Writer
Anton Chekhov
Secrets of the Universe Great Scientists in Their Own Words
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★ 7.3
Secrets of the Universe Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 Self
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★ 7.4
Great Scientists in Their Own Words: The Code of Life
2013 Self
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Sweet William: My Life with Shakespeare
2013 Actor Director
The Lost World of Communism
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★ 7.5
The Lost World of Communism
2009 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.3
Britain Isn't Working
2009 Actor
Mayor Bunion
Florence Nightingale
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★ 5.4
Florence Nightingale
2008 Actor
Wen
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★ 8.8
Battle of Wills
2008 Self
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RAF at 90
2008 Actor
Narrator
Fragile
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★ 6.0
Fragile
2005 Actor
Marcus
Empire Warriors
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★ 6.6
Empire Warriors
2004 Actor
(Narrator)
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The Welsh in Shakespeare
2004 Actor
Various
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
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★ 7.1
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
2003 Actor
Narrator
Building the Great Pyramid
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★ 7.2
Building the Great Pyramid
2002 Actor
Narrator
The Dinosaur Hunters
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★ 6.8
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 Actor
William Buckland
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Tourists of the Revolution
2000 Actor
Narrator
Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC
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★ 6.2
Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC
1997 Self Actor
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The Annual American Oceans Campaign Partner Award
1997 Self
Secret History
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★ 6.7
Secret History
1991 Self
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In My Defence
1991 Actor
Franz Jagerstatter
Summer's Lease
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★ 7.5
Summer's Lease
1989 Actor
Hugh Pargeter
The Wars of the Roses
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★ 8.6
The Wars of the Roses
1989 Actor
Henry Prince of Wales
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Russian Season: Towards New Shores
1989 Actor
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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★ 6.0
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 Actor
Sherlock Holmes
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★ 6.6
The Theban Plays by Sophocles
1986 Actor
Oedipus Rex
Oscar
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★ 6.8
Oscar
1985 Actor
Narrator
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Italians
1984 Self
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Waving to a Train
1984 Actor
Richard
Playing Shakespeare
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★ 9.5
Playing Shakespeare
1982 Self
Cymbeline
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★ 7.0
Cymbeline
1982 Actor
Posthumus
Outside Edge
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★ 7.3
Outside Edge
1982 Actor
Bob
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A Wife Like the Moon
1982 Actor
Anton Tschekov
The Witches of Pendle
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★ 7.0
The Witches of Pendle
1976 Actor
Minister
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Henry IV, Part 1: An Introduction
1971 Actor
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Henry IV, Part 2: An Introduction
1971 Actor
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The Merchant of Venice: An Introduction
1971 Actor
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Hamlet: An Introduction
1970 Actor
Hamlet
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★ 6.9
Hamlet
1969 Actor
Laertes
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Middlemarch
1968 Actor
Will Ladislaw
Sat'day While Sunday
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★ 6.9
Sat'day While Sunday
1967 Actor
Adrian
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