Michael Pennington
Known for ActingBorn 1943-06-07Died 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.Read more
Movies & web series
★ 9.7View details →
Playing Shakespeare
1984 · Series
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Danton's Death
1978 · Movie
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Mad Jack
1970 · Movie
The Dolly Scene
★ 9.0View details →
The Dolly Scene
1970 · Movie
★ 8.1View details →
Endeavour
2013 · Series
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Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Henry V
1991 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Outside Edge
1982 · Movie
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Public Eye
1965 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · Movie
★ 7.6View details →
Father Brown
2013 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Raised by Wolves
2020 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Lewis
2007 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Last Bolshevik
1994 · Movie
★ 7.4View details →
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
State of Play
2003 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Pyramid
2002 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · Movie
★ 7.1View details →
The Escape Artist
2013 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Summer's Lease
1989 · Series
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Empire Warriors
2004 · Series
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Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · Series
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Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · Movie
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Theatre 625
1964 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Playhouse
1974 · Series
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Callan
1967 · Series
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ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
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Fragile
2005 · Movie
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The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · Movie
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The Iron Lady
2011 · Movie
★ 6.4View details →
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Series
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Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · Movie
★ 6.3View details →
Cymbeline
1983 · Movie
★ 6.0View details →
The Lost World of Communism
2009 · Series
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Florence Nightingale
2008 · Movie
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Movie
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ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
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Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
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Hamlet
1969 · Movie
★ 5.4View details →
Between the Lines
1992 · Series
★ 5.5View details →
The Witches of Pendle
1976 · Movie
★ 5.3View details →
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
★ 5.0View details →
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984 · Movie