Acting credits
64
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Pennington
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 30
TMDB ID: 1230989
IMDb ID: nm0672190
Known for: Acting
Born: June 7, 1943
Died: May 10, 2026
Age: 82
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2022
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
Wikidata: Q1176702
Also known as
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Pennington.
as Narrator (voice)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 • Movie
as Narrator (Voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 • Movie
as John of Gaunt
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 • Movie
as Michael Foot
The Iron Lady
2011 • Movie
as Wen
Florence Nightingale
2008 • Movie
as Marcus
Fragile
2005 • Movie
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 • Movie
as William Buckland
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Pyramid
2002 • Movie
as Commander Gordon Ellison
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 • Movie
as Self (voice: English version)
The Last Bolshevik
1994 • Movie
as Degas
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 • Movie
as King Henry V
Henry V
1991 • Movie
as Richard II
Richard II
1991 • Movie
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 1
1991 • Movie
as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
1991 • Movie
as Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of York
1991 • Movie
as Earl of Suffolk
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 • Movie
as Duke of Buckingham
Richard III
1991 • Movie
as Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 • Movie
as Oedipus Rex
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 • Movie
as Thomas Kyd
The Marlowe Inquest
1986 • Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Pennington.
as Narrator ( Voice) • 6 eps
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022 • Series
as The Trust Voice (voice) • 1 eps
Raised by Wolves
2020 • Series
as Judge • 1 eps
The Escape Artist
2013 • Series
as Professor Donald Bagley • 1 eps
Endeavour
2013 • Series
as Bishop Reynard • 1 eps
Father Brown
2013 • Series
3 eps
The Lost World of Communism
2009 • Series
as Dr. Melville • 1 eps
Lewis
2007 • Series
as Narrator • 4 eps
Empire Warriors
2004 • Series
as Richard Siegler • 1 eps
State of Play
2003 • Series
as Priest • 1 eps
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 • Series
as Prof Alan Macintosh • 2 eps
Waking the Dead
2001 • Series
as Hartley Culpepper • 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 • Series
as Dennis Morgan • 2 eps
Silent Witness
1996 • Series
2 eps
Between the Lines
1992 • Series
as Hugh Pargeter • 4 eps
Summer's Lease
1989 • Series
as Thomas Kyd • 1 eps
ScreenPlay
1986 • Series
as Narrator • 1 eps
Italians
1984 • Series
as Carl Jung • 2 eps
Freud
1984 • Series
9 eps
Playing Shakespeare
1984 • Series
as E1A • 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 • Series
as John Lilburne • 1 eps
Playhouse
1974 • Series
as Lancelot Wishart • 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
1967 • Series
1 eps
Callan
1967 • Series
as St Just • 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1965 • Series