Acting credits
57
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Pennington
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
0.5
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 34Series: 23
TMDB ID: 1230989
IMDb ID: nm0672190
Known for: Acting
Born: June 7, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2021
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.25
Wikidata: Q1176702
Also known as
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Pennington.
6.0
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
7.5
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
7.0
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
2014 Movie
7.5
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
2013 Movie
6.4
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
2011 Movie
6.0
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
2008 Movie
6.5
Fragile
as Marcus
2005 Movie
7.2
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
2003 Movie
5.0
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
2002 Movie
6.0
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
2002 Movie
7.0
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
1996 Movie
7.3
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
1994 Movie
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
1994 Movie
Richard II
as Richard II
1991 Movie
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
1991 Movie
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
1991 Movie
Henry V
as King Henry V
1991 Movie
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
1991 Movie
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
1991 Movie
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
1991 Movie
5.4
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1987 Movie
2.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
1986 Movie
1.0
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
1986 Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Pennington.
7.5
Raised by Wolves
as The Trust Voice (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.0
The Escape Artist
as Judge • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.1
Endeavour
as Professor Donald Bagley • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as Bishop Reynard • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.0
The Lost World of Communism
3 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Lewis
as Dr. Melville • 1 eps
2007 Series
Empire Warriors
as Narrator • 4 eps
2004 Series
7.4
State of Play
as Richard Siegler • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Prof Alan Macintosh • 2 eps
2001 Series
6.8
Trial & Retribution
2 eps
1997 Series
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
1 eps
1996 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
as Dennis Morgan • 2 eps
1996 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
2 eps
1992 Series
7.3
Summer's Lease
as Hugh Pargeter • 4 eps
1989 Series
3.0
Freud
as Carl Jung • 2 eps
1984 Series
10.0
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
1984 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as E1A • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as John Lilburne • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Callan
1 eps
1967 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as St Just • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as John Sheldon • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Wulfnoth • 1 eps
1964 Series
3.7
No Hiding Place
1 eps
1959 Series