Acting
Michael Pennington
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.
Acting (32)
China's Secret Monkey Kingdom
China's Secret Monkey Kingdom2021 · Speaker
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali2021 · Narrator
Secrets of the Universe Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Secrets of the Universe Great Scientists in Their Own Words2014 · Self - Narrator
RSC Live: Richard II2013 · John of Gaunt
Great Scientists in Their Own Words: The Code of Life
Great Scientists in Their Own Words: The Code of Life2013 · Self - Narrator
Sweet William: My Life with Shakespeare
Sweet William: My Life with Shakespeare2013
The Iron Lady2011 · Michael Foot
The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians
The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians2011 · Self
The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians
The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians2011 · Michael Foot
Britain Isn't Working
Britain Isn't Working2009 · Mayor Bunion
RAF at 90
RAF at 902008 · Narrator
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale2008 · Wen
Battle of Wills
Battle of Wills2008 · Self
Fragile2005 · Marcus
The Welsh in Shakespeare
The Welsh in Shakespeare2004 · Various
Building the Great Pyramid
Building the Great Pyramid2002 · Narrator
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters2002 · William Buckland
Cracker: White Ghost1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik1994 · Self (voice: English version)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1987 · Sherlock Holmes
Waving to a Train
Waving to a Train1984 · Richard
Return of the Jedi1983 · Moff Jerjerrod
A Wife Like the Moon
A Wife Like the Moon1982 · Anton Tschekov
Outside Edge
Outside Edge1982 · Bob
Cymbeline
Cymbeline1982 · Posthumus
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat1978 · E1A
The Witches of Pendle
The Witches of Pendle1976 · Minister
The Merchant of Venice: An Introduction
The Merchant of Venice: An Introduction1971
Henry IV, Part 1: An Introduction
Henry IV, Part 1: An Introduction1971
Henry IV, Part 2: An Introduction
Henry IV, Part 2: An Introduction1971
Hamlet: An Introduction
Hamlet: An Introduction1970
Hamlet
Hamlet1969 · Laertes