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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2026-05-10
Known for
- Return of the Jedi (1983) — Moff Jerjerrod
- The Iron Lady (2011) — Michael Foot
- Raised by Wolves (2020) — The Trust (voice)
- Fragile (2005) — Marcus
- Endeavour (2013) — Professor Donald Bagley
- Father Brown (2013) — Bishop Reynard
- Lewis (2007) — Dr. Melville
- State of Play (2003) — Richard Siegler
- Silent Witness (1996) — Dennis Morgan
- The Escape Artist (2013) — Judge
- Waking the Dead (2001) — Prof Alan Macintosh
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) — Hartley Culpepper
- The Last Bolshevik (1994) — Self (voice: English version)
- Hamlet (1969) — Laertes
- Between the Lines (1992)
- 1945: The Savage Peace (2015) — Narrator (voice)