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Michael Pennington

Acting

Michael Pennington

Born
1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died
2026-05-10
Filmography
73 titles on TMDB
About Michael Pennington

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.

Backdrop from Return of the Jedi

Films & television

39 titles

Narrator (UK version) (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Commander Gordon Ellison

Prince Henry of Wales

Henry Prince of Wales

King Henry V

Self (voice: English version)

Duke of Buckingham

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