Michael Pennington
Birthday: 1943-06-07 | Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UKMichael 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
Role
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (Voice)
as John of Gaunt
as Narrator - (Voice)
as Wen
as Marcus
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as William Buckland
as Commander Gordon Ellison
as Degas
as Self (voice: English version)
as Duke of Buckingham
as Earl of Suffolk
as Henry Prince of Wales
as Jack Cade
as King Henry V
as Prince Henry of Wales
as Richard II
as Hugh Pargeter
as Sherlock Holmes
as Oedipus Rex
as Narrator
as Richard
