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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Birthday: 1943-06-07 | Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2013
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

as    John of Gaunt

2005
Fragile

as    Marcus

2002
Pyramid

as    Narrator (voice)

1989
Summer's Lease

as    Hugh Pargeter

1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as    Sherlock Holmes

1982
Cymbeline

as    Posthumus