person

Michael Pennington

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-06-07

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Michael Pennington

Biography

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.

Also Known For

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Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Mar 26, 1985

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72

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Oct 12, 2003

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A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

Jan 30, 1981

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NA

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Mar 01, 1994

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60

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Mar 09, 2021

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65

Fragile

Oct 14, 2005

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10

The Marlowe Inquest

Sep 03, 1986

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73

The Last Bolshevik

Mar 25, 1993

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79

Return of the Jedi

May 25, 1983

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57

Hamlet

Dec 21, 1969

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Airborne: The RAF at 90

Dec 11, 2008

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50

The Dinosaur Hunters

Dec 30, 2002

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The Tycoon

Dec 30, 1968

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Mad Jack

Feb 04, 1970

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

Jun 28, 1977

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Danton's Death

Apr 23, 1978

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Richard II

Mar 29, 1991

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Henry IV: Part 1

Mar 29, 1991

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Henry IV: Part 2

Mar 29, 1991

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Henry V

Mar 29, 1991

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Henry VI: House of York

Mar 29, 1991

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Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Mar 29, 1991

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Richard III

Mar 29, 1991

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The Dolly Scene

Nov 03, 1970

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52

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Jan 10, 1987

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63

The Iron Lady

Dec 26, 2011

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70

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Nov 04, 2014

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60

Florence Nightingale

Jun 01, 2008

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60

Outside Edge

Dec 19, 1982

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The Witches of Pendle

Jun 19, 1976

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20

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Sep 16, 1986

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66

Cymbeline

Dec 20, 1982

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75

1945: The Savage Peace

May 24, 2015

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50

The Mayor of Montemilone

Oct 26, 1984

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75

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

Nov 13, 2013

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60

Pyramid

Oct 28, 2002

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70

Cracker: White Ghost

Oct 28, 1996

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Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Jan 18, 1978

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76

Lewis

Feb 18, 2007

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76

Silent Witness

Feb 21, 1996

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65

Dalziel & Pascoe

Mar 16, 1996

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56

Between the Lines

Sep 04, 1992

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75

State of Play

May 18, 2003

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70

Callan

Jul 08, 1967

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72

Waking the Dead

Jun 18, 2001

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67

Trial & Retribution

Oct 19, 1997

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37

No Hiding Place

Sep 16, 1959

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75

Summer's Lease

Nov 01, 1989

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75

Father Brown

Jan 14, 2013

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Empire Warriors

Nov 19, 2004

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75

Raised by Wolves

Sep 03, 2020

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60

The Lost World of Communism

Mar 14, 2009

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81

Endeavour

Apr 14, 2013

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30

Freud

Sep 14, 1984

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78

Public Eye

Jan 23, 1965

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100

Playing Shakespeare

Jul 29, 1984

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70

The Escape Artist

Oct 29, 2013

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60

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Dec 03, 1978

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70

Playhouse

Mar 13, 1974

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50

BBC Play of the Month

Oct 19, 1965

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50

BBC Play of the Month

Oct 19, 1965

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70

BBC2 Play of the Week

Sep 21, 1977