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.
39 movies · 34 shows
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021·6.0
1945: The Savage Peace
2015·7.6
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014·7.0
RSC Live: Richard II
2013·7.4
The Iron Lady
2011·6.4
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008·0.0
Florence Nightingale
2008·6.0
Fragile
2005·6.5
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003·7.2
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002·6.5
Pyramid
2002·7.3
Cracker: White Ghost
1996·7.0
The Last Bolshevik
1994·7.6
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994·8.0
Richard II
1991·0.0
Henry IV: Part 1
1991·0.0
Henry IV: Part 2
1991·0.0
Henry V
1991·8.0
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991·0.0
Henry VI: House of York
1991·0.0
Richard III
1991·0.0
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987·6.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986·4.5
The Marlowe Inquest
1986·1.0
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985·0.0
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984·5.0
Waving to a Train
1984·0.0
Cymbeline
1983·6.3
Return of the Jedi
1983·7.9
Outside Edge
1982·8.0
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981·0.0
Danton's Death
1978·9.0
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978·0.0
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977·0.0
The Witches of Pendle
1976·5.5
The Dolly Scene
1970·9.0
Mad Jack
1970·9.0
Hamlet
1969·5.8
The Tycoon
1968·0.0