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Michael Pennington Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1943-06-07

Birthplace:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Credits:
68 Total Roles

Michael Pennington

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2021 Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali MOVIE Narrator (voice)
2020 Raised by Wolves TV The Trust Voice (voice)
2015 1945: The Savage Peace MOVIE Narrator (voice)
2014 Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words MOVIE Narrator (Voice)
2013 RSC Live: Richard II MOVIE John of Gaunt
2013 The Escape Artist TV Judge
2013 Endeavour TV Professor Donald Bagley
2013 Father Brown TV Bishop Reynard
2011 The Iron Lady MOVIE Michael Foot
2009 The Lost World of Communism TV Self

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