Michael Pennington
Acting
Born June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died May 10, 2026
Also known as Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
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.
Filmography19 titles
Endeavour
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1945: The Savage Peace
Father Brown
Inspector Lewis
The Last Bolshevik
Silent Witness
Waking the Dead
The Escape Artist
Cracker: White Ghost
Callan
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Fragile
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Iron Lady
Dalziel and Pascoe
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Florence Nightingale
Hamlet