Michael Pennington
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as Moff Jerjerrod Return of the Jedi 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.
Filmography
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
Fragile
as Marcus
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
Hamlet
as Laertes
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
Outside Edge
as Bob
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
