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Michael Pennington

Cast & creator

Michael Pennington

1943-06-07 (died at 82) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK Website IMDb

Best known for Silent Witness, Father Brown, The Wednesday Play

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.

Also known as: Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington

Movies

39

film credits

Series

37

television credits

Career

76

1956–2021 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Dennis Morgan · 1996

Father Brown

Father Brown

Bishop Reynard · 2013

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Geoffrey Cromlech · 1964

Lewis

Lewis

Dr. Melville · 2007

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

St Just · 1965

Across film & television

Filmography (76)

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Showing 76 of 76 credits

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Dennis Morgan

Father Brown

Father Brown

Bishop Reynard

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Geoffrey Cromlech

Lewis

Lewis

Dr. Melville

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

St Just

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Alexei Turbin

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Lancelot Wishart

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Prof Alan Macintosh

Playhouse

Playhouse

John Lilburne

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Wulfnoth

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Alexander

Endeavour

Endeavour

Professor Donald Bagley

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Martin

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

Hartley Culpepper

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

Thomas Kyd

Public Eye

Public Eye

John Sheldon

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

E1A

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

Moff Jerjerrod

Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

The Trust (voice)

Drama 61-67

First youth

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Callan

Callan

W. Somerset Maugham

Hans

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Michael Foot

State of Play

State of Play

Richard Siegler

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

Judge

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Priest

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Adrian

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Tom

The Root of All Evil?

Clive Pinner

Freud

Freud

Carl Jung

No Exit

Ian Strawson

RSC Live: Richard II

RSC Live: Richard II

John of Gaunt

Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease

Hugh Pargeter

Fragile

Fragile

Marcus

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

The Tycoon

Peter Bell

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Narrator (UK version) (voice)

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York

Jack Cade

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Oedipus Rex

In My Defence

Franz Jagerstatter

The Lost World of Communism

The Lost World of Communism

1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace

Narrator (voice)

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry Prince of Wales

Cracker: White Ghost

Cracker: White Ghost

Commander Gordon Ellison

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

Self (voice: English version)

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

E1A

Pyramid

Pyramid

Narrator (voice)

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

John Lilburne

Richard III

Richard III

Duke of Buckingham

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

Don Harris

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Earl of Suffolk

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Degas

Hamlet

Hamlet

Laertes

The Witches of Pendle

The Witches of Pendle

Minister

Henry V

Henry V

King Henry V

Waving to a Train

Richard

Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 1

Prince Henry of Wales

The Marlowe Inquest

The Marlowe Inquest

Thomas Kyd

Danton's Death

Danton's Death

Saint-Just

The Mayor of Montemilone

The Mayor of Montemilone

Narrator

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Wen

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Narrator (Voice)

Mad Jack

Mad Jack

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Posthumus

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Narrator (voice)

Airborne: The RAF at 90

Narrator - (Voice)

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

Bob

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

William Buckland

The Dolly Scene

Tom

Richard II

Richard II

Richard II

Italians

Italians

Narrator

Empire Warriors

Empire Warriors

Narrator