Michael Pennington

Also known as Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington

British actor (born 1943)

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Vinony's link graph records 119 inbound references to Michael Pennington, and connects out to Royal National Theatre, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov.

Vinony files it under 1943 births, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge and English male film actors.

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Dracula
Michael J Pennington SSC1 : Short Story Collection #1
Smoke : the Cannabis Detective : Book One
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Aurora of the Mists

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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…

Known for

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali — Narrator (voice)2021
Raised by Wolves — The Trust (voice)2020
1945: The Savage Peace — Narrator (voice)2015
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words — Narrator (Voice)2014
RSC Live: Richard II — John of Gaunt2013
Father Brown — Bishop Reynard2013
Endeavour — Professor Donald Bagley2013
The Escape Artist — Judge2013
The Iron Lady — Michael Foot2011
The Lost World of Communism2009