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Michael Pennington

Jun 07, 1943 (81 years old) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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

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Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
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No Hiding Place
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BBC Play of the Month
Alexei Turbin
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Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
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Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
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Lewis
Dr. Melville
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
Posthumus
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Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
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Cracker
Cdr Gordon Ellison
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Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice)

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