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Michael Pennington

1943-06-07 (80 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.

Movies

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1945: The Savage Peace
74 %|May 24, 2015
Documentary, History, TV Movie
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Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
78 %|Nov 13, 2013
Drama, History
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The Iron Lady
63.7 %|Dec 26, 2011
History, Drama
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Airborne: The RAF at 90
0 %|Dec 11, 2008
Documentary
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Florence Nightingale
67 %|Jun 1, 2008
Drama, TV Movie
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Fragile
65.1 %|Oct 14, 2005
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
72 %|Oct 12, 2003
Documentary
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The Dinosaur Hunters
50 %|Dec 30, 2002
Drama, Documentary
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Pyramid
60 %|Oct 28, 2002
Documentary, Drama
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The Last Bolshevik
74 %|Mar 25, 1993
History, Documentary
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Richard II
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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Henry IV: Part 1
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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Henry IV: Part 2
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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Henry V
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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Henry VI: House of York
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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Richard III
0 %|Mar 29, 1991
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
52 %|Jan 10, 1987
Mystery, TV Movie
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
20 %|Sep 16, 1986
Drama
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The Marlowe Inquest
10 %|Sep 3, 1986
Drama, TV Movie
actor
The Mayor of Montemilone
50 %|Oct 26, 1984
Documentary
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Return of the Jedi
78.94999999999999 %|May 25, 1983
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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Cymbeline
66 %|Dec 20, 1982
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
actor
Outside Edge
0 %|Dec 19, 1982
Comedy
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Danton's Death
0 %|Apr 23, 1978
Drama, History, TV Movie
actor
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
0 %|Jun 28, 1977
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The Witches of Pendle
0 %|Jun 19, 1976
Drama, Horror, TV Movie
actor
The Dolly Scene
0 %|Nov 3, 1970
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Mad Jack
0 %|Feb 4, 1970
Drama, TV Movie
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Hamlet
56 %|Dec 21, 1969
Drama
actor
The Tycoon
0 %|Dec 30, 1968

Series

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Raised by Wolves
75.59 %|Sep 3, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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The Escape Artist
69.59 %|Oct 29, 2013
Drama
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Endeavour
81 %|Apr 14, 2013
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Father Brown
74.02 %|Jan 14, 2013
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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The Lost World of Communism
60 %|Mar 14, 2009
Documentary
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Lewis
76.44 %|Feb 18, 2007
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Empire Warriors
0 %|Nov 19, 2004
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State of Play
75.05 %|May 18, 2003
Mystery, Drama, Crime
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Waking the Dead
74.06 %|Jun 18, 2001
Crime, Mystery, Drama
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Trial & Retribution
62 %|Oct 19, 1997
Crime, Drama
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Dalziel & Pascoe
62 %|Mar 16, 1996
Crime, Mystery
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Silent Witness
75 %|Feb 21, 1996
Crime, Drama
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Cracker
64.29 %|Sep 27, 1993
Crime, Drama
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Between the Lines
56 %|Sep 4, 1992
Drama
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Summer's Lease
76 %|Nov 1, 1989
Drama
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Freud
30 %|Sep 14, 1984
Drama
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Playing Shakespeare
100 %|Jul 29, 1984
Documentary
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BBC Television Shakespeare
40 %|Dec 3, 1978
Drama, Comedy
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Callan
70 %|Jul 8, 1967
Action & Adventure, Drama
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BBC Play of the Month
50 %|Oct 19, 1965
Drama
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Public Eye
78 %|Jan 23, 1965
Crime, Drama
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No Hiding Place
37 %|Sep 16, 1959
Crime, Drama