
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (Voice)

as John of Gaunt

as Michael Foot

as Narrator - (Voice)

as Wen

as Marcus

as Narrator (voice)

as William Buckland

as Narrator (voice)

as Commander Gordon Ellison

as Self (voice: English version)

as Degas

as Richard II

as Prince Henry of Wales

as Henry Prince of Wales

as King Henry V

as Jack Cade

as Earl of Suffolk

as Duke of Buckingham

as Sherlock Holmes

as Oedipus Rex

as Thomas Kyd

as Narrator

as Richard

as Posthumus

as Moff Jerjerrod

as Bob

as John Lilburne

as Saint-Just

as E1A

as Don Harris

as Minister

as Tom

as Laertes

as Peter Bell