Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington
Pennington in 2014
Born
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington

(1943-06-07) 7 June 1943 (age 81)
Cambridge, England
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer
Years active1964–present
Spouse
(m. 1964; div. 1967)
Children1

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (born 7 June 1943) is an English actor, director and writer. Together with director Michael Bogdanov, he founded the English Shakespeare Company in 1986 and was its Joint Artistic Director until 1992. He has written ten books, directed in the UK, US, Romania and Japan, and is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is best known for his role as Moff Jerjerrod in the original Star Wars trilogy film Return of the Jedi.