Michael Pennington
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- This article is about the actor Michael Pennington. For the comedian, see Johnny Vegas.
Michael Pennington (born June 7, 1943 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK) is a British director and actor best known for his role as Moff Jerjerrod in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Born Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington in Cambridge, England. Most of his career has been on stage in works such as Hamlet (RSC), Oedipus the King, The Entertainer, and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. In 1986, Pennington and director Michael Bogdanov together founded the English Shakespeare Company. As joint artistic director, he starred in the company's inaugural productions of The Henrys and, in 1987, the seven-play history cycle of The Wars of the Roses, which toured worldwide. He has directed plays including Twelfth Night at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in the United States. A notable TV appearance was on the television movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes in the late 1987. He appeared in the 2005 film Fragile, co-starring Calista Flockhart.
[edit] External links
- Michael Pennington at the Internet Movie Database
- Sweet William, Michael Pennington's unique one man show about Shakepeare can be seen at this year's Ludlow Festival on Saturday, June 23rd at 7.30pm.
- Sweet William, Michael Pennington's unique one man show about Shakepeare can be seen at The Little Angel Theatre from 21-26 August 2007 at 7.30pm.
