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Michael Pennington(I)

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James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Michael Pennington in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Summer's Lease: The Urbino Trail
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The Urbino Trail (1989)
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Michael Pennington was born on 7 June 1943 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), The Iron Lady (2011) and Hamlet (1969). He was previously married to Katharine Barker.
BornJune 7, 1943
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    Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    8.3
    • Moff Jerjerrod
    • 1983
    Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady (2011)
    The Iron Lady
    6.4
    • Michael Foot - Leader of the Opposition
    • 2011
    Marianne Faithfull, Michael Pennington, and Nicol Williamson in Hamlet (1969)
    Hamlet
    7.0
    • Laertes
    • 1969
    The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986)
    The Theban Plays by Sophocles
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Oedipus Rex

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    Actor

    • Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
      Raised by Wolves
      7.4
      TV Series
      • The Trust (voice)
      • 2022
    • Footprints (2021)
      Footprints
      TV Series
      • Anton Chekhov
      • 2021
    • Old Vic: In Camera - Fanny & Alexander
      TV Movie
      • 2018
    • Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)
      Endeavour
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Professor Donald Bagley
      • 2017
    • Father Brown (2013)
      Father Brown
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Bishop Reynard
      • 2016
    • David Tennant in Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard II (2013)
      Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard II
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • John of Gaunt
      • 2013
    • David Tennant in The Escape Artist (2013)
      The Escape Artist
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Judge
      • 2013
    • Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady (2011)
      The Iron Lady
      6.4
      • Michael Foot - Leader of the Opposition
      • 2011
    • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
      Silent Witness
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Prof. Pavel Vetchy
      • Dennis Morgan
      • 2002–2010
    • Britain Isn't Working
      7.3
      Short
      • Mayor Bunion
      • 2009
    • Brendan Gleeson in Into the Storm (2009)
      Into the Storm
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
      • 2009
    • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
      Holby City
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Walter Noble
      • David Powell
      • 2006–2008
    • Florence Nightingale (2008)
      Florence Nightingale
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Wen
      • 2008
    • Joely Richardson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Joss Stone, Tamzin Merchant, Natalie Dormer, and Annabelle Wallis in The Tudors (2007)
      The Tudors
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Abbot
      • 2008
    • Laurence Fox and Kevin Whately in Inspector Lewis (2006)
      Inspector Lewis
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Dr. Melville
      • 2008

    Director

    • Footprints (2021)
      Footprints
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Sweet William: My Life with Shakespeare
      • Director
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • Arena (1975)
      Arena
      7.6
      TV Series
      • narrator
      • 1995

    Videos7

    Summer's Lease: Where The Water Goes
    Trailer 1:41
    Summer's Lease: Where The Water Goes
    Summer's Lease
    Trailer 2:00
    Summer's Lease
    Summer's Lease
    Trailer 2:00
    Summer's Lease
    Summer's Lease: Villa To Let
    Trailer 2:00
    Summer's Lease: Villa To Let
    Summer's Lease: Vol. 2
    Trailer 0:47
    Summer's Lease: Vol. 2
    Summer's Lease: A Battlefield
    Trailer 1:46
    Summer's Lease: A Battlefield
    Summer's Lease: Vol. 1
    Trailer 0:42
    Summer's Lease: Vol. 1

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    • Height
      • 6′ 0¾″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • June 7, 1943
      • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Katharine BarkerOctober 10, 1964 - December 1967 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Other works
      He acted in Yuriy Lyubimov and Yuri Karyakin's stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Paola Dionisotti, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Kelly, Bill Paterson, Sheila Reid, Mia Soteriou and Gary Waldhorn in the cast. Yuriy Lyubimov was also the director.

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      He and Michael Bogdanov was awarded the 1987 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for the Special Award for "The Henry Trilogy".

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