Michael Pennington
CountryUnited Kingdom 
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 7, 1943
Death2026-05-07
BiographyMichael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (7 June 1943 – 7 May 2026) was 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 wrote ten books, directed in the UK and across the world, and was an honorary associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Over a 60-year stage career he played a host of Shakespeare's title roles and other leading characters, while on screen he appeared as Laertes in Hamlet (1969), Moff Jerjerrod in Return of the Jedi (1983), and Michael Foot in The Iron Lady (2011).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Michael Pennington. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Over a 60-year stage career he played a host of Shakespeare's title roles and other leading characters, while on screen he appeared as Laertes in Hamlet (1969), Moff Jerjerrod in Return of the Jedi (1983), and Michael Foot in The Iron Lady (2011).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Michael Pennington. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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