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Renowned Shakespearean actor and founder of the English Shakespeare Company, Michael Pennington, has died at 82. A longtime honorary associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he appeared in more than 70 screen roles—including Return of the Jedi as Moff Jerjerrod and The Iron Lady—while also shaping theatre through his classical productions. He died peacefully at Denville Hall, according to his agent.
Stage and screen actor Michael Pennington, famed for his Star Wars role as Moff Jerjerrod and as a longtime Shakespearean performer who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company, has died at 82. His career spanned more than 70 screen roles, including The Iron Lady, and he was closely associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company; tributes praised his clarity, wisdom and artistry.
Michael Pennington, the British stage actor who portrayed Moff Jerjerrod in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, has died at 82. A celebrated theatre performer, he co-founded the English Shakespeare Company after a long tenure with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared on screen in Hamlet (1969) and The Iron Lady, among other TV and film roles; his later work included appearances in Raised By Wolves, Endeavour, Father Brown and Silent Witness. The cause of death was not disclosed.
British actor Michael Pennington, known to Star Wars fans as Moff Jerjerrod and a longtime pillar of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has died aged 82, The Telegraph reports. A revered stage star who founded The English Shakespeare Company in 1986, Pennington’s career spanned theatre, TV and film, and he also wrote about performance; his death marks the loss of a renowned figure in both British theatre and popular culture.