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Author of "Hamlet: A User's Guide" See more trivia »

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Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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2011 The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
 
2002-2010 Silent Witness (TV series)
Dennis Morgan / Prof. Pavel Vetchy
– Voids: Part II (2010) … Prof. Pavel Vetchy
– Tell No Tales: Part 2 (2002) … Dennis Morgan
– Tell No Tales: Part 1 (2002) … Dennis Morgan
 
2009 Britain Isn't Working (short)
Mayor Bunion
 
2009 Into the Storm (TV movie)
Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
 
2006-2008 Holby City (TV series)
David Powell / Walter Noble
– Love You (2008) … Walter Noble
– The Good Fight (2006) … David Powell
 
2008 Florence Nightingale (TV movie)
Wen
 
2008 The Tudors (TV series)
Abbot
– Matters of State (2008) … Abbot
 
2008 Inspector Lewis (TV series)
Dr. Melville
– Life Born of Fire (2008) … Dr. Melville
 
2007 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
James Clayton Q.C.
– Mirror Image: Part 1 (2007) … James Clayton Q.C.
 
2005 Fragile
Marcus
 
2003 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Prof Alan Macintosh / Prof. Alan Macintosh
– Breaking Glass: Part 2 (2003) … Prof. Alan Macintosh
– Breaking Glass: Part 1 (2003) … Prof Alan Macintosh
 
2003 State of Play (TV mini-series)
Richard Siegler
– Episode #1.6 (2003) … Richard Siegler
 
2003 The Bill (TV series)
Judge Howard Sinclair
– 091 (2003) … Judge Howard Sinclair
– 090 (2003) … Judge Howard Sinclair
– 089 (2003) … Judge Howard Sinclair
– 084 (2003) … Judge Howard Sinclair
– 083 (2003) … Judge Howard Sinclair
See all 6 episodes »
 
2002 The Dinosaur Hunters (TV movie)
William Buckland
 
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (TV series)
Priest
– Scream Satan Scream! (2001) … Priest
 
1997 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Hartley Culpepper
– Ruling Passion (1997) … Hartley Culpepper
 
1997 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Ralph Merridew
– Diplomatic Baggage (1997) … Ralph Merridew
 
1996 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1996 Cracker (TV series)
Commander Gordon Ellison
– White Ghost (1996) … Commander Gordon Ellison
 
1994 Degas and Pissarro Fall Out (short)
Degas
 
1993 Between the Lines (TV series)
Thomas Wenleigh
– The Fifth Estate (1993) … Thomas Wenleigh
– Some Must Watch (1993) … Thomas Wenleigh
 
1990 The Wars of the Roses (TV series)
Duke of Buckingham / Earl of Suffolk / Henry Prince of Wales / …
– Henry IV: Part 1 (1990) … Prince Henry of Wales
– Richard II (1990) … Richard II
– Henry IV: Part 2 … Henry Prince of Wales
– Henry V … King Henry V
– Henry VI: House of Lancaster … Earl of Suffolk
See all 7 episodes »
 
1989 Summer's Lease (TV mini-series)
Hugh Pargeter
– The Urbino Trail (1989) … Hugh Pargeter
– A Battlefield (1989) … Hugh Pargeter
 
1989 Russian Season: Towards New Shores (TV movie) (voice)
 
1987 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV movie)
Sherlock Holmes
 
1986 The Theban Plays by Sophocles (TV series)
Oedipus Rex
– Oedipus the King (1986) … Oedipus Rex
 
1986 Screenplay (TV series)
Thomas Kyd
– The Marlowe Inquest (1986) … Thomas Kyd
 
1985 Oscar (TV series)
Narrator
– De Profundis (1985) … Narrator (voice)
– Trials (1985) … Narrator (voice)
– Gilded Youth (1985) … Narrator (voice)
 
1984 Freud (TV mini-series)
Carl Jung
– The World as Dream (1984) … Carl Jung
– Messiah (1984) … Carl Jung
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
 
1982 Cymbeline (TV movie)
Posthumus
 
1982 Outside Edge (TV movie)
Bob
 
1978-1982 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Alexei Turbin / Saint-Just
– The White Guard (1982) … Alexei Turbin
– Danton's Death (1978) … Saint-Just
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
John Lilburne
– A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981) … John Lilburne
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Mr. & Ms. Bureaucrat (1978)
 
1968-1977 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Don Harris / Lancelot Wishart / Peter Bell
– It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977) … Don Harris
– The Tycoon (1968) … Peter Bell
– Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart (1968) … Lancelot Wishart
 
1977 The Witches of Pendle (TV movie)
 
1972 No Exit (TV series)
Ian Strawson
– Last Land (1972) … Ian Strawson
 
1972 Callan (TV series)
Lafarge
– The Contract (1972) … Lafarge
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– An Affair of Honour (1972)
 
1971 Public Eye (TV series)
John Sheldon
– Well - There Was This Girl, You See (1971) … John Sheldon
 
1968-1970 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Adrian / Tom
– The Dolly Scene (1970) … Tom
– No Easy Walk (1968) … Adrian
 
1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Hans
– The Unconquered (1970) … Hans
 
1967-1970 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Garry / Geoffrey Cromlech / Youth
– Mad Jack (1970) … Geoffrey Cromlech
– Anyone for Tennis? (1968) … Garry
– The Order (1967) … Youth
 
1969 Hamlet
Laertes
 
1968 The Root of All Evil? (TV series)
Clive Pinner
– The Right Attitude? (1968) … Clive Pinner
 
1968 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
Will Ladislaw
– Scandals (1968) … Will Ladislaw
– The Wife and the Widow (1968) … Will Ladislaw
– The Husbands (1968) … Will Ladislaw
– Homecoming (1968) … Will Ladislaw
– The New Doctor (1968) … Will Ladislaw
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1966-1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Alexander / Wulfnoth
– The Single Passion (1967) … Alexander
– Conquest: The Encounter (1966) … Wulfnoth
 
1967 Sat'day While Sunday (TV series)
Adrian
– Once a Year in the Season: Part 2 (1967) … Adrian
– Once a Year in the Season: Part 1 (1967) … Adrian
 
1967 Escape (TV series)
Byron
– Five Men for Freedom (1967) … Byron
 
1967 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Gerry Waltham
– It Couldn't Be Charlie (1967) … Gerry Waltham
 
1965 The Wars of the Roses (TV mini-series)
– Richard III (1965)
– Edward IV (1965)
– Henry VI (1965)
 
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1984 Italians (TV series documentary) (narrator - 1 episode)
– The Venetian Dance Master (1984) (narrator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2008 RAF at 90 (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2008 Battle of Wills (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– The Da Vinci Code: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (2006) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Empire Warriors (TV mini-series documentary)
(Narrator)
 
2004 Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story (TV documentary)
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
 
2003 Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
2002 Building the Great Pyramid (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Tourists of the Revolution (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997 Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 Arena (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Peter Sellers Story (1995) … Narrator
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The History of Hamlet (1995) … Himself
 
1993 The Last Bolshevik (documentary)
Voice (voice)
 
1980 Playing Shakespeare (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Passion and Coolness (1980)
– Irony and Ambiguity (1980) … Himself
– Set Speeches and Soliloquies (1980) … Himself
– Language and Character (1980) … Himself
– Using the Verse (1980) … Himself
 
1979 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Royal Shakespeare Company Masterclass: Part 2 (1979) … Himself
– Royal Shakespeare Company Masterclass: Part 1 (1979) … Himself
 
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(1983) He acted in Yuri 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... See more »

Height:

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)
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Author of "Hamlet: A User's Guide" See more »

Star Sign:

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