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Kenneth Colley
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1937Born, Manchester
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Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor, he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure (also 1979). Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox,…
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The Empire Strikes BackAdmiral Piett
Return of the JediAdmiral Piett
Peaky BlindersVicente Changretta
Life of BrianJesus
MisfitsOld Rudy2025The InstituteGate Guard #5 · 1 episodeShow
2025Dan Hawk Psychic DetectiveThaddeus MoncriefMovie
2013Scar TissueWeaverMovie
2013Peaky BlindersVicente Changretta · 2 episodesShow
2012LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes OutAdmiral Piett (voice)Movie
2011VeraRonald Devreux · 1 episodeShow
2009The Queen5 episodesShow
2009MisfitsOld Rudy · 1 episodeShow
2007GreetingsKenMovie
2005Like Father Like SonRawsthorneMovie
2004New Tricks1 episodeShow
2003The RoyalBernard Hussey · 1 episodeShow
2002Foyle's WarBrian Jones · 1 episodeShow
1999Relic HunterProfessor Lamenza · 1 episodeShow
1999Hold Back the NightUncle BobMovie
1999Always and EveryoneJoseph · 1 episodeShow
1999The Last Train1 episodeShow
1998The Mrs Bradley MysteriesArchie Burlington · 1 episodeShow
1998Shadow RunLarcombeMovie
1996Brassed OffGreasleyMovie
1996Robert Rylands' Last JourneyArchdaleMovie
1995Solomon & ShebaNathanMovie
1994WycliffeSam Peploe · 1 episodeShow
1994Moving StoryKen Uttley · 14 episodesShow
1993Peak PracticeStan Jordan · 1 episodeShow
1993Unnatural CausesInspector Gerry RecklessMovie
1992The Secret Life of Arnold BaxJohn IrelandMovie
1992Between the LinesChief Supt. Tattersall · 1 episodeShow
1992HeartbeatClive Harris · 1 episodeShow
1992La Vie de BohèmeStreet SweeperMovie
1991Prisoner of HonorCapt. DreyfusMovie
1990The Last IslandNickMovie
1990I Hired a Contract KillerThe KillerMovie
1990Kremlin FarewellSergejMovie
1990The Plot to Kill HitlerWilhelm KeitelMovie
1989The RainbowMr. BruntMovie
1989A Master of the MarionettesInspector TennysonMovie
1988War and RemembrancePaul Blobel · 2 episodesShow
1988A Summer StoryJimMovie
1988The Play on OneDI Tennyson · 1 episodeShow
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersChief Inspector Heat · 1 episodeShow
1987When Reason SleepsJames Bentik · 1 episodeShow
1987CasanovaLe DucMovie
1987Inspector MorseDCI Patrick Dawson · 1 episodeShow
1986The Whistle BlowerBill PickettMovie
1986John Silver's Return to Treasure IslandBen Gunn · 10 episodesShow
1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryKing Vittorio Emmanuele · 4 episodesShow
1985Function Room1 episodeShow
1985Wallenberg: A Hero's StoryAdolf Eichmann · 2 episodesShow
1985Screen TwoSergej · 1 episodeShow
1984Return to WaterlooThe TravellerMovie
1983Return of the JediAdmiral PiettMovie
1983The Scarlet and the BlackCapt. HirschMovie
1982Giro CityMartinMovie
1982FirefoxColonel KontarskyMovie
1982I Remember Nelsonice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson · 4 episodesShow
1981Peter and PaulTheodotus · 2 episodesShow
1980The Empire Strikes BackAdmiral PiettMovie
1979MinderRon · 1 episodeShow
1979Life of BrianJesusMovie
1979The Danedyke MysteryThe MajorMovie
1979Measure for MeasureDuke VincentioMovie
1978Les MisérablesPolice PrefectMovie
1978One Bummer News DayFrank BenyonMovie
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareDuke Vincentio · 1 episodeShow
1978Pennies from HeavenThe Accordion Man · 6 episodesShow
1977Come the RevolutionBruce TetleyMovie
1977The Testing of Eric OlthwaiteRobberMovie
1977TargetJessal · 1 episodeShow
1977Jabberwocky1st FanaticMovie
1976Dickens of LondonRobert Seymour · 1 episodeShow
1976Three Days in SzczecinEdmund BałukaMovie
1976The Chester Mystery PlaysMovie
1976Ripping YarnsRobber · 1 episodeShow
1975LisztomaniaFrederic ChopinMovie
1975FlameTony DevlinMovie
1975The Love SchoolEdward Burne-Jones · 3 episodesShow
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