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… Read more
Known for The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Return of the Jedi 1983 Peaky Blinders 2013 Life of Brian 1979 Series ★ 8.2 Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989
Mathew Davenheim Series ★ 7.9 Inspector Morse 1987
DCI Patrick Dawson ★ 7.5 The Devils 1971
Legrand ★ 7.5 La Vie de Bohème 1992
Street Sweeper Series ★ 7.9 War and Remembrance 1988
Paul Blobel Series ★ 8.1 The Sweeney 1975
Noah Riley Series ★ 7.7 Ripping Yarns 1976
Robber Series ★ 7.3 New Tricks 2004
Series ★ 7.2 Minder 1979
Ron ★ 7.1 The Scarlet and the Black 1983
Capt. Hirsch ★ 7.1 Les Misérables 1978
Police Prefect Series ★ 7.1 Heartbeat 1992
Clive Harris ★ 7 Brassed Off 1996
Greasley ★ 6.8 Return to Waterloo 1984
The Traveller ★ 6.8 Mahler 1974
Krenek ★ 6.9 I Hired a Contract Killer 1990
The Killer ★ 6.2 The Plot to Kill Hitler 1990
Wilhelm Keitel ★ 6.8 Performance. 1970
Tony Farrell ★ 6.1 A Summer Story 1988
Jim ★ 6.4 The Boy Friend 1971
King in fantasy sequence (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Music Lovers 1971
Modeste Tchaikovsky ★ 5.8 The Triple Echo 1972
Provo Corporal ★ 6.2 Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973
Boldt ★ 6 Lisztomania 1975
Frederic Chopin ★ 6.5 LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out 2012
Admiral Piett (voice) ★ 5.7 The Rainbow 1989
Mr. Brunt ★ 5.7 How I Won the War 1967
2nd Replacement ★ 5.8 The Whistle Blower 1986
Bill Pickett ★ 6.3 Juggernaut 1974
Detective Brown ★ 5.5 The Blood Beast Terror 1968
James ★ 6 Jabberwocky 1977
1st Fanatic ★ 6.1 Firefox 1982
Colonel Kontarsky Start from another title 
