Kenneth Colley
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 December 1937
Died30 June 2025 (age 87)
Place of birthManchester, England, UK
Known credits120
Biography
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 Measur…
The Institute
2025 · Gate Guard #5
Dan Hawk Psychic Detective
2025 · Thaddeus Moncrief
Scar Tissue
2013 · Weaver
Peaky Blinders
2013 · Vicente Changretta
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012 · Admiral Piett (voice)
Vera
2011 · Ronald Devreux
The Queen
2009
Misfits
2009 · Old Rudy
Greetings
2007 · Ken
Greetings
2007 · Producer
Greetings
2007 · Director
Greetings
2007 · Writer
Like Father Like Son
2005 · Rawsthorne
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
2003 · Bernard Hussey
Foyle's War
2002 · Brian Jones
Relic Hunter
1999 · Professor Lamenza
Hold Back the Night
1999 · Uncle Bob
Always and Everyone
1999 · Joseph
The Last Train
1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998 · Archie Burlington
Shadow Run
1998 · Larcombe
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Lloyd Kirby
Brassed Off
1996 · Greasley
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
1996 · Archdale
Solomon & Sheba
1995 · Nathan
Wycliffe
1994 · Sam Peploe
Moving Story
1994 · Ken Uttley
Peak Practice
1993 · Stan Jordan
Unnatural Causes
1993 · Inspector Gerry Reckless
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992 · John Ireland
Between the Lines
1992 · Chief Supt. Tattersall
Heartbeat
1992 · Clive Harris
La Vie de Bohème
1992 · Street Sweeper
Prisoner of Honor
1991 · Capt. Dreyfus
The Last Island
1990 · Nick
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990 · The Killer
Kremlin Farewell
1990 · Sergej
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990 · Wilhelm Keitel
The Rainbow
1989 · Mr. Brunt
A Master of the Marionettes
1989 · Inspector Tennyson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mathew Davenheim
War and Remembrance
1988 · Paul Blobel
A Summer Story
1988 · Jim
The Play on One
1988 · DI Tennyson
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Chief Inspector Heat
Casanova
1987 · Le Duc
Inspector Morse
1987 · DCI Patrick Dawson
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