Personal Info
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1937-12-07 (88 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Also Known For
Kenneth CooleyKen Colley
Kenneth Colley
Biography
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is 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 The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearea ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Dan Hawk Psychic Detective
| Thaddeus Moncrief
2013 --
Scar Tissue
| Weaver
2012 --
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
| Admiral Piett (voice)
2007 --
Greetings
| Ken
2005 --
Like Father Like Son
| Rawsthorne
1999 --
Hold Back the Night
| Uncle Bob
1998 --
Shadow Run
| Larcombe
1996 --
Brassed Off
| Greasley
1996 --
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
| Archdale
1995 --
Solomon & Sheba
| Nathan
1993 --
Unnatural Causes
| Inspector Gerry Reckless
1992 --
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
| John Ireland
1992 --
La Vie de Bohème
| Street Sweeper
1991 --
Prisoner of Honor
| Capt. Dreyfus
1990 --
The Last Island
| Nick
1990 --
I Hired a Contract Killer
| The Killer
1990 --
Kremlin Farewell
| Sergej
1990 --
The Plot to Kill Hitler
| Wilhelm Keitel
1989 --
The Rainbow
| Mr. Brunt
1989 --
A Master of the Marionettes
| Inspector Tennyson
1988 --
A Summer Story
| Jim
1987 --
Casanova
| Le Duc
1986 --
The Whistle Blower
| Bill Pickett
1985 --
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
| Adolph Eichmann
1984 --
Return to Waterloo
| The Traveller
1983 --
Return of the Jedi
| Admiral Piett
1983 --
The Scarlet and the Black
| Capt. Hirsch
1982 --
Giro City
| Martin
1982 --
Firefox
| Colonel Kontarsky
1982 --
I Remember Nelson
| Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
1980 --
The Empire Strikes Back
| Admiral Piett
1979 --
Life of Brian
| Jesus
1979 --
The Danedyke Mystery
| The Major
1979 --
Measure for Measure
| Duke Vincentio
1978 --
Les Misérables
| Police Prefect
1978 --
One Bummer News Day
| Frank Benyon
1977 --
Come the Revolution
| Bruce Tetley
1977 --
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
| Robber
1977 --
Jabberwocky
| 1st Fanatic
1975 --
Lisztomania
| Frederic Chopin
1975 --
Flame
| Tony Devlin
1974 --
Juggernaut
| Detective Brown
1974 --
Mahler
| Krenek
1973 --
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
| Boldt
1972 --
The Triple Echo
| Provo Corporal
1971 --
The Boy Friend
| King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
1971 --
The Devils
| Legrand
1971 --
The Music Lovers
| Modeste Tchaikovsky
1970 --
Performance
| Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
1970 --
Dance of the Seven Veils
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1968 --
The Blood Beast Terror
| James
1968 --
Who Pays?
| Corbett
1967 --
How I Won the War
| 2nd Replacement
1967 --
The Jokers
| De Winter
1965 --
Three Clear Sundays
| Nick
1963 --
Seventy Deadly Pills
| Covent Garden porter