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Kenneth Colley
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Film & TV
Manchester, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Dan Hawk Psychic Detective — Thaddeus Moncrief2025
- The Institute — Gate Guard #52025
- Scar Tissue — Weaver2013
- Peaky Blinders — Vicente Changretta2013
- LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out — Admiral Piett (voice)2012
- Vera — Ronald Devreux2011
- The Queen2009
- Misfits — Old Rudy2009
- Greetings — Ken2007
- Like Father Like Son — Rawsthorne2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ken
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Place of death
- Ashford
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- Kenneth Colley Gen SW 2010 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-12-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Kenneth Colley
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- date of death
- 2025-06-30
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- name in native language
- Kenneth Colley
- cause of death
- COVID-19
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