Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley Movies and TV Shows

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 Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure in 1979. Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood movie Firefox, where he played a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley went on to play SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel in the World War II drama War and Remembrance. His character was charged with hiding the evidence of the Holocaust, and putting dead victims through "Economic Processing". According to comments Terry Gilliam (who directed him in Jabberwocky and co-starred with him in Life of Brian) made in the DVD audio commentaries for both films, Colley is a terrible stutterer in real life. When he had a role in a film, however, he could recite the lines perfectly. Stuttering is a character trait, however, in his role as the "Accordion Man" in the 1978 BBC television drama, Pennies from Heaven. He has also recently starred in BBC's HolbyBlue as a drunk and violent father, grandfather and father-in-law. He currently lives at Hythe in Kent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Colley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 12/7/1937 (86 years old)
  • Place of birth: Manchester, England, UK
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 66%
role:
Admiral Piett (voice)
Not available
2012

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
66%
Not available
Brassed Off
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Greasley
1996

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.2
70%
La Vie de Bohème
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 76%
role:
Street Sweeper
1992

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.6
76%
I Hired a Contract Killer
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
The Killer
Not available
1990

Comedy

Drama

7.2
69%
Not available
Return of the Jedi
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 79%
role:
Admiral Piett
1983

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
79%
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Firefox
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Colonel Kontarsky
1982

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
60%
The Empire Strikes Back
IMDB 8.7
TMDB 84%
role:
Admiral Piett
1980

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.7
84%
1979

Comedy

8.0
78%
Jabberwocky
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
1st Fanatic
1977

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
61%
Juggernaut
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 61%
role:
Detective Brown
1974

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.6
61%
The Devils
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Legrand
Not available
1971

Drama

History

7.8
75%
Not available
Performance
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Tony Farrell
1970

Crime

Drama

Music

6.7
68%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Kenneth Colley are, for example, Brassed Off, La Vie de Bohème and Return of the Jedi.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are The Empire Strikes Back (8.6), Return of the Jedi (8.1) and Life of Brian (7.9).
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