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Kenneth Colley

ケネス・コリー　/　けねす・こりー

Actor from United Kingdom

December 7, 1937 (age 88)　・　Manchester, United Kingdom

actor
film actor
film director

My Take

Kenneth Colley is the kind of character actor I have enormous respect for, the sort whose face you know even if the name takes a second. Born in Manchester in 1937, he worked steadily for over sixty years before his death in 2025. To most people he'll always be Admiral Piett, the one Imperial officer in Star Wars who somehow survived Vader's wrath in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. But his work with Ken Russell and his unnervingly serene Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian show real range. A quietly indispensable craftsman who never needed top billing.

Overview

Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 – 30 June 2025) was a British film and television actor whose career spanned over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as his roles in the films of Ken Russell and as Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kenneth Colley
Name (Japanese): ケネス・コリー
Reading: けねす・こりー
Born: December 7, 1937 (age 88)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Ox
Origin: Manchester, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer

2. Background

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

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