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Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

Kenneth Colley, born in Manchester, was a British actor of film and television whose work stretched across some six decades. He took the part of Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and had an early television part as Noah Riley in the police drama The Sweeney. He belonged to Ken Russell's repertory company, taking roles such as Modest Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers (1971), LeGrand in The Devils (1971), the journalist Krenek in Mahler (1974) and the composer Chopin in Lisztomania (1975). Widest recognition came as Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983); he was the only Imperial officer actor to appear in a second Star Wars film, and he reprised the part in the animated special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012). Further credits included Jabberwocky (1977) and Firefox (1982), and he directed the horror film Greetings (2007).

87years old at death

  • Born Manchester
  • Died Ashford
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
45 years1967 to 2012

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  1. Beyond film

    In 2017, Colley did short narrations that were included on Pop Wasteland, an album by the Folkestone band Phenomenal Cat.

Kenneth Colley movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Life of Brian1979 Comedyas Jesus

    IMDb rating 8.0436K votes

  2. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Admiral Piett

    IMDb rating 8.31.2M votes

  3. The Empire Strikes Back1980as Admiral Piett

    IMDb rating 8.71.5M votes

  4. Firefox1982as Colonel Kontarsky

    IMDb rating 5.932K votes

  5. I Hired a Contract Killer1990as The Killer

    IMDb rating 7.19.1K votes

  6. The Music Lovers1971as Modeste Tchaikovsky

    IMDb rating 7.23.6K votes

  7. The Scarlet and the Black1983as Capt. Hirsch

    IMDb rating 7.54.5K votes

  8. Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out2012as Admiral Piettvoice

    IMDb rating 7.11.9K votes

Most often with

Ken Russell directed four of these films, Richard Lester two. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Kenneth Colley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.2 billion

8 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 8Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $573M46.5% of the total
  2. 2
    The Empire Strikes Back1980as Admiral Piett
    $538M43.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Firefox1982as Colonel Kontarsky
    $71M5.7% of the total
  4. 4
    The Devils1971as Legrand
    $22M1.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Life of Brian1979as Jesus
    $21M1.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Juggernaut1974as Detective Brown
    $3.4M0.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Brassed Off1996as Greasley
    $2.6M0.2% of the total
  8. 8
    Jabberwocky1977as 1st Fanatic
    $490K0.0% of the total