Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi - Monty Python’s Life of Brian

Ken Colley is known best for his role in the Star Wars Franchise as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.  He was the only actor to play an imperial officer in more than one Star Wars film.   He reprised his role as Piett in the Cartoon Network animated special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

One of Ken’s other well-known roles was as Jesus in Monty Python’s film Life of Brian.  He also played an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox where he played a Soviet colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets.

Earlier films he performed in included Hitler: The Last Ten Days and a 1978 version of Les Miserables among hundreds of other productions since the early 60s.