Silas Carson (born 1964), an English actor, is mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray as well as some other minor parts in the three Star Wars prequels.
In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Carson plays two other speaking parts: He is the Senator of the Trade Federation, Lott Dod (although his voice was replaced with that of actor Toby Longworth), and he is also Nute Gunray, the co-pilot of the ship which Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are on in the first scene. He appeared as Nute Gunray and Jedi Master Ki Adi Mundi in all three of the prequels, making him the only actor in the whole series to have every character he played die on screen.
He also made a guest appearance on the BBC series Hustle, as Bollywood film fan and perfectionist Kulvinder Samar, and in Spooks. He provided alien voices for the Doctor Who episode "The End of the World" and voices monsters the Ood in the episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".
