b. 1952 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
The middle of five children. His father was a police officer/detective and his mother was a social worker. He received his B.A. from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and pursued his M.F.A. on a full scholarship at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Kelly has appeared in numerous off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions, primarily at the Public Theater and the Second Stage. A product of regional national theater, he has been a company member of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Folger Theater, Arena Stage, and the Actors Theater of Louisville among others. He toured with the National Players, the oldest classical touring company in the United States. He starred on Broadway as Brick opposite Kathleen Turner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and as Paul Verrall opposite Madeline Kahn in "Born Yesterday". In 2003, he appeared at the Mark Taper Theater Forum, originating the role of Richard in "Living Out" by Lisa Loomer.
Born 10 Aug 1952
A Father's Secret
2016
Caswell Foxx
Ponderosa
2001
Ben Cartwright
The In Crowd
2000
Dr. Henry Thompson
Chill Factor
1999
Col. Leo Vitelli
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Sojef
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Gene Cernan
Second Noah
1996
Noah Beckett
Bad Company
1995
Les Goodwin
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
The Good Son
1993
Wallace Evans
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
I Married Dora
1987
Peter Farrell