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.
Vic Trenton
Film 1983
Mr. McDowell
Film 2021
Robert Reed
Film 2000
Mr. Randolph Whitaker
Film 2012
Donald Prescott
Film 1994
Jim Ballard
Film 1997
Franklin Carter
Film 1994
John F. Kennedy
Film 2001
Self
Film 1985
Brook Yates
Film 1998
Tony
Film 2013
William
Film 2016
Paul Forrest
Film 1987
The President of the United States
Film 2019
Congressman Neil Gallagher
Film 1992
Sojef
Film 1998
Jack
Film 1981
Film 1995
Tv 2003
Det. Frank Wajorski
Tv 1982
Tv 1976
Peter Farrell
Tv 1987
Tv 1991
Tv 2002
Admiral Kendall
Tv 2003
Grant
Tv 1998
Tom Hawkins
Tv 2014
John F. Kennedy
Tv 2001