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.
2021
as Mr. McDowell
2019
as The President of the United States
2016
as William
2016
as Caswell Foxx
2015
as Steven
2015
as Dick McAllister
2014
as Tom Hawkins
2013
as David
2013
as Gillespie
2013
as David
2013
as Tony
2012
as Mr. Randolph Whitaker
2010
as Judge Royce
2009
as Man
2009
as Evan Potter
2008
as Philip Carmichael
2005
as Jake Devins
2004
as William Brewster
2003
as Elliot Glick (2008)
2003
as Admiral Kendall
2003
2002
2001
as Ben Cartwright
2001
as Agent Taylor
2001
as John F. Kennedy
2001
as John F. Kennedy
2000
as Dr. Henry Thompson
2000
as Robert Reed
1999
as James Cook
1999
as Mark Dobbins
1999
as Col. Leo Vitelli
1999
as Rex Stanford / Charles
1998
as Sojef
1998
as Grant
1998
as Gordon Connell
1998
as Gene Cernan
1998
as Lonn Reisman
1998
as Brook Yates
1997
as Jim Ballard
1997
as Doug Martin
1996
as Noah Beckett
1995
1995
as Ben Jones
1995
as Alex Buchanan
1995
as Les Goodwin
1994
as Donald Prescott
1994
as Franklin Carter
1993
as Wallace Evans
1993
as Tim Preston
1992
as Congressman Neil Gallagher
1991
1990
as Councilman Kevin Crossley
1990
as Julian Spector
1990
as Lawrence Garber
1990
as Leland Barnes
1987
as Scotty
1987
as Peter Farrell
1987
as Rob Cutter
1987
as Mike George
1987
as Paul Forrest
1985
as Self
1983
as Mark "Skid" McCormick
1983
as Vic Trenton
1982
as Det. Frank Wajorski
1981
as Jack
1976