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Stage-trained character player of film and TV whose beady-eyed intensity and small wiry physique made him perfect for playing ferret-like punks and psychos in Hollywood genre films. Kelly trained with Stella Adler, studied mime with Marcel Marceau, and racked up NYC stage credits in musicals, dramas, and experimental theater. But film producer Joel Silver looked at him and saw a rat and cast him accordingly in Walter Hill's "The Warriors" (1979) and "48 Hrs....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Gardener of Eden - ( - Cast / 2007 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Flags of Our Fathers - ( President Truman / 2006 / Released / )
The Longest Yard - ( Unger / 2005 / Released / )
Personal Velocity - ( Peter / 2002 / Released / )
K-Pax - ( Howie / 2001 / Released / )
Songcatcher - ( Earl Giddens / 2000 / Released / Shochiku Company, Ltd. )
In Too Deep - ( Rick Scott / 1999 / Released / )
Trojan War - ( The Bagman / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Flirting With Disaster - ( Fritz Boudreau / 1996 / Released / Nordisk Film )
Last Man Standing - ( Doyle / 1996 / Released / )
The Funeral - ( Michael Stein / 1996 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) )
Crooklyn - ( Tony Eyes / 1994 / Released / )
Crooklyn - ( Jim / 1994 / Released / )
Exterior Night - ( / 1994 / Released / )
The Crow - ( T-Bird / 1994 / Released / )
Malcolm X - ( Mr Ostrowski / 1992 / Released / )
Cheap Shots - ( Arnold Posner / 1991 / Released / )
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane - ( Sam / 1990 / Released / Finnkino )
Wild At Heart - ( Dropshadow / 1990 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
Penn & Teller Get Killed - ( Fan / 1989 / Released / )
The Misfit Brigade - ( The Legionaire / 1988 / Released / )
Commando - ( Sully / 1985 / Released / )
Dreamscape - ( Tommy Ray Glatman / 1984 / Released / )
48 HRS. - ( Luther / 1982 / Released / )
Hammett - ( Winston--The Punk / 1982 / Released / )
The Warriors - ( Luther / 1979 / Released / )
TV Credits
Kidnapped ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Hack ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Third Watch ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Liberty! The American Revolution ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Cafe Society ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
B-Men ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Date Rape ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Mad About You ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Stage-trained character player of film and TV whose beady-eyed intensity and small wiry physique made him perfect for playing ferret-like punks and psychos in Hollywood genre films. Kelly trained with Stella Adler, studied mime with Marcel Marceau, and racked up NYC stage credits in musicals, dramas, and experimental theater. But film producer Joel Silver looked at him and saw a rat and cast him accordingly in Walter Hill's "The Warriors" (1979) and "48 Hrs." (1982), "Commando" (1985), and "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990). As Luther in "The Warriors" ("Warriors ... come out to play!" he crooned), Kelly committed the assassination for which the heroes are blamed and chased across the city. As Sully in "Commando", Arnold Schwarzenegger's character likes him so much that he promises to kill him last. (He lied.)

Kelly slimes impressively in the nifty sci-fi thriller "Dreamscape" as a would-be assassin who attacks the President through his dreams. More recently he turned up in two period films directed by Spike Lee: "Malcolm X" (1992) as a teacher who discourages the young Malcolm from further studies and "Crooklyn" (1994) as an eccentric neighbor of the young protagonist. In between, he played a more conventional baddie in "The Crow" (1994).


Profession(s):
Actor, singer, composer, musician
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
University of Detroit Detroit, Michigan BFA
International Mime School Paris, France
Awards (Back to top)
OBIE Award Sustained Excellence in Performance 1998

Milestones (Back to top)
2005 Played Unger in the remake of "The Longest Yard" with Adam Sandler
2001 Cast opposite Kevin Spacey in "K-PAX"
2000 Portrayed Salvador Dali in the Off-Broadway play "Lobster Alice"
1990 Starred as "Woyzeck" in a Hartford Stage revival of Buchner's 19th century tragedy
1988 TV special debut, "Date Rape", an "ABC Afterschool Special"
1985 Had a rare TV starring role in "Slippage", an episode of the fantasy anthology "Tales From the Darkside"
1982 Portrayed the Younger John as well as Pierre Trudeau and Night Club Manager in "Lennon", an off-Broadway play on the life of the artist
1979 Feature acting debut, Walter Hill's "The Warriors"; first film for producer Joel Silver
1978 Broadway debut in "Working", a musical version of Stud Turkel's book
1974 Appeared in "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band On the Road", an off-Broadway musical
Performed at the seminal rock club CBGB's in its early days
Collaborated on songs for "Three Sisters" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (also acted)
Created roles in two off-off-Broadway plays by acclaimed avant-garde theater artist Richard Foreman including "Film is Evil: Radio is Good" (date approximate)
Debut as a recurring character on a TV series, played Jerry Horne on David Lynch's "Twin Peaks"

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