David Patrick Kelly
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David Patrick Kelly | |
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| Born | January 23, 1951 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
| Website | http://www.davidpatrickkelly.net/ |
David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor and musician who has appeared in numerous films, including some major roles.
Early life
Kelly, who is the son of Margaret Kelly and Robert Corby Kelly of Detroit, a Bronze Star recipient for service during the Battle Of The Bulge in World War II, graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit. He was also a student of Marcel Marceau and Mira Rostova.[1]
Career
Film
Kelly is well known for having acted out the villainous role of Luther in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, where he screeches the famous line, "Warriors...come out to play-ee-ay!!" Kelly himself improvised the line. He also played a character named Luther in the 1982 hit film 48 Hrs.
His film credits include the 1985 hit action film Commando, in which he played Sully. His other films include Crooklyn, Hammett, Wild At Heart, Dreamscape, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Last Man Standing, Songcatcher, The Crow, K-PAX, the 2005 version of The Longest Yard, Flags Of Our Fathers, and the video game "Ripper."
Television
David Lynch created the character of Jerry Horne on Twin Peaks specifically for Kelly; his many television guest appearances include Miami Vice, Moonlighting, Spenser: For Hire, Ghostwriter, Third Watch, Hack, Kidnapped, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Gossip Girl, and Louie. Kelly also participated in the PBS production of the musical version of Working, which Studs Terkel, author of the source book, hosted; Kelly's role was that of a "copyboy," and his was the first singing voice heard in the selection "I Could've Been..."[citation needed]
Stage
On Broadway, Kelly originated the role of Da in Once which was awarded the 2012 Tony Award for Best Musical. In 1998 he played Feste in the Lincoln Center production of Twelfth Night. Kelly has frequently appeared at the Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut starring in the title roles in Woyzeck and Tartuffe, playing Iago in Othello and Hoss in Sam Shepard's Tooth Of Crime. At the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he played the title role in Pirandello's Enrico IV and starred in an adaption of the Yuan Dynasty Chinese classic Snow In June. He appeared in four plays by avant garde master Richard Foreman: Pearls For Pigs, The Mind King, Film Is Evil/Radio Is Good, and The Cure. In 1998 he received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
Music
As a composer and musician, Kelly participated in New York's rock and cabaret scene playing such legendary venues as Max's Kansas City, Reno Sweeney's, CBGB, and The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club.
In May of 2008, he released a CD of his original music titled David Patrick Kelly: Rip Van Boy Man, which contained new songs and live recordings from his club days in 1975.
Awards
Kelly received an Obie Award for sustained excellence for his theater work in classics, new plays and the avant-garde.[1]
Personal life
Kelly married theater actress/writer Juliana Francis at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in New York on August 14, 2005.[1]
He is an avid martial artist, with a Second Degree Black Belt (Nidan Rank) in Seido Karate and a practitioner of three forms of T'ai chi (Chen, Yang, Palm).[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "Juliana Francis and David Kelly". The New York Times. August 14, 2005
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