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Daniel Hugh Kelly

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Born: 1952-08-10 • 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.

Filmography
Skipping Stones poster
Skipping Stones
2021 • Mr. McDowell
Far More poster
Far More
2021 • Dick McAllister
Among the Shadows poster
Among the Shadows
2019 • Bittencourt
Crazy Alien poster
Crazy Alien
2019 • The President of the United States
Holiday Breakup poster
Holiday Breakup
2016 • William
A Father's Secret poster
A Father's Secret
2016 • Caswell Foxx
ToY poster
ToY
2015 • Steven
Sex, Death and Bowling poster
Sex, Death and Bowling
2015 • Dick McAllister
Mischief Night poster
Mischief Night
2013 • David
The Monkey's Paw poster
The Monkey's Paw
2013 • Gillespie
Invasion Roswell poster
Invasion Roswell
2013 • David
Devil May Call poster
Devil May Call
2013 • Tony
God's Country poster
God's Country
2012 • Mr. Randolph Whitaker
Guardian poster
Guardian
2001 • Agent Taylor
The In Crowd poster
The In Crowd
2000 • Dr. Henry Thompson
Growing Up Brady poster
Growing Up Brady
2000 • Robert Reed
Chill Factor poster
Chill Factor
1999 • Col. Leo Vitelli
Star Trek: Insurrection poster
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 • Sojef
Labor of Love poster
Labor of Love
1998 • Gordon Connell
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story poster
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998 • Lonn Reisman
Atomic Dog poster
Atomic Dog
1998 • Brook Yates
Five Desperate Hours poster
Five Desperate Hours
1997 • Jim Ballard
Stranger in My Home poster
Stranger in My Home
1997 • Doug Martin
The Tuskegee Airmen poster
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
No Greater Love poster
No Greater Love
1995 • Ben Jones
Bad Company poster
Bad Company
1995 • Les Goodwin
A Child's Cry for Help poster
A Child's Cry for Help
1994 • Donald Prescott
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice poster
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
1994 • Franklin Carter
The Good Son poster
The Good Son
1993 • Wallace Evans
Citizen Cohn poster
Citizen Cohn
1992 • Congressman Neil Gallagher
Someone to Watch Over Me poster
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987 • Scotty
Nowhere to Hide poster
Nowhere to Hide
1987 • Rob Cutter
Night of Courage poster
Night of Courage
1987 • Paul Forrest
Night of 100 Stars II poster
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • Self
Cujo poster
Cujo
1983 • Vic Trenton
Thin Ice poster
Thin Ice
1981 • Jack