David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor, musician and lyricist who has appeared in numerous films and

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. He is best known for his role as the main

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, Luther, in the

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'' The Warriors'' (1979). Kelly is also known for his collaborations with

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, in the films ''

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'' (1992), ''

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'' (1994), and ''

Chi-Raq ''Chi-Raq'' () is a 2015 American musical crime comedy drama film, directed and produced by Spike Lee and co-written by Lee and Kevin Willmott. Set in Chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city's sou ...

'' (2015), and with

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, appearing in '' Wild at Heart'' (1990) as well as ''

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'' (1990–91) and its 2017 revival. Kelly's other credits include roles in '' 48 Hrs.'' (1982), ''

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'' (1985), ''

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'' (1994), '' The Funeral'' and '' Last Man Standing'' (both 1996), '' The Longest Yard'' (2005), as President

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in ''

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'' (2006), and a recurring role in ''

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'' (2015).

Early life

Kelly was born in

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to Margaret Elizabeth (Murphy) and Robert Corby Kelly, an accountant. His father received a

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for service during the

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. His grandfather, Daniel Murphy, was from Lisnashearshane, Duhallow, County Cork,

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. His great-grand-uncle was Father

William Corby The Rev. William Corby, CSC (October 2, 1833 – December 28, 1897) was an American priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and a Union Army chaplain in the American Civil War attached to the Irish Brigade. He served twice as president of ...

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of the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg. As detailed in Corby's book, ''Memoir of Chaplain Life: 3 Years With the Irish Brigade'', Father Corby eventually became president of the

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. Kelly was given a

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1964 by his mother and considers that to have been the greatest influence on his artistic life. As an

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, Kelly wrote the lyrics and music for four musicals produced in Detroit. These four productions were ''Lysistrata'' (by

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), ''The World from My Window'' (based on a book of children's poems), a project based on ''

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'' (in the land of horses) and ''Home for Silent Clowns'', a

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show with songs. Kelly graduated ''

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'' with a

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from the

University of Detroit The University of Detroit Mercy is a private Roman Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan. It is sponsored by both the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. The university was founded in 1877 and is the largest Catholic universi ...

, and was also a student of

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and

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."Juliana Francis and David Kelly"
''The New York Times''. August 14, 2005.

Career

Film

In his debut role of Luther in the 1979

'' The Warriors'', Kelly screeches the famous line, "Warriors...come out to play-ee-ay!!", which he improvised while clanging three empty beer bottles together.. In the 1982 film '' 48 Hrs.'', starring

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and

Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...

, director

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rewrote a role for Kelly and again named the character "Luther". Kelly's film credits include ''

'' (1985), in which he played Sully, ''

'', ''

'', '' Hammett'', '' Wild at Heart'', '' Dreamscape'', ''

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' is a 1990 American action comedy mystery film directed by Renny Harlin and written by David Arnott, James Cappe, and Daniel Waters based on a story by Arnott and Cappe. The film stars comedian Andrew Dice Cl ...

'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''

Songcatcher ''Songcatcher'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina. Although ''Songcatcher'' is a fictional film, it is loosely ...

'', ''

K-PAX ''K-PAX'' is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the ''K-PAX'' series. The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot. It is written in the first person from the point of view of Prot's psychiat ...

'', the 2005 remake of ''The Longest Yard'', ''

'', ''

John Wick ''John Wick'' is an American action thriller media franchise created by Derek Kolstad and centering around John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had abandoned. The franchise began with the release of ''J ...

'' (reprising his role as Charlie in '' John Wick: Chapter Two''), and ''

''. He also appeared in the 1996

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''.

Television

Kelly's television guest appearances include ''

'', ''

Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...

'', ''

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'', '' Spenser: For Hire'', ''

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'', ''

Third Watch ''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 26, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced by ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Kidnapped Kidnapped may refer to: * subject to the crime of kidnapping Literature * ''Kidnapped'' (novel), an 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson * ''Kidnapped'' (comics), a 2007 graphic novel adaptation of R. L. Stevenson's novel by Alan Grant and Ca ...

'', ''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

'', ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''

Gossip Girl ''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...

'', '' Louie'', '' Blue Bloods'', ''

'', and ''

Feed the Beast ''Feed the Beast'' is an American crime drama television series based on the Danish series '' Bankerot'' by Kim Fupz Aakeson and adapted by Clyde Phillips for AMC, starring David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess. The series premiered on June 5, 201 ...

''.

Stage

He performed in a few

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theater productions during the 1970s and 1980s. These included

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in 1975, and Ireneusz Iredyński's ''An Altar to Himself'', as adapted b
Michal Kobialka
an
Liz Diamond
and directed by Virlana Tkacz at La MaMa in 1989. He also appeared in the April 1974 production of ''Mr. Jello'', written and directed by

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, and then performed a song for which he wrote the music from ''Mr. Jello,'' at a benefit hosted by La MaMa to honor H.M. Koutoukas, called "For the Benefit of Harry", also in 1974. In 1976, he performed in La MaMa's "Cracker Club Country Fair Gala" in segments from Paul Foster's ''Silver Queen'' and Leonard Melfi's ''Horse Opera''. Kelly originated the role of Da in ''

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'' on

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, which was awarded the 2012

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. In 1998, he played

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in the

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production of ''

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''. Kelly has frequently appeared at the Hartford Stage Company in

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, starring in the title roles in Georg Buchner's ''

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'' and

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's ''

Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...

''. He also played

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in ''

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'' and Hoss in

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's ''Tooth Of Crime''. At the

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, he played the title role in

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's ''

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'' and starred in an adaption of the

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classic ''Snow in June''. He has also appeared in four plays by

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playwright

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: ''Pearls for Pigs'', ''The Mind King'', ''Film Is Evil/Radio Is Good'', and ''The Cure''.McGrath, Sean (January 3, 1998)
"Fourteen Years of "Mind Attacks" With David Patrick Kelly"
''

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''. In 2015, he appeared as Michaud, alongside

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, in the

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's production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of ''

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'' in the

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space. In 2022, Kelly played the Narrator and Mysterious Man in Sondheim's ''

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'' at

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and later at the St. James Theatre on Broadway and on tour.

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 Max's Kansas City was a nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City, which became a gathering spot for musicians, poets, artists and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s. It was opened by Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983) in Decembe ...

, Reno Sweeney's,

CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kri ...

, and The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club. He also wrote the music for the titular song of

's ''Mr. Jello'', which was produced at La MaMa in 1974. In May 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 played Dropshadow in

's film '' Wild At Heart'', which won the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

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in 1990. Kelly sang and played mandolin on the

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

-winning soundtrack for the musical ''Once''. He received a

Connecticut Critics Circle The Connecticut Critics Circle is an organization of reviewers, feature writers, columnists, and broadcasters throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. It was founded in 1990 Mission statement "To honor the actors, director ...

Award for his performance in ''Tartuffe'' at Hartford Stage, and was nominated for a

Lucille Lortel Award The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are named for Lucille Lortel, an actress and theater producer, and have been awarded since 1986. They are produced by the League of Off-Broadway Theatre ...

for his performance in Nathan Louis Jackson's ''When I Come To Die'' at LCT3 in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

. In 1998, Kelly received an

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...

for sustained excellence for his theater work in classics, new plays, and the avant-garde.

Personal life

Kelly married theater actress and writer Juliana Francis at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Manhattan on August 14, 2005. They have a daughter named Margarethe Jane Kelly born in 2008.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre

References

External links

* * * *
David Patrick Kelly
on Aveleyman.com
Kelly's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections
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