Malcolm David Kelley (born May 12, 1992), sometimes credited as just Malcolm Kelley, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor best known for portraying the character Walt Lloyd on the ABC series '' Lost'' and as one half of the pop duo

MKTO MKTO is an American Pop music, pop and Hip hop music, hip hop duo, consisting of Malcolm David Kelley, Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller. Their MKTO (album), self-titled album was released on January 30, 2014, by Columbia Records. In July 2015, the ...

Career

Acting

Kelley's first major acting role was in the 2002 film ''

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'', in which he played the title character as a child. Prior to this, he appeared in several small television roles in programs such as '' Malcolm in the Middle'' and '' Judging Amy.'' His next film role was ''

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,'' in which he was cast in the supporting role of Lil' Saint. In 2004, he was cast to play Walt in the TV show ''Lost.'' A regular cast member in the show's first season (2004–2005), he appeared only occasionally thereafter due to a dramatic growth spurt. He returned for an appearance in "

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", Lost's third season finale, and twice more in the fourth season, with the episodes "

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" and " There's No Place Like Home", and reprised his role in the fifth season with the episode " The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham". He reprised the role of Walt a final time in the Season 6 DVD box set mini-episode "

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". Following his departure from the main cast of ''Lost,'' Kelley appeared in several television roles, including the recurring character of Benjamin Cooley on '' Saving Grace.'' In 2010, he appeared in the lead role of Finn on the

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program '' Gigantic.'' The show was canceled after one season in 2011. In 2014, he appeared in a guest role as himself and Tony Oller on ''

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'' as MKTO. In 2017, he played Black in the film '' True to the Game'' and Michael Clark in ''

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''.

Music

In 2012, Kelley and his former '' Gigantic'' co-star Tony Oller formed the pop duo

. They were signed to Columbia Records. In 2013 Kelley recorded together with

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, the song "save your soul" for Dion's late 2013 release " loved me back to life". But their duet version was only included on the album's vinyl version. On the regular version, save your soul only contains Dion's vocals. The duo's debut self-titled album, was released on April 1, 2014. Their single "

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" was a major hit in the summer of 2014, reaching number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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