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David Patrick Kelly

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David Patrick Kelly
Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper's wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine.
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To Keep the Light (2016)
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Compact, feisty and fierce character actor David Patrick Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Margaret Elizabeth (Murphy) and Robert Corby Kelly, Sr., an accountant. He burst onto the acting scene in 1979, playing the devious leader of the leather-clad gang "The Rogues" in Walter Hill's controversial New York City gang film The Warriors (1979). Kelly's tight-lipped expressions and attitude that made him appear like a grenade with the pin pulled, got him plenty of roles playing defiant young men, often in trouble with authority. He locked horns with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in Walter Hill's fast-paced 48 Hrs. (1982), was dropped over a cliff by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the violent Commando (1985), was a member of a trio of killers after Harry Dean Stanton in David Lynch's' Wild at Heart (1990), and played, T Bird, the leader of a gang of arsonist murderers in The Crow (1994). His range of roles in a wide variety of genres has earned him great respect in Hollywood as he is a wonderfully captivating actor. One of his most popular and influential performances came with the unsettling screeching cries of "Warriors, come out to plaaayyy", from his debut on-screen role!
BornJanuary 23, 1951
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David Patrick Kelly in The Warriors (1979)
David Patrick Kelly in The Warriors (1979)
David Patrick Kelly and Joel Weiss in The Warriors (1979)
David Patrick Kelly, Ginny Ortiz, and Joel Weiss in The Warriors (1979)
David Patrick Kelly in The Warriors (1979)
David Patrick Kelly and Russ Tamblyn in Twin Peaks (2017)
Richard Beymer and David Patrick Kelly in Twin Peaks (2017)
Michael Gladis and David Patrick Kelly in Feed the Beast (2016)
Michael Gladis, David Patrick Kelly, and Evan Leone in Feed the Beast (2016)
David Patrick Kelly and Ryan Eggold in The Blacklist (2013)
David Patrick Kelly and Chandler Williams in The Blacklist (2013)
David Patrick Kelly and Ryan Eggold in The Blacklist (2013)

Known for

Twin Peaks (2017)
Twin Peaks
8.5
TV Series
  • Jerry Horne
Brandon Lee in The Crow (1994)
The Crow
7.5
  • T-Bird
  • 1994
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Flags of Our Fathers
7.1
  • President Truman
  • 2006
Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing (1996)
Last Man Standing
6.4
  • Doyle
  • 1996

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  • Catchers (2022)
    Catchers
  • Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in City on a Hill (2019)
    City on a Hill
  • Kevin Breznahan, David Patrick Kelly, Michael Potts, Michael Belcher, Dom Flemons, Lukas Huffman, Ambika Subra, Ryder McNair, Luke Slattery, and Anthony Santos in Night Music (2022)
    Night Music
  • Adieu, Lacan (2022)
    Adieu, Lacan
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
    Ray Donovan: The Movie
  • Asking for It (2021)
    Asking for It
  • The Return of Tragedy (2020)
    The Return of Tragedy
  • April Matthis and Robbie Tann in Fugitive Dreams (2020)
    Fugitive Dreams
  • JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020)
    JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
    • (voice)
  • George Wendt, Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler, Martin Kove, David Patrick Kelly, Sierra McCormick, and Tom Williamson in VFW (2019)
    VFW
  • Metronome (In Time) (2019)
    Metronome (In Time)
  • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
    Succession
  • Jeffrey Wright in O.G. (2018)
    O.G.
  • Twin Peaks (2017)
    Twin Peaks
  • Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
    John Wick: Chapter 2

Additional Crew

  • The Misfit Brigade (1987)
    The Misfit Brigade

Soundtrack

  • Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
    Romance & Cigarettes
  • Songcatcher (2000)
    Songcatcher
  • American Playhouse
    American Playhouse

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Premieres Sunday 10/9c
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In Too Deep
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In Too Deep
Penn & Teller Get Killed
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Penn & Teller Get Killed
Madso's War
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Madso's War
The Crow: Blu-Ray
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The Crow: Blu-Ray
"mindFLUX: a film about Richard Foreman"
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"mindFLUX: a film about Richard Foreman"

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    • January 23, 1951
    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
    • Juliana FrancisAugust 14, 2005 - present (1 child)
    • Margarethe Jane Kelly
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  • Other works
    Was featured in Lincoln Center Theatre's Summer 1998 production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, opposite Helen Hunt and Kyra Sedgwick. Brilliantly combined comic acting, singing, mandolin and percussion playing and dancing as Feste, the Jester.

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    The famous "Warriors come out to play" scene was improvised by him in collaboration with Walter Hill who told him to just "come up with something" when he felt the scripted scene wasn't working. He then gathered up some empty beer bottles he found under the board walk and created the taunting dialogue based on a neighbor who used to intimidate him.

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