Michael Kelly (actor)

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Michael Kelly (2011)

Michael Joseph Kelly (born May 22, 1969 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor .

biography

Kelly's mother Maureen is of Italian descent and his father is the descendant of an emigrant from the Irish city of Donegal . He grew up in Lawrenceville , Georgia with two sisters and one brother. He attended Brookwood High School and then studied at the Coastal Carolina University in Conway , South Carolina , where he initially Jura wanted to study, but then the Acting changed. He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and lives and works in New York .

Kelly gained greater fame mainly through various roles on television. He was in 2011 to star in the short-lived Criminal Minds - offshoot Criminal Minds: Team Red to see. He also had a recurring role in the television series Person of Interest from 2011 to 2013 . From 2013 to 2018 he was a leading actor on the Netflix television series House of Cards . There he played alongside Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as the loyal Chief of Staff Doug Stamper .

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Individual evidence

  1. Lisa McLoughlin: House of Cards star Michael Kelly reveals his Irish ancestry. (No longer available online.) In: goss.ie. March 17, 2015, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on September 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goss.ie
  2. Michael Kelly: Michael Kelly on Twitter. In: twitter.com. February 9, 2013, accessed September 19, 2015 .