Craig Kelly (born 31 October 1970) is an English actor and voice-over narrator. He is best known for his roles as Vince Tyler in the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
television series ''
Queer as Folk,'' as
Luke Strong in ''
Coronation Street,'' and as
Harold Bride
Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 – 29 April 1956) was a British merchant seaman and the junior wireless officer on the ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
After the ''Titanic'' struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm 1 ...
in
James Cameron's Academy Award winning film
''Titanic'' (1997).
Early life
Kelly was born on 31 October 1970 in
Lytham St Annes near
Blackpool, Lancashire. He is the brother of actor
Dean Lennox Kelly
Dean Lennox Kelly (born 30 November 1975) is an English actor. He is known for his television roles as Kev Ball in '' Shameless'' and Meredith Rutter in '' Jamestown''.
Early life
Kelly is from Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. He trained at the Br ...
.
Career
Kelly moved to London and attended the
Drama Centre from 1989 to 1992, where he studied the
Stanislavski School of
method acting
Method acting, informally known as The Method, is a range of training and rehearsal techniques, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners, that seeks to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, u ...
alongside
John Simm
John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in ''Life on Mars'', the Master in ''Doctor Who,'' and DS Roy Grace in ''Grace.'' His other television credits include '' S ...
and
Joe Duttine
Joe Duttine, sometimes credited as Jo Duttine (born 30 June 1970), is an English film, theatre and television actor. He currently plays Tim Metcalfe in '' Coronation Street''. He is also known for his role in '' Shameless'' as Cameron Donnell ...
.
Graduating in 1992, Kelly played a minor speaking role in ''
Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unit ...
'' as Assistant Wireless Operator,
Harold Bride
Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 – 29 April 1956) was a British merchant seaman and the junior wireless officer on the ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
After the ''Titanic'' struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm 1 ...
and also as Russell Muir in the film ''When Saturday Comes''.
TV work
Kelly is best known for his role as Vince Tyler in ''
Queer as Folk''. He also appeared in ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' as Daniel Perryman between 1995 and 1996. A very brief role was as the
Mercedes-Benz
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driver in the
''Rabbit in Your Headlights'' video, who utters the line "Nice coat, mate" before speeding off. In the 1998 BBC series of ''
The Children of the New Forest
''The Children of the New Forest'' is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphane ...
'', Craig played Abel Courbould, the villainous puritan preacher. Craig also starred opposite
Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English actress, media personality, and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent show competition ''Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV. She also co-hosts the ''Heart Brea ...
in the ITV series ''The Grimleys'' as Mr Treblecock, the school lothario. He played the young father of Alison Mundy in a second series episode of ''
Afterlife'' in 2006.
In 2003, Kelly featured in the
webcast ''
Doctor Who'' adventure ''
Scream of the Shalka
''Scream of the Shalka'' is a Flash-animated series based on the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the series and was originally posted in six weekly parts from 13 ...
''. He later guest-starred in the third series of the
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woman who is released from prison on appeal after murdering her father.
In November 2008, Kelly landed the role of the new underworld factory boss, Luke Strong, in
''. His character first appeared on 20 February 2009 and Kelly departed in the episode that aired on 19 October 2009.
On 25 August 2009, it was announced that he would take part in Series 7 of
. Kelly was the 8th celebrity eliminated from the competition on 7 November 2009 in a special show from
'', which aired over five consecutive nights in November 2009.
(1993). Kelly was also in
. He appeared in ''
'' with a minor speaking role in which he speaks to Geri (Ginger Spice). Kelly had a small role in the 1999 sci-fi film ''
'' playing Falk, the ship's radar man.
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