Terry Kiely (born September 1975 in
Britwell) is an English actor. He is best known for his role in the
Sky One series ''
Dream Team
Dream Team may refer to:
Sport
Basketball
* Dream Team, the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team in Barcelona
* Dream Team II, the 1994 U.S. men's national basketball team at the FIBA World Championship
* Dream Team III, the 1996 ...
'', where he played the popular character
Karl Fletcher for eight years, despite initially only signing up for six episodes.
Acting career
Kiely quit ''Dream Team'' three times but returned each time after struggling to find alternative roles. The character was eventually killed off at Kiely's request in 2005, but returned in the final series to act as a
spirit guide
A spirit guide, in Western spiritualism, is an entity that remains as a discarnate spirit to act as a guide or protector to a living incarnated human being.
Description
In traditional African belief systems, well before the spread of Christ ...
to Harchester United player Jason Porter. Fletcher appeared to him as his guide, after Porter took part in a ouija board event.
He has also appeared in ''
Mike Bassett: England Manager'' playing the character Harpsey, a womaniser constantly on his mobile phone (much to the annoyance of his manager), and ''Family Affairs'', where he briefly played the character PC Dan Ellison.
Kiely took on the role of Nolan in a small film focussing on football hooligans known as ''It's a Casual Life'', released in 2003. He also appeared as Paul in ''Rough Justice'', a little-known
Hewland International/
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
show.
Personal life
Kara Tointon
Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Dawn Swann in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. In 2010, she won the BBC competition series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', and in 2015, she appeared ...
dated Kiely for a time. Friend and fellow actor
Gerard Kelly
Gerard Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including '' City Lights'', ''Rab C Nesbitt'', '' Scotch and Wry'' and '' Extras''. He had more serious roles as well, includ ...
, who died in 2010 left his entire estate to Kiely. At this time, Kiely was working as a swimming pool lifeguard in Surrey.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
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