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Dean Lennox Kelly (born 30 November 1975) is an
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actor. He is known for his television roles as Kev Ball in '' Shameless'' and Meredith Rutter in '' Jamestown''.


Early life

Kelly is from
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,
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. He trained at the
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, where his classmates included
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. He is the brother of actor
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.


Career

Kelly is best known for his role playing Kev Ball in
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's ''Shameless''. Other television credits include ''
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'', '' Border Cafe'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. He also had parts in the films ''The Lowdown'' and '' Mike Bassett: England Manager''. In 2006 he took a lead role in
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's drama series '' Sorted'', which is about a group of postmen. On 1 January 2007 he starred in ITV Drama '' Dead Clever'' alongside
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. He left ''Shameless'' after the first episode of the fourth series along with his co-star and on screen wife,
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. In 2007, he appeared as
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in the episode "
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" of the BBC One science-fiction series ''
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''. In March 2008, he appeared as one of Jesus' disciples, James, in the BBC drama '' The Passion'', a retelling of the last days of Jesus' life. In May, he appeared as Hedley, the landlord of the local pub in BBC drama ''
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'', a story of two retired crooks returning to Britain from abroad. Hedley then joins the twosome later in the series. In January and February 2009, he appeared in two episodes of '' Being Human'' as a werewolf named Tully. He starred in ''
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'' a comedy sci-fi film with
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,
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, ITV drama ''
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'' with
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, the BBC mini-series '' Cranford'' as a poor man struggling to feed his six children and wife, and in ''
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'' as Robin's father, Malcolm. In 2002, he starred as Private Willie McNess in the major motion picture ''Deathwatch'', a 2002 European
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directed by Michael J. Bassett. He narrated a documentary style DVD about the
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during the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations, titled ''League of Their Own''. He was also narrator of the first couple of seasons of ''
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''. In 2009 he starred alongside his brother in the
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drama ''
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'' which ran over five consecutive nights in November. In 2010 he played industrialist Christoper Rawson in BBC drama ''
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''. In 2013 he played Ian, the boyfriend of the title character, in the BBC One drama series ''
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''. In 2013 he took on the role of Danny, a soldier facing his fears in the short film ''On The Bridge'', based on a true story and shot entirely on
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. Empire had announced that Kelly would be voicing the role of
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for the then-upcoming 3D remake of '' Yellow Submarine'' before the project was cancelled. However, in late 2011, he appeared as the narrator on the interactive Apple iBooks version of ''Yellow Submarine''. In 2015 he appeared in the BBC TV series '' Death in Paradise''. Kelly is the narrator of ''
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'' which he has narrated since 2010. He has also narrated '' 10,000 BC'' on Channel 5 since 2015., and also narrated ''Amsterdam Nights'' airing on 3e in The Republic of Ireland on Saturday nights.


Filmography


Film


Television


Stage


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Dean Lennox English male television actors 1975 births Living people People from Lytham St Annes Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Male actors from Lancashire