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!
Sheriff Country(2025)as Mitchell
Only Murders in the Building(2021)as Miller Portnoy
Succession(2018)as Paul Chambers
Catchers(2022)as Uncle Ted
Night Music(2022)as John Lomax
The Misfit Brigade(1987)
Romance & Cigarettes(2005)
Songcatcher(2000)
American Playhouse(1980)
The George Lucas Talk Show(2020)as Self
Two Dollar Late Fee(2019)as Self - Guest
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3(2019)as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair(2017)as Self
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Deleted Scenes(2017)as Charlie
Ghostwriter(1991)as Double T, Double-T
Twin Peaks/Cop Rock: Behind the Scenes(1990)as Jerry Horne
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen(1988)as Self
