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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 television series Queer as Folk, as Luke Strong in Coronation Street, and as Harold Bride in James Cameron's Academy Award winning film Titanic (1997).

Craig Kelly
Kelly in 2012
Born	(1970-10-31) 31 October 1970 (age 51) Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actor and voice over narrator
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Camilla Kelly ​ (m. 2009)​
Relatives	Dean Lennox Kelly (brother)

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.

Career

Kelly moved to London and attended the Drama Centre from 1989 to 1992,[1] where he studied the Stanislavski School of method acting alongside John Simm and Joe Duttine.[2]

Graduating in 1992, Kelly played a minor speaking role in Titanic as Assistant Wireless Operator, Harold Bride 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 as Daniel Perryman between 1995 and 1996. A very brief role was as the Mercedes-Benz 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, Craig played Abel Courbould, the villainous puritan preacher. Craig also starred opposite Amanda Holden 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. He later guest-starred in the third series of the BBC's Waking the Dead, in which he played a transgender 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 ITV's Coronation Street.[3] 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 BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, partnering Flavia Cacace. Kelly was the 8th celebrity eliminated from the competition on 7 November 2009 in a special show from Blackpool Tower Ballroom.[4] [5][6] Kelly starred alongside his brother in the ITV1 drama Collision, which aired over five consecutive nights in November 2009.

Film work

He played Cristian O'Neil in The Young Americans, with Harvey Keitel (1993). Kelly was also in James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic and played the part of radio operator Harold Sydney Bride. He appeared in Spice World with a minor speaking role in which he speaks to Geri (Ginger Spice). Kelly had a small role in the 1999 sci-fi film Wing Commander playing Falk, the ship's radar man.

Voice-over work

Kelly is a prolific voiceover artist, appearing on numerous adverts as well as BBC idents and, more recently, on Channel 4 idents. He has also narrated for various television programmes, including Channel 4's Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands (2006–2009), E4's Shipwrecked: The Island 2011 (2s narration on Sally Morgan's Star Psychic Show, series 6 of The Real Hustle on BBC Three (a show his brother narrated for two series) and more recently, the popular Channel 4 show Rich House Poor House. He is currently the station voice for Manchester's Key 103. He also voices a 2014 advert for Nutella. He has voiced Shipping Wars UK on Channel 4.

Personal life

Kelly and his wife Camilla married in 2009. Kelly has a keen interest in kickboxing, in which he has a black belt.[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Screen One	uncredited	TV series (Episode: "Running Late")
1993	The Good Guys	Stephen Croxley	TV series (Episode: "Old School Ties")
	The Young Americans	Christian O'Neill
	Casualty	Ian Wheater
1994	Beyond Bedlam	Matthew Hamilton
	Ellington	Billy Trant	Television film
1995	A Touch of Frost	Paul Gower	TV series (Episode: "Dead Male One")
	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen	Anthony Fokker	Television film
1995–1996	Casualty	Daniel Perryman	25 episodes
1996	When Saturday Comes	Russell Muir
	Ellington	Billy Trant
1997	Titanic	Harold Bride
	Spice World	Nervous Guy
1998	Children of the New Forest	Reverend Abel Corbould	Television film
1999	Wing Commander	Radar Man Falk
	Killing Joe	Lead	Short film
1999–2000	Queer as Folk	Vince Tyler	10 episodes
2000	Undertaker's Paradise
2001	The Grimleys	Dave Trebilcock	Episode: "The Grimley Curse"
2002	Clocking Off	Eddie Mackintosh	Episode: "No. 3.8"
	Having It Off	Billy Bob Rivers	Episode: "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Hairdryers"
	Silent Cry	DC Robert Mosley
2003	Oh Marbella!	Ashley
	Helen of Troy	Pollux	Voice only; 5 episodes
	3 Blind Mice	Frank
	Spine Chillers	Jack	TV series (Episode: "The Lovegods")
	Waking the Dead	Mark/Maria Lovell	TV series (Episode: "Walking on Water" (Parts 1 and 2)"
	Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka	Joe
2005	Silent Witness	Connelly	TV series (Episodes: "Choices: Part 1")
2006	Hotel Babylon	Pete	4 episodes
	Totally Frank	Nick	9 episodes
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Eddie Wilcox	Episodes: "Fallen Angel: Part 1 & 2"
	Afterlife	Young Stan Mundy	Episodes: "Mind the Bugs Don't Bite"
2006-2009	Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands	Narrator	24 episodes
2007	Are You Ready for Love?	Leo
	The Soul Rescuer	Shadow Man	Short film
2008	The Gatekeeper	Jack	Video
	The Real Hustle	Narrator	11 episodes
2009	Hammered	Rod	Short film
	Collision	Jeffrey Rampton	3 episodes
	Coronation Street	Luke Strong	78 episodes
	Strictly Come Dancing	Contestant	13 episodes
2012	Monroe	Phil Indale	Episodes: "No. 2.4"
	Circles	Estate Agent	Short film
	A Life's Debt	Julian	Short film
2017	Rich House Poor House	Narrator	43 episodes
	Fish Finger Sandwich	Ivor	Short film
2019	Trick or Treat	Greg Kielty	Also producer
2021	The Mallorca Files	Lee Flack	Episode: "The Beautiful Game"
TBA	The Mysterious Death of Lord Harrington	Alice	Pre-production

References

External links

• Official website
• Craig Kelly at IMDb

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Craig Kelly (Lytham St Annes. Octubre, 31 de 1970) Es un actor británico más conocido por su papel de Vince Tyler en la serie Queer as Folk para la cadena inglesa Channel 4.

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