Matthew Kelly was born on David Allan Kelly, 9 May 1951 and is an English actor and presenter.
12 Facts About Matthew Kelly
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Matthew Kelly is a former member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party.
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Matthew Kelly was the subject of an edition of This Is Your Life in 1983 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in London's Trafalgar Square.
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Therefore, Matthew Kelly became the permanent host of the show until he left in March 2004.
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Matthew Kelly continued to act occasionally, notably in the Channel 4 comedy Relative Strangers, and in the theatre production of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.
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Matthew Kelly has appeared in a number of television and theatre productions.
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Matthew Kelly played a serial killer in 2005's Cold Blood and its 2007 sequel, as well as the explorer Giovanni Belzoni in BBC One's Egypt.
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Matthew Kelly opened in Comedians at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in October 2009.
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In January 2010, Matthew Kelly replaced Simon Callow as Pozzo in the revival of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, alongside Ian McKellen, Roger Rees and Ronald Pickup.
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Matthew Kelly continued in the successful production of Waiting for Godot at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, in May 2010.
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In November 2010, Matthew Kelly was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Chester.
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In September 2019, Matthew Kelly appeared as the Toy Shop owner in the stage production of Big.