Ian Kelsey

Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor.

Early life

Kelsey was born the younger of two boys, with an older brother. Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York carriage works.

Kelsey trained at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York and graduated at the Guildford School of Acting.

Career

His first credited role was Narmco Clerk in the 1993 television mini-series Wild Justice. Since then he has gone on to play Dave Glover in Emmerdale, had a cameo role in BBC TV comedy series Men Behaving Badly.

He joined BBC One medical drama Casualty in 1999, in a three-year stint as Dr. Patrick Spiller. During this period he also in BBC1 drama Down to Earth as Matt Brewer (series 3-4) during 2003 and 2004. Kelsey has appeared in series Touching Evil, Liam Taylor in Murder in Mind, and he appeared DI Richard Mayne in Blue Murder. After leaving Casualty, in 2006 Kelsey had acting roles in the BBC1 late-night drama Hotel Babylon and then in the ITV1 Sunday evening drama Where the Heart Is, playing Jack Clayton opposite actress Shobna Gulati). This is his second role in the show as in 2005 he played a different character, Adam Miller. In late 2006 he appeared on stage in the London West End theatre production of Chicago. In 2008, he appeared on the BBC film Dustbin Baby.