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OccupationActor SpouseMia Michaels Years active1993–present
NameIan Kelsey RoleActor SiblingsDavid Kelsey
Born17 December 1966 (age 49) (1966-12-17) York, Yorkshire, Known forCasualty (TV series) (1999-2002)
Doctors (TV series) (2012-2015) Movies and TV showsDoctors, Casualty, Blue Murder, Emmerdale, Angel of Death: The Beverly A Similar PeopleJan Pearson, Patrick Robinson, Owen Brenman, Matthew Chambers, Dido Miles Profiles Facebook
Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Dave Glover in ITV Soap Emmerdale, Matt Brewer in Down to Earth, Patrick Spiller in BBC Continuing Drama Casualty and Howard Bellamy in daytime soap opera Doctors, and for his 6-year long role as Detective Inspector Richard Mayne in the TV crime series Blue Murder alongside Caroline Quentin in her lead role as DCI Janine Lewis.
Ian kelsey on playing corrie s new villain loose women
Early life
Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York railway 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 appearing in a major role for six years as DI Richard Mayne in crime drama 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.
On 3 September 2010 he guest starred in the BBC soap opera Doctors. Kelsey was also in Black Beauty as Joe Green (older). On 9 December 2009 Kelsey appeared on magazine show This Morning, talking to presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about his upcoming stint in long-running ITV1 police drama The Bill. On 7 May 2012 it was announced that Kelsey would be joining Doctors as new practice manager Howard Bellamy, replacing departing long-running character Julia Parsons. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2012. Kelsey left medical drama on screen on 22 October 2015, to join Patrick Robinson in the UK touring stage production tour of The Shawshank Redemption.
Kelsey joined Coronation Street in August 2016 playing the part of Vinny, an acquaintance of bad boy Pat Phelan. Coincidentally this reunited Kelsey with former Emmerdale actress Claire King, also a Coronation Street cast member, although they had no scenes together.