Occupation Actor, Director Role Actor | Name Kelly Connell | |
Nominations Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Movies and TV shows Picket Fences, Spider‑Man 2, K‑PAX, Cocktail, The Secret Diary of Desmond Similar People Fyvush Finkel, Justin Shenkarow, Adam Wylie, Lauren Holly, Tom Skerritt | ||
Kelly Connell is an American actor who has appeared in numerous theatrical productions in New York and Los Angeles, starting with his off-Broadway debut in The Butter And Egg Man at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. His other New York theatrical credits include productions at Circle Repertory Company where he is a member of the acting company, plays produced at the American Place Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre and smaller companies throughout New York. In 1986 he starred on Broadway in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.
Connell's film credits include Cocktail, Longtime Companion, K-Pax, Thirteen Days (as Pierre Salinger), Catch Me If You Can and Spider-Man 2.
In addition to Picket Fences, Connell's television credits include Harry's Law, Boston Legal, Star Trek: Voyager, Northern Exposure, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Murphy Brown and Night Court.
In late February, 1997, Connell was in Aspen directing "Lorraine" for the HBO Comedy Arts Festival. The play centers around three stand-up comics on a camping trip and is written by John Manfrellotti and Mary Rackham. "Lorraine" was also produced in Los Angeles at Arcade, with Michael Patrick King and Dan Bonnell as producers. As a Theatre Director, Connell's other work includes: A Raging Volcano Goddess, written and starring Phyllis Stewart at The Hudson Theatre; "Silver Star", written and starring Gina Tuttle at EST LA; "Chicks", by Grace McKinney, produced by Circle Rep West's Theatre For A Dark Night; "Electron Motion", produced at The Santa Monica Playhouse. "Chugger", originally produced at the Circle Rep Lab in NYC in 1985, is a play that Connell re-wrote and directed at Moorpark College in the Theatre Arts Department's Student One-Acts, Fall, 2014.