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Kelly is best known for his role playing Kev Ball in Channel 4's Shameless. Other television credits include Maisie Raine, Tipping the Velvet, ShakespeaRe-Told and The Worst Week of My Life. He had parts in the films The Lowdown and Mike Bassett: England Manager.
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Dean Lennox Kelly was born on November 30, 1975, in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. He is an actor known for playing Kevin Ball in the UK version of Shameless.
Kelly is best known for his role playing Kev Ball in Channel 4's Shameless. Other television credits include Maisie Raine, Border Cafe, Tripping the Velvet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Worst Week of My Life. He also had parts in the films The Lowdown and Mike Bassett: England Manager. In 2006 he took a lead role in BBC One's drama series Sorted, which is about a group of postmen. On January 1, 2007, he starred in ITV Drama Dead Clever alongside Suranne Jones. He left Shameless after the first eisode of the fourth season along with his co-star and on screen wife, Maxine Peake. In 2007, he appeared as William Shakespeare in an episode of the BBC One scifi series Doctor Who. In March 2008, he appeared as one of Jesus' disciples, James, in the BBC drama The Passion, a retelling of the last days of Jesus' life. In May, he appeared as Hedley, the landlord of the local pub in BBC drama The Invisibles, a story of two retired crooks returning to Britain from abroad. Hedley then joins the twosome later in the season. In January and February 2009, he appeared in two episodes of Being Human as a werewolf named Tully.
He starred in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel a comedy sifi film with Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton and Anna Faris, ITV drama Married Single Other with Ralf Little and Miranda Raison, the BBC miniseries Cranford as a poor man struggling to feed his six children and wife, and in Robin Hood as Robin's father, Malcolm.
In 2002 he starred as Private Willie McNess in the major motion picture Deathwatch, a 2002 European horror film directed by Michael J. Bassett.
He narrated a documentary style DVD about the Great Britain Rugby League team during the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations titled League of Their Own.
In 2009 he starred alongside his brother in the ITV1 drama Collision which ran over five consecutive nights in November. In 2010 he played industrialist Christoper Rawson in BBC drama The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister. In 2013 he played Ian, the boyfriend of the title character, in the BBC One drama series Frankie. In 2013 he took on the role of Danny, a soldier facing his fears in the short film On the Bridge, based on a true story and shot entirely on Waterloo Bridge.
Empire had announced that Dean would be voicing the role of John Lennon for the then-upcoming 3D remake of Yellow Submarine before the project was cancelled. However in late 2011, Kelly appeared as the narrator on the interavtive Apple iBooks version of Yellow Submarine.
Actor: Shameless. Dean Lennox Kelly was born in 1975 in Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Shameless (2004), Fleming (2014) and The Secret Life of Words (2005).
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- David Threlfall (Vernon 'Frank' Gallagher) then. The main and most iconic Shameless character, Frank is the only one in the series from the start right up until the final episode.
- David Threlfall (Vernon 'Frank' Gallagher) now. David has since starred alongside Jude Law in film Black Sea. He's also accumulated many theatre credits - notably performing for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Rebecca Ryan (Debbie Gallagher) then. 'Sent by God, total angel' Debbie Gallagher was a main character from season one right the way through to season six, after which she left to inexplicably join the army.
- Rebecca Ryan (Debbie Gallagher) now. After leaving Shameless, Rebecca went on to star in TV shows like Waterloo Road and Casualty.
As barman Kev in the Channel 4 comedy Shameless, Dean Lennox Kelly became one of the coolest men on TV. Now the Brighton actor is bringing his laid-back charm to the role of Shakespeare for...
Sep 5, 2020 · Dean Lennox Kelly. Born in Lytham St Annes, Dean Lennox Kelly played Kev Ball in Shameless, Veronica Fisher's husband and neighbour to the Gallaghers. Since leaving Shameless, Kelly's most iconic role was probably his one off appearance as William Shakespeare in an episode of Doctor Who.
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