Ian Kelsey

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Ian Kelsey
Born (1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 57)
York, England
Education Guildford School of Acting
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Television
SpouseMia Terry (Separated 2016, Divorced 2020)
Partner Beth Cordingly
Children2

Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale , Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama Casualty , DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama Blue Murder and Howard Bellamy in the BBC soap opera Doctors . As well as appearing in the BBC drama Down to Earth , he also portrayed the role of Vinny Ashford in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2016 to 2017.

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Early life

Kelsey was born on 17 December 1966 [1] in York. [2] Prior to acting, Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York railway carriage works. He then trained at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York, later graduating from the Guildford School of Acting. [3]

Career

In 1994, Kelsey was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as a series regular. He made his first appearance as Dave Glover in August 1994. [4] Two years later, it was announced that he would be departing from the soap; he made his final appearance in January 1997. [5] He joined BBC medical drama Casualty in 1999 as Patrick Spiller, in which he appeared until 2002. [6] He then appeared in the BBC drama Down to Earth as Matt Brewer from 2003 to 2004. [7] Kelsey then portrayed the role of DI Richard Mayne in the crime drama Blue Murder for six years. [8]

On 3 September 2010, he guest starred in the BBC soap opera Doctors . Two years later, it was announced that Kelsey would be joining Doctors as new series regular Howard Bellamy. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2012. [9] Kelsey left the medical drama on screen on 22 October 2015, to join Patrick Robinson in the UK touring stage production tour of The Shawshank Redemption . [10] Kelsey joined Coronation Street in August 2016 playing the part of Vinny Ashford, a role he played until 2017. [11]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993Covert AssassinNarmco ClerkTelevision film
1994–1997 Emmerdale Dave Glover Series regular
1994 Black Beauty Joe Green (Older)Film
1998 Men Behaving Badly Karaoke ManEpisode: "Performance"
1999–2002 Casualty Patrick Spiller Series regular
1999 Touching Evil Carl LaingEpisode: "Innocent: Part 2"
2001 Murder in Mind Liam TaylorEpisode: "Vigilante"
2001 Holby City Patrick SpillerEpisode: "It's a Family Affair"
2003–2004 Down to Earth MattMain role
2003–2009 Blue Murder DI Richard MayneMain role
2005 Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story David CramptonTelevision film
2005–2006 Where the Heart Is Adam Miller/Jack ClaytonTV series
2008 Dustbin Baby Daniel JohnsonTelevision film
2009 The Bill Brendan NewlynEpisode: "Twist of Fate"
2009 The Weakest Link Billy FlynnEpisode: "West End Theatre Special"
2010 Doctors Alex WakefieldEpisode: "Hanging On"
2012–2015Doctors Howard Bellamy Series regular
2016–2017 Coronation Street Vinny Ashford Recurring role
2018 Lovesick James Hamilton1 episode
2020 Moving On BarryEpisode: "Second Sight"
2020Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff EarnshawMain role

Stage

YearRoleShowLocationRef.
2003 Same Time, Next Year George PetersTheatre Royal Windsor
2009 Chicago Billy FlynnCambridge Theatre
2015 The Shawshank Redemption Andy DufreneNational Tour [10]
2016 Legally Blonde Prof Callahan Curve, Leicester [12]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2013 The British Soap Awards Best Comedy PerformanceDoctorsNominated [13]
2013The British Soap AwardsSexiest MaleDoctorsLonglisted [14]
2013 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime StarDoctorsLonglisted [15]
2014The British Soap Awards Best Actor DoctorsLonglisted [16]
2014Inside Soap AwardsBest Daytime StarDoctorsNominated [17]
2016The British Soap AwardsBest On-Screen Partnership
(with Dido Miles)		DoctorsNominated [18]

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