Michael Kelly in Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling'
The other day I had a chance to spend ten minutes on the phone with actor Michael Kelly, and it was a fun interview and way too fast ten minutes if you ask me. Michael Kelly has been in over 20 TV shows and 24 (Soon to be 26) movies so it’s more than likely that you’ve seen him in something and just weren’t aware of it. That is until now.
On TV, you’ve seen him in recurring roles on 2001′s Level 9, the 2005 remake of Kojak, The Sopranos, Generation Kill, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (As Jonathan ‘Prophet’ Simms), The Good Wife and most recently in the hit series, Person of Interest.
On the silver screen, you might remember him from the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, or as Detective Lester Ybarra in Changeling. Or you may have caught him in Law Abiding Citizen, The Adjustment Bureau or Chronicle.
If perchance you missed him in those movie projects, you’ll definitely be able to catch him in the upcoming Superman movie being directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, titled Man of Steel. In it, Michael plays Steve Lombard. (More on that later.)
Or you might be able to catch him in the upcoming Louis Leterrier directed movie, Now You See Me.
'Chronicle'
For me, my last silver screen experience seeing Michael was in the telekinetic powered movie, Chronicle. In Chronicle, he plays troubled father Richard to Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan).
Despite the movie being primarily about the three teens who suddenly find themselves empowered with what I believe are alien powers of telekinesis, you cannot have watched the movie and not been affected by Michael’s portrayal of the alcoholic and abusive Richard Detmer. Aside from the kids themselves being their own worse enemies, I’d say that Andrew’s dad is the next biggest emotional obstacle that Andrew has to deal with in the movie, and quite literally, is the snap to Andrews downfall.
But aside from Chronicle, I’ve enjoyed Michael’s presence in any role I see him in, whether it be on TV or in the movies. He just stands out whenever I see him in a project.
And I was lucky enough to get an all too-quick ten minutes to ask him a few questions. (Do you realize how many questions one can come up with and then have the sudden realization that you have to edit some out?)
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