Michael Kelly (actor)

Michael Kelly (born May 22, 1969)^[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Doug Stamper in the Netflix drama series House of Cards. He also appeared as CIA Agent Mike November in the Prime Video thriller series Jack Ryan.

Michael Kelly
Kelly in 2019
Born	(1969-05-22) May 22, 1969 (age 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Coastal Carolina University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Karyn Kelly ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2

Early life and education

Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,^[2] and grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the son of Maureen and Michael Kelly.^[3] His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of Italian ancestry.^[4][5] Kelly graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 1992 with a degree in performing arts.^[6]

Career

In addition to playing Doug Stamper in all six seasons of House of Cards, Kelly has appeared in films such as Changeling, Dawn of the Dead, The Adjustment Bureau, Chronicle, Now You See Me, and Everest. He also appeared in the television miniseries Generation Kill, six episodes of The Sopranos as Agent Ron Goddard,^[7] the Criminal Minds spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, and as Dr. Edgar Dumbarton in Taboo.

Personal life

Kelly resides in New York City. He and his wife Karyn married in 2005, and they have two children.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Origin of the Species	Fisher
	River Red	Frankie
1999	Man on the Moon	Michael Kaufman
2000	Unbreakable	Doctor Dubin
2004	Dawn of the Dead	CJ
2005	Loggerheads	George
	Carlito's Way: Rise to Power	Rocco	Direct-to-DVD
2006	Out There	Mitchell
	Invincible	Pete
2007	Broken English	Guy
	Zoe's Day	Dad	Short film
	Tooth & Nail	Viper
2008	Changeling	Detective Lester Ybarra
	The Narrows	Danny
	Tenderness	Gary
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	Bray
	The Afterlight	Andrew
	Defendor	Paul Carter
	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Vincent
2010	Nice Tie, Italiano!	The American	Short film
	Fair Game	Jack
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	Charlie Traynor
2012	Chronicle	Richard Detmer
2013	Now You See Me	Agent Fuller
	Man of Steel	Steve Lombard
2015	Everest	Jon Krakauer
	Secret in Their Eyes	Reginald Siefert
2016	Viral	Michael Drakeford
2018	All Square	John Zbikowski	Also Producer
2021	Outside the Wire	Eckhart
2023	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	Agent Burke	Cameo
2024	Rob Peace	Edwin Leahy
2025	Night Always Comes	TBA	Post-production
TBA	Untitled Jack Ryan film	Mike November	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Gym Manager	Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story"
2000–01	Level 9	Wilbert 'Tibbs' Thibodeaux	12 episodes
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Vet Tech Barry	Episode: "Slaves"
2001	Third Watch	Chip Waller	Episode: "The Relay"
2002	The Shield	Sean Taylor	Episode: "Dragonchasers"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mark	Episode: "Disappearing Acts"
	Law & Order	Douglas Karell	Episode: "Asterisk"
2003	Judging Amy	Jack Barrett	Episode: "Just Say Oops"
	E.D.N.Y.	Anderson	Unsold TV pilot
2004	The Jury	Keen Dwyer	Episode "Last Rites"
2005	Kojak	Detective Bobby Crocker	9 episodes
2006–07	The Sopranos	Agent Ron Goddard	6 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Luke Dixon	Episode: "Confrontation"
2007	CSI: Miami	Lucas Wade	Episode: "Born to Kill"
2008	Law & Order	Gary Talbot	Episode: "Falling"
	Generation Kill	Capt. Bryan Patterson	Miniseries; 7 episodes
	Fringe	John Mosley	Episode: "The Arrival"
2009	Washingtonienne	Paul Movius	Unsold TV pilot
2010	Criminal Minds	Jonathan "Prophet" Sims	Episode: "The Fight"
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Terrence Brooks	Episode: "Boots on the Ground"
	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Jonathan "Prophet" Sims	13 episodes
	The Good Wife	Mickey Gunn	2 episodes
2011–13	Person of Interest	Mark Snow	7 episodes
2013–18	House of Cards	Douglas "Doug" Stamper	73 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2015–17, 2019) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2015–16)
2016	Black Mirror	Arquette	Episode: "Men Against Fire"
2017	Taboo	Dr. Edgar Dumbarton	7 episodes
	The Long Road Home	Gary Volesky	6 episodes
2019–23	Jack Ryan	Mike November	Main cast
2020	The Comey Rule	Andrew McCabe	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2022–23	Pantheon	CEO, Van Leuwen, Air Force Officer, Angry Man (voices)	7 episodes
2023–present	Special Ops: Lioness	Byron Westfield	9 episodes
2024	The Penguin	Johnny Viti	Miniseries