Brad Kelly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1964 (age 62)
Biography
Brad Kelly (born April 4, 1964) is a Canadian actor and stunt performer whose exact birthplace and height are not publicly confirmed in major sources. He has been active since the late 1990s, accumulating over 90 film and television credits, frequently portraying guards, thugs, soldiers, and other physically imposing characters. He also works as a stunt performer, with credits on Watchmen (2009), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Blade: Trinity (2004), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and Suicide Squad (2016). His most notable film credits include a Knot Top Gang Member in Watchmen (2009, directed by Zack Snyder), Byrne in Man of Steel (2013, directed by Zack Snyder, with Henry Cavill and Amber Heard), Sorenson in Shooter (2007, with Mark Wahlberg), a Prison Truck Guard in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), a role in I, Robot (2004, with Will Smith), a Goon in Paycheck (2003, with Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), a role in Two for the Money (2005), Solomon's Soldier in Red Riding Hood (2011, directed by Catherine Hardwicke), Guard/Chauffeur in Sucker Punch (2011, directed by Zack Snyder), Ulster County Sheriff in Welcome to Marwen (2018, directed by Quentin Tarantino), Roadhouse Thug in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), and Skull Rock Pirate in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023, Disney+). On television he is best known as Lyle in Falling Skies (2012–2013, 11 episodes, TNT), with additional credits in Supernatural (2019), Arrow (2014, 2020), The 100 (2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016), Siren (2018, 2 episodes), Stargate SG-1 (1997, 2001, 2002), Psych (2006–2008), and Smallville (2011).
Known For
Filmography
Peter Pan & Wendy
Movie · as Skull Rock Pirate
So Help Me Todd
TV · as Davey · 1 ep
Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead
Movie · as The Mountain
Sonic the Hedgehog
Movie · as Roadhouse Thug
Playing with Fire
Movie · as Burly Smoke Jumper #4
Gone by Dawn 2: Dead by Dusk
Movie · as Stanley Roach
Black Summer
TV · 1 ep
The Order
TV · as Farmer · 1 ep
Deadly Class
TV · as Chashier · 1 ep
Darc
Movie
Welcome to Marwen
Movie · as Ulster County Sheriff
Game Over, Man!
Movie · as Gavin
A Million Little Things
TV · as Man · 1 ep
Siren
TV · as Wally · 2 eps
Tomato Red
Movie · as Security Guard
Loudermilk
TV · as Wyatt Buddy #2 · 1 ep
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV · as Scary Biker · 1 ep
Lucifer
TV · as Bruce · 1 ep
The 100
TV · as Harris · 1 ep
If I Had Wings
Movie · as Burly Cop
Man of Steel
Movie · as Byrne
Witches of East End
TV · as Burly Drunk Guy · 1 ep
Arrow
TV · as Nico, Thug · 1 ep
Sucker Punch
Movie · as Guard / Chauffeur #1
Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Solomon's Soldier
Falling Skies
TV · as Lyle · 2 eps
Hard Ride to Hell
Movie · as Big Bad Ronald
Driven to Kill
Movie · as Thug #2
Sea Beast
Movie · as Hunter #2
Tortured
Movie · as Curly
Shooter
Movie · as Sorenson
Bionic Woman
TV · as Gangster #1 · 1 ep
The Butterfly Effect 2
Movie · as Thug
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie · as Prison Truck Guard #2
Psych
TV · as Lester, Confederate Soldier, Parent (Thug) · 1 ep
Two for the Money
Movie · as Novian's Bodyguard
Cigarette Burns
Movie · as Horst
Supernatural
TV · as Bouncer, Bar Brawler #2 · 1 ep
The 4400
TV · as Duane · 1 ep
Paycheck
Movie · as Wolfe Goon
A Crime of Passion
Movie · as Goon
Lone Hero
Movie · as Powell
I Spy
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
Smallville
TV · as Thug · 1 ep
First Wave
TV · as Guard · 1 ep
Stargate SG-1
TV · as Jaffa, Free Jaffa in a skirt (Uncredited) · 1 ep
Family Reunion
Movie · as Mel