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# Daniel Hugh Kelly

Actor. Born 10 August 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 August 1952, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** Daniel Hugh-Kelly, دانیل هیو کلی
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hugh_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345955, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446298/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22111

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek: Insurrection*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-insurrection.md) (58)

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## Biography

Daniel Hugh Kelly is an American actor. Born on 10 August 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he graduated from St Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and earned an MFA from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, on a full scholarship.

He began his career in regional and Off-Broadway theatre, including productions at the Public Theater and Second Stage, and later appeared on Broadway in revivals of *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (opposite Kathleen Turner) and *Born Yesterday* (opposite Madeline Kahn). Kelly is known for his role as Mark 'Skid' McCormick in the series *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983–1986) and for guest appearances in *Supernatural*, *The Mentalist*, *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *NCIS* and *Castle*. His film credits include *Cujo* (1983), *The Good Son* (1993) and *Star Trek: Insurrection* (1998), in which he played Sojef.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Insurrection* (1998), Fi1m 58, as Sojef — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-insurrection.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Skipping Stones* (2021), as Mr. McDowell
- *Far More* (2021), as Dick McAllister
- *Among the Shadows* (2019), as Bittencourt
- *Crazy Alien* (2019), as The President of the United States
- *Holiday Breakup* (2016), as William
- *A Father's Secret* (2016), as Caswell Foxx
- *ToY* (2015), as Steven
- *Sex, Death and Bowling* (2015), as Dick McAllister
- *Growing Up Fisher* (2014), series, as Tom Hawkins
- *Mischief Night* (2013), as David
- *The Monkey's Paw* (2013), as Gillespie
- *Invasion Roswell* (2013), as David
- *Devil May Call* (2013), as Tony
- *God's Country* (2012), as Mr. Randolph Whitaker
- *Law & Order: LA* (2010), series, as Judge Royce
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Man
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Evan Potter
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Philip Carmichael
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Jake Devins
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as William Brewster — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Elliot Glick (2008)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Admiral Kendall
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Senator William Percy 'Bill' Henderson
- *For the People* (2002), series, as Ted Hartford
- *Ponderosa* (2001), series, as Ben Cartwright
- *Guardian* (2001), as Agent Taylor
- *Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot* (2001), series, as John F. Kennedy
- *The In Crowd* (2000), as Dr. Henry Thompson
- *Growing Up Brady* (2000), as Robert Reed
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as James Cook — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Mark Dobbins
- *Chill Factor* (1999), as Col. Leo Vitelli
- *Twice in a Lifetime* (1999), series, as Rex Stanford / Charles
- *Star Trek: Insurrection* (1998), as Sojef — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-insurrection.md)
- *Oh Baby* (1998), series, as Grant
- *Labor of Love* (1998), as Gordon Connell
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as Gene Cernan
- *Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story* (1998), as Lonn Reisman
- *Atomic Dog* (1998), as Brook Yates
- *Five Desperate Hours* (1997), as Jim Ballard
- *Stranger in My Home* (1997), as Doug Martin
- *Second Noah* (1996), series, as Noah Beckett
- *Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story* (1995), as Steve Sohmer
- *The Tuskegee Airmen* (1995), Acting
- *No Greater Love* (1995), as Ben Jones
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Alex Buchanan
- *Bad Company* (1995), as Les Goodwin
- *A Child's Cry for Help* (1994), as Donald Prescott
- *MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice* (1994), as Franklin Carter
- *The Good Son* (1993), as Wallace Evans
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Tim Preston
- *Citizen Cohn* (1992), as Congressman Neil Gallagher
- *The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage* (1991), series, Acting
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Councilman Kevin Crossley, Julian Spector, Lawrence Garber, Leland Barnes — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), as Scotty
- *I Married Dora* (1987), series, as Peter Farrell
- *Nowhere to Hide* (1987), as Rob Cutter
- *Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder* (1987), series, as Mike George
- *Night of Courage* (1987), as Paul Forrest
- *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983), series, Mark "Skid" McCormick, Director
- *Cujo* (1983), as Vic Trenton
- *Chicago Story* (1982), series, as Det. Frank Wajorski
- *Thin Ice* (1981), as Jack
- *Battle of the Network Stars* (1976), series, Acting

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