David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor and musician who has appeared in several films, including some major roles.

Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is well-known for playing Luther in the 1979 classic film The Warriors, where he screeches the famous line, "Warriors, come out to play-ee-ay!!"; he also played a character named Luther in the 1982 hit film 48 Hrs.

His film credits include Commando, Crooklyn, Hammett,Wild At Heart, The Crow, Dreamscape, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,Last Man Standing, K-PAX, The Longest Yard, and his most recent film, Flags of our Fathers (2006). His largest television role was Jerry Horne on Twin Peaks; his television guest appearances include Miami Vice, Moonlighting, Spenser: For Hire, and Third Watch.

On stage Kelly has played some of the greatest roles in the World Classical canon at the leading theatres of the U.S.A. on Broadway and around the country. He has frequently appeared at the Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut starring in the title roles in Woyzeck and Tartuffe as well as Iago in "Othello" and Hoss in Sam Shepard's "Tooth Of Crime". At the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge ,Massachusetts he played the title role in Pirandello's Enrico IV and starred in an adaption of the Yuan Dynasty Chinese classic "Snow In June". On Broadway he played Feste in the Lincoln Center production of Twelfth Night. He appeared in four plays by avant garde Master Richard Foreman "Pearls For Pigs", "The Mind King", "Film Is Evil/Radio Is Good" and "The Cure". In 1998 he received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

As a composer and musician he participated in New Yorks rock and cabaret scene playing such legendary venues as Max's Kansas City, Reno Sweeney's, CBGB's, and The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club.

He married theater actress/writer Juliana Francis on August 15, 2005.

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