{{short description|British writer and actor (born 1966)}} {{Other uses|Ian Kelly (disambiguation){{!}}Ian Kelly}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
'''Ian Francis Kelly''' (born 16 January 1966)<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U258307 KELLY, Ian Francis], ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014</ref> is a British writer and actor. His works include historical biographies, stage and screenplays.
==Early life== {{unreferencedsect|date=May 2026}} Born in [[Cambridge, England]], in 1966, Kelly is the second son of Professor Donald Kelly and Patricia Ann Kelly. He was brought up in Philadelphia, Bristol, and the Wirral. Kelly studied at the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[UCLA Film School]].
==Playwright== Kelly's play ''Mr Foote's Other Leg'', directed by [[Sir Richard Eyre]] and starring [[Simon Russell Beale]], opened at [[Hampstead Theatre]] in 2015 before transferring directly into the West End, [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]], playing 2015–2016.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=Gusto and Sorrow at the dawn of celebrity|last1=Clapp|first=Susannah|author-link=Susannah Clapp |date=27 September 2015 |url=https://theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/27/mr-footes-other-leg-hampstead-review-simon-russell-beale-gusto-and-sorrow}}</ref>
==Acting== On film, Kelly played [[Hermione Granger]]'s father in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ian Kelly Interview |work=Suffolk Norfolk Life Magazine |url=https://www.suffolknorfolklifemagazine.com/feature-item/ian-kelly-interview/ |date=February 2017 |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> On stage, he appeared in ''[[The Pitmen Painters (play)|The Pitmen Painters]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], on Broadway<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times |title=Stoking a Fiery Passion for Art Miners Wielding Paintbrushes in Lee Hall Drama|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/theater/reviews/01pitmen.html |date=2010-10-01}}</ref> and in the West End, and in ''A Busy Day'', also in the West End. He acted on London's West End and in New York in his own one-man plays and also in the title role in the US premiere of [[Ron Hutchinson (screenwriter)|Ron Hutchinson]]'s ''Beau Brummell''. He was nominated for Best Actor for his work in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' (Manchester Drama Awards). For his work in [[Alexei Balabanov]]'s ''[[War (2002 film)|Voyna (War)]]'' he was nominated for Best Actor at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=A dance to the music of death|last1=Kelly|first1=Ian|date=8 November 2002|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3585463/A-dance-to-the-music-of-death.html}}</ref> In 2015 he played [[George III]] in the premiere production of his own play ''[[Mr Foote's Other Leg (play)|Mr Foote’s Other Leg]]''.
==Historian and Biographer== Kelly has published biographies of [[Marie-Antoine Carême|Antonin Carême]] (2004),<ref>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Careme de la Careme|date=14 July 2004|last1=Schrambling|first1=Regina|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-14-fo-watch14-story,amp.html}}</ref> [[Beau Brummell]] (2005),<ref>{{cite news|work=The Observer|title=Fine and Dandy|last1=Stevenson|first1=Jane |date=31 December 2005|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jan/01/biography.features}}</ref> [[Casanova]] (2008),<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=Naughty nuns and peeping Toms|date=16 August 2008|last1=Hughes|first1=Kathryn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/16/biography}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times]]|title=Ian Kelly, Casanova Book Review|date=19 June 2008|last1=Scurr|first1=Ruth|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/casanova-by-ian-kelly}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Editor's Choice|date=14 December 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/EdChoice-t.html}}</ref> and Samuel Foote (''Mr. Foote's Other Leg'', 2012).<ref>{{cite news|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Mr Foote's Other Leg|last1=Stockley|first1=Philippa|date=10 October 2012|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/biographyandmemoirreviews/9589894/Mr-Footes-Other-Leg-by-Ian-Kelly-review.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Daily Express|title=Mr Foote's Other Leg|last1=Sylvester|first1=Christopher|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/354532/Book-review-Mr-Foote-s-Other-Leg-by-Ian-Kelly}}</ref> His biography of Vivienne Westwood, written with Dame Vivienne, was published in October 2014.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Fabulously, fetishistically, brilliant|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11182744/Vivienne-Westwood-by-Vivienne-Westwood-and-Ian-Kelly.html}}</ref>
==Adaptations== The [[BBC Television]] drama ''[[Beau Brummell: This Charming Man]]'' with [[Hugh Bonneville]] and [[Phil Davis (actor)|Phil Davis]] was based on Ian Kelly's biography. His biography of Giacomo Casanova was read by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] on [[BBC Radio 4]] in 2008 as a [[Book of the Week]] abridged by Amber Barnfather,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c6rpl ''Casanova'' – BBC Radio 4 – Book of the Week]</ref> repeated on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]],<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qsc98 ''Ian Kelly – Casanova'' – BBC Radio 4 Extra]</ref> then published by [[BBC Worldwide]] as an audio book in May 2015. He wrote the scenario of Casanova for a 2017 ballet choreographed by Kenneth Tindall for [[Northern Ballet]] which was also performed at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Northern Ballet|title=Ian Kelly|url=https://northernballet.com/biography/ian-kelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=The Independent|title=Casanova, Saddler's Wells London review|date=11 May 2017|last1=Anderson|first1=Zoe|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/casanova-review-sadler-s-wells-northern-ballet-kenneth-tindall-a7729556.html}}</ref>
''[[Carême (TV series)|Carême]],'' an adaptation of ''Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Carême, The First Celebrity Chef,'' was released on [[Apple TV+]] in 2025.<ref name="cooking">{{cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/apple-tv-french-original-antonin-careme-1235640895/|accessdate=20 February 2025|date= Jun 12, 2023|title= Apple TV+ Sets French Original About Chef-Turned-Spy Antonin Carême With Director Martin Bourboulon (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy}}</ref><ref name="creme">{{cite web|website=Deadline Hollywood|url= https://deadline.com/2025/02/careme-apple-tv-plus-first-looks-premiere-date-1236278663/|title= ‘Carême’: Apple TV+ Serves Up First Look At French Celebrity Chef Series|first= Max |last=Goldbart|accessdate=20 February 2025|date= February 5, 2025}}</ref>
==Awards== The Society for Theatre Research awarded ''Mr. Foote's Other Leg'' the STR Theatre Book Prize in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre Book Prize |url=https://www.str.org.uk/grants-prizes/theatre-book-prize/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |publisher=Society for Theatre Research |language=en-GB}}</ref> His biography of [[Beau Brummell]] was shortlisted for the [[Marsh Biography Award]]. His biography of Casanova was the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' biography of the year in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-12-07 |title=The Sunday Times biography of the year |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/the-sunday-times-biography-of-the-year-7mgzxqj6n05 |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
==Journalism== Kelly has written for most of{{which|date=May 2026}} the British broadsheets and ''[[The New York Times]]''. He is a contributing editor of ''Food Arts Magazine''.
==Television== As an actor his TV work includes [[Dennis Potter]]'s ''[[Cold Lazarus]]''<ref>{{cite news|work=Variety|title=Cold Lazarus|date=19 June 1996|last1=Elley|first1=Derek|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/cold-lazarus-1200445991}}</ref> ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'', ''[[Silent Witness]]'', ''[[Just William (1990s TV series)|Just William]]'', [[Catherine Cookson]]'s ''The Moth'', ''[[Sensitive Skin (UK TV series)|Sensitive Skin]]'', and ''[[Time Trumpet]]''.
==Film== Kelly has acted in many films including ''[[The Children Act]]'', ''Closed'', ''Creation'', [[Merchant-Ivory]]'s ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'', [[Richard Attenborough]]'s ''[[In Love and War (1996 film)|In Love and War]]'', ''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]'', ''[[The King's Man]]'' and the Russian films ''[[The Admiral (2008 film)|Admiral]]'' and Aleksei Balabanov's ''[[War (2002 film)|War]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=Academia, Kinokultura|title=Interview with Ian Kelly from Aleksei Balabanov's War|date=2015|last1=White|first1=Frederick H.|url=https://www.academia.edu/11191706}}</ref>
==Bibliography== * {{cite book | date = 25 September 2003 | title = Cooking for Kings: The Life of the First Celebrity Chef | last = Kelly | first = Ian | publisher = Short Books, London (hardcover) | isbn = 978-1-904095-20-0 }} * {{cite book | date = 10 October 2005 | title = Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy | last = Kelly | first = Ian | publisher = Hodder & Stoughton (hardcover) | isbn = 978-0-340-83698-9 }} * {{cite book | date = 26 June 2008 | title = Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy | last = Kelly | first = Ian | publisher = Hodder Paperbacks (hardback) | isbn = 978-0-340-92214-9 }} * {{cite book | date = 11 October 2012 | title = Mr Foote's Other Leg; Comedy, Tragedy and Murder in Georgian England | last = Kelly | first = Ian | publisher = Picador PanMacmillan, London (hardcover) | isbn = 978-0330517836 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/mrfootesotherleg0000kell }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website | https://www.iankelly.net/}} * {{IMDb name|446432|Ian Kelly}}
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