Brad Kelly
Acting · Crew
Born April 4, 1964
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).
Filmography
- 2023Peter Pan & Wendy — Skull Rock Pirate
- So Help Me Todd — Davey
- 2021Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead — The Mountain
- 2020Sonic the Hedgehog — Roadhouse Thug
- Black Summer
- Deadly Class — Chashier
- 2019Gone by Dawn 2: Dead by Dusk — Stanley Roach
- 2019Playing with Fire — Burly Smoke Jumper #4
- The Order — Farmer
- A Million Little Things — Man
- 2018Darc
- 2018Deadpool 2 — Stunts
- 2018Game Over, Man! — Gavin
- Siren — Wally
- 2018Welcome to Marwen — Ulster County Sheriff
- Loudermilk — Wyatt Buddy #2
- 2017Tomato Red — Security Guard
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Scary Biker
- Lucifer — Bruce
- 2015Magnetic — Thanks
- 2014Godzilla — Stunts
- The 100 — Harris
- 2013If I Had Wings — Burly Cop
- 2013Man of Steel — Byrne
- Witches of East End — Burly Drunk Guy
- Arrow — Nico, Thug
- Falling Skies — Lyle
- 2011Red Riding Hood — Solomon's Soldier
- 2011Sucker Punch — Guard / Chauffeur #1
- 2010Hard Ride to Hell — Big Bad Ronald
- 2010Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball — Stunts
- 2010The A-Team — Stunts
- 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse — Stunts
- 2009Driven to Kill — Thug #2
- 2009Jennifer's Body — Stunts
- 2008Kill Switch — Stunts
- 2008Sea Beast — Hunter #2
- 2008Tortured — Curly
- Bionic Woman — Gangster #1
- 2007Shooter — Sorenson
- 2007White Noise 2: The Light — Stunts
- Psych — Confederate Soldier, Lester, Parent (Thug)
- 2006Scary Movie 4 — Stunts
- 2006The Butterfly Effect 2 — Thug
- 2006X-Men: The Last Stand — Prison Truck Guard #2, Stunts
- 2005Cigarette Burns — Horst
- 2005Edison — Stunts
- Supernatural — Bouncer, Bar Brawler #2
- 2005Two for the Money — Novian's Bodyguard
- 2004Blade: Trinity — Stunts
- 2004Riding the Bullet — Stunts
- The 4400 — Duane
- 2004Walking Tall — Stunts
- 2003A Crime of Passion — Goon
- 2003Dreamcatcher — Stunts
- 2003Paycheck — Wolfe Goon
- 2002I Spy — Guard (uncredited)
- 2002Lone Hero — Powell
- Smallville — Thug
- First Wave — Guard
- Stargate SG-1 — Jaffa, Free Jaffa in a skirt (Uncredited)
- 1989Family Reunion — Mel