Ian Kelsey

Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama Casualty, DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama Blue Murder and Howard Bellamy in the BBC soap opera Doctors. As well as appearing in the BBC drama Down to Earth, he also portrayed the role of Vinny Ashford in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2016 to 2017.

Ian Kelsey
Born	(1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 58) York, England
Education	Guildford School of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Television	Emmerdale Casualty Blue Murder Down to Earth Doctors Coronation Street
Spouse	Mia Terry ​ ​ (m. 2004; sep. 2016)​
Partner	Beth Cordingly
Children	2

Early and personal life

Kelsey was born on 17 December 1966^[1] in York.^[2] Before acting, Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York railway carriage works. He then trained at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York, later graduating from the Guildford School of Acting.^[3]

In 2004, Kelsey married fellow actress Mia Terry. They had two children together, as well as co-founding a drama school in Brighton. They separated in 2016.^[4] Since 2021, he has been in a relationship with actress Beth Cordingly.^[5]

Career

In 1994, Kelsey was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as a series regular. He made his first appearance as Dave Glover in August 1994.^[6] Two years later, it was announced that he would be departing from the soap; he made his final appearance in December 1996.^[7] He joined BBC medical drama Casualty in 1999 as Patrick Spiller, in which he appeared until 2002.^[8] He then appeared in the BBC drama Down to Earth as Matt Brewer from 2003 to 2004.^[9] Kelsey then portrayed the role of DI Richard Mayne in the crime drama Blue Murder for six years.^[10]

On 3 September 2010, he guest starred in the BBC soap opera Doctors. Two years later, it was announced that Kelsey would be joining Doctors as new series regular Howard Bellamy. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2012.^[11] Kelsey left the medical drama on screen on 22 October 2015, to join Patrick Robinson in the UK touring stage production tour of The Shawshank Redemption.^[12] Kelsey joined Coronation Street in August 2016 playing the part of Vinny Ashford, a role he played until 2017.^[13]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Covert Assassin	Narmco Clerk	Television film
1994–1996	Emmerdale	Dave Glover	Series regular
1994	Black Beauty	Joe Green (Older)	Film
1998	Men Behaving Badly	Karaoke Man	Episode: "Performance"
1999–2002	Casualty	Patrick Spiller	Series regular
1999	Touching Evil	Carl Laing	Episode: "Innocent: Part 2"
2001	Murder in Mind	Liam Taylor	Episode: "Vigilante"
2001	Holby City	Patrick Spiller	Episode: "It's a Family Affair"
2003–2004	Down to Earth	Matt	Main role
2003–2009	Blue Murder	DI Richard Mayne	Main role
2005	Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story	David Crampton	Television film
2005–2006	Where the Heart Is	Adam Miller/Jack Clayton	TV series
2008	Dustbin Baby	Daniel Johnson	Television film
2009	The Bill	Brendan Newlyn	Episode: "Twist of Fate"
2009	The Weakest Link	Billy Flynn	Episode: "West End Theatre Special"
2010	Doctors	Alex Wakefield	Episode: "Hanging On"
2012–2015	Doctors	Howard Bellamy	Series regular
2016–2017	Coronation Street	Vinny Ashford	Recurring role
2018	Lovesick	James Hamilton	1 episode
2020	Moving On	Barry	Episode: "Second Sight"
2020	Wuthering Heights	Heathcliff Earnshaw	Main role
2021	Innocent	Building Site Foreman	Recurring role
2022	The Suspect	CI Ward	1 episode
2023	The Adventures of Sleepy the Magical Bear	Snorkel the Elephant (voice)	Film

Stage

Year	Role	Show	Location	Ref.
2003	Same Time, Next Year	George Peters	Theatre Royal Windsor
2009	Chicago	Billy Flynn	Cambridge Theatre
2015	The Shawshank Redemption	Andy Dufrene	National Tour	[12]
2016	Legally Blonde	Prof Callahan	Curve, Leicester	[14]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	The British Soap Awards	Best Comedy Performance	Doctors	Nominated	[15]
2013	The British Soap Awards	Sexiest Male	Doctors	Longlisted	[16]
2013	Inside Soap Awards	Best Daytime Star	Doctors	Longlisted	[17]
2014	The British Soap Awards	Best Actor	Doctors	Longlisted	[18]
2014	Inside Soap Awards	Best Daytime Star	Doctors	Nominated	[19]
2016	The British Soap Awards	Best On-Screen Partnership (with Dido Miles)	Doctors	Nominated	[20]