Josh Kelly (actor)

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| name = Josh Kelly

| image = Josh Kelly by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Kelly in 2023

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|25}}

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2006–present

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Josh Kelly (born April 25, 1982) is an American actor, known for his portrayal of Cutter Wentworth on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He has also appeared in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Kelly also starred as Jeremy Caner in the television series UnREAL, which premiered its first season in June 2015 on Lifetime.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/10/josh-kelly-books-lifetime-pilot-unreal-grainger-in-cinemax-series-the-knick-600313/|title=Josh Kelly Books Lifetime Pilot 'Unreal', Grainger Hines Joins Cinemax's 'The Knick' - Deadline|author=Nellie Andreeva|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 2013}}

Early life

Kelly was born in Yokosuka, Japan, and raised in Columbia, Maryland, where he graduated from Atholton High School in 2000. He attended high School with Dewanda Wise{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-ho-cf-sing-for-a-cause-1123-story.html|title=Charity takes center stage at Sing for a Cause event in Maple Lawn|last=Magill|first=Kate|work=Columbia Flier|access-date=2017-12-28|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133604/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-ho-cf-sing-for-a-cause-1123-story.html|url-status=dead}} He knew at a young age that he wanted to be an actor and did not want to attend college.{{Cite news|url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2014/08/josh-kelly-talks-jarhead-2-field-of-fire|title=Josh Kelly Talks 'Jarhead 2: Field of Fire'|date=2014-08-20|work=Military.com|access-date=2017-12-28|language=en}}

Military service

Kelly was always interested in acting in action movies. He said he was prompted to join the military because, "I wanted to know if I could do it myself". Due to the influence of his Navy Commander father and the fact that he was a strong swimmer, he initially considered becoming a United States Navy SEAL. Due to his liking of being in the woods, Kelly chose to join the United States Army. He served three tours in Afghanistan and one tour in Iraq as an Army Ranger. Kelly injured his leg during his service. After leaving the Army, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.

Acting career

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Kelly has appeared in minor guest-starring roles in various films and television shows, including Ugly Betty and Las Vegas in 2007, True Blood (2008), NCIS: Los Angeles (2010), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and its sequel, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} He joined the cast of One Life to Live as Cutter Wentworth in December 2010,{{cite web

|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/josh-kelly-bio

|title=Josh Kelly bio

|work=Soap Opera Digest

|access-date=19 March 2012

|archive-date=8 September 2015

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908055603/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/josh-kelly-bio

|url-status=dead

}} and remained on the show until December 2011.{{cite web

|url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/onelifetolive/news/id/22707/Ex-One_Life_To_Lives_Josh_Kelly_Video_How_To_Clean/

|title=Ex-One Life To Live{{'s}} Josh Kelly Video: How To Clean An RV In 1:01

|date=25 January 2012

|publisher=Soaps.com

}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Following the cancellation of One Life to Live, Kelly was among the actors who signed on to perform in a planned continuation web series

{{cite news

|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/one-life-to-live-actors-online-production-257348

|title=Four More One Life to Live Actors Set for Online Production

|work=The Hollywood Reporter

|first=Philiana|last=Ng

|date=3 November 2011

}} that was never realized. In January 2013, it was announced that Kelly had signed on again for Prospect Park's second attempt to reboot the soap opera as a web series. He reprised the role of Cutter for the series on The Online Network from April 29 to August 19, 2013. In September 2013, Josh was cast in the Lifetime drama series UnREAL.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/10/josh-kelly-books-lifetime-pilot-unreal-grainger-in-cinemax-series-the-knick-600313/|title=Josh Kelly Books Lifetime Pilot Unreal, Grainger Hines Joins Cinemax's The Knick|date=October 1, 2013 |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 21, 2015}}

In May 2022, Deadline Hollywood reported that Kelly had joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Cody Bell.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title=General Hospital: Josh Kelly Joins Cast of ABC Drama |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/general-hospital-josh-kelly-cast-abc-drama-1235020568/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511201014/https://deadline.com/2022/05/general-hospital-josh-kelly-cast-abc-drama-1235020568/ |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |location=United States |date=May 11, 2022 |url-status=live}}