He also appeared as CIA Agent Mike November in the Prime Video thriller series Jack Ryan.

[4][5] Kelly graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 1992 with a degree in performing arts.

[6] In addition to playing Doug Stamper in all six seasons of House of Cards, Kelly has appeared in films such as Changeling, Dawn of the Dead, The Adjustment Bureau, Chronicle, Now You See Me, and Everest.

He also appeared in the television miniseries Generation Kill, six episodes of The Sopranos as Agent Ron Goddard,[7] the Criminal Minds spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, and as Dr. Edgar Dumbarton in Taboo.

[8] In 2017, in the 2017 Alabama Special Senate Election he endorsed Democratic nominee Doug Jones.