He briefly attended the University of Kansas but decided to forgo college in favor of pursuing his acting career.
[2] From 2002 to 2003 he was an acting teacher at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
[citation needed] Kelker made his acting debut in 1987 as Sam Fowler on the soap opera Another World, a role he originally played from 1987 to 1990.
The character's pairing with Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso) and reformed bad girl Billie Reed (Lisa Rinna) was a popular storyline and garnered Kelker-Kelly his widest audience.
In 1996 he returned to Another World playing a new role, that of professional race car driver Bobby Reno, who was later discovered to actually be Dr. Shane Roberts.