Sean Patrick Kelly[1] (born 9 November 1958) is an Australian singer, guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the bands Models, Absent Friends and The Dukes.

[3] He met James Freud (Colin McGlinchey) in high school (St Thomas More Catholic Boys College)[5] and the two of them got together with Ian McFarlane to form their first band.

[3][4] Kelly started his professional career in 1977 in Spred, later called Teenage Radio Stars, alongside James Freud, who eventually joined him in Models.

[2] Kelly released a solo single "Thankyou Goodnight" in 1989 and formed Absent Friends with his partner Wendy Matthews and Garry Gary Beers that same year.

[9][10][11][2] Over the years, Kelly has led several reunion shows of The Models and toured with a reformed version of the band alongside Mark Ferrie, Barton Price and Andrew Duffield.