Early life and career

Ryan was born and raised in a western suburb of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn is an affluent village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the village population was 26,999.-Geography:...

. He has 14 siblings: 9 sisters and 5 brothers.

When he was two, his mother took him and five of his sibligns to Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 to meet an agent. Kelley started appearing in commercials and gained his first role in a movie when he was a first grader. Due to his job, during his last two years of high school, he was home-schooled. When he turned 18, he moved to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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.

Kelley is known for his Independent Spirit Award–winning performance in Mean Creek

Mean Creek

Mean Creek is a 2004 independent film produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, and Hagai Shaham, written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin and Josh Peck. The film concerns a group of teenagers and young adults who devise a plan to humiliate an overweight, troubled bully...

and his work on the hit television series Smallville

Smallville (TV series)

Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...

. He also starred as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Ben 10: Alien Swarm is a Science fiction live-action film that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009, based on the animated series Ben 10: Alien Force. It is the sequel to the 2007 live-action film Ben 10: Race Against Time...

. He had a major supporting role in Stolen Summer

Stolen Summer

Stolen Summer is a 2002 drama film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing it is the only way he will get to Heaven...

, which was the film made during the Project Greenlight

Project Greenlight

Project Greenlight was a contest and television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore through their production...

documentary series. Kelley had a role in the film Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

is a 2006 war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the...

, and he played the title role in the movie Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby is a 2009 television film that premiered on the Lifetime network on January 24, 2009. It is based on the book, Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, by Leroy F...

that premiered on Lifetime

Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...

 with Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

.

In 2012, Ryan Kelley will be in the TV movie Shattered Silence, with Liz Vassey

Liz Vassey

Liz Vassey is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Emily Ann Sago on All My Children, Captain Liberty in The Tick, and Wendy Simms in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.- Career :...

 and Jenn Proske.

Filmography

Film and Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Roommates	Mo
1998	Early Edition Early Edition Early Edition is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. Set in the city of Chicago, Illinois, it follows the adventures of a man who mysteriously receives each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published, and who uses this...	Tom Stone	TV series, episode 2x18
1999	Charming Billy	10-year-old Duane
2002	Stolen Summer Stolen Summer Stolen Summer is a 2002 drama film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing it is the only way he will get to Heaven...	Seamus O'Malley
2002	Stray Dogs	J. Fred Carter
2002	Smallville Smallville Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...	Ryan James	TV series, 2 episodes
2004	Mean Creek Mean Creek Mean Creek is a 2004 independent film produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, and Hagai Shaham, written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin and Josh Peck. The film concerns a group of teenagers and young adults who devise a plan to humiliate an overweight, troubled bully...	Clyde
2004	The Dust Factory The Dust Factory -Plot:Ryan Flynn is a young boy traumatized by the death of his father, who has not spoken aloud or exercised his imagination since. While on a walk with a friend, Ryan falls from a bridge and apparently drowns. He finds himself in a parallel universe called the "Dust Factory", which houses all...	Ryan Flynn
2005	Boston Legal Boston Legal Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...	Stuart Milch	TV series, episode 1x16
2006	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy is a 2006 American adventure film, produced and directed by Ryan Little. It is loosely based on legends arising from the fate of real-life Western outlaw Butch Cassidy, the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker, whose gang robbed trains and banks in the 1890s...	Roy Parker
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the...	Marine #2
2006	Still Green Still Green Still Green is an American drama film starring Sarah Jones, Ryan Kelley, Douglas Spain, Noah Segan, Paul Costa, Brandon Meyer, Ashleigh Snyder, Michael Strynkowski, Nicole Komendat and Gricel Castineira. The film also features American Idol finalist Vonzell Solomon in her acting debut. The movie...	Alan
2008	Cold Case	Curt Fitzpatrick	TV series, episode 5x12
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Young Derek Reese	TV series, episode 1x09
2008	Women's Murder Club Women's Murder Club Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...	Charlie Gifford	TV series, episode 1x12
2009	Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...	Devon Bancroft	TV series, episode 4x11
2009	Prayers for Bobby Prayers for Bobby Prayers for Bobby is a 2009 television film that premiered on the Lifetime network on January 24, 2009. It is based on the book, Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, by Leroy F...	Bobby Griffith	TV movie
2009	Ben 10: Alien Swarm Ben 10: Alien Swarm Ben 10: Alien Swarm is a Science fiction live-action film that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009, based on the animated series Ben 10: Alien Force. It is the sequel to the 2007 live-action film Ben 10: Race Against Time...	Ben Tennyson	TV movie
2009	Mending Fences Mending Fences Mending Fences is a television movie that premiered on Hallmark Channel July 19, 2009. The film stars Laura Leighton and Angie Dickinson.-Plot summary:...	Chuck Bentley	TV movie
2009	Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...	Enzo Cook	TV series, episode 11x07
2009	Destroy Build Destroy Destroy Build Destroy Destroy Build Destroy was a live action program on Cartoon Network. It focuses on an unusual type of a game show, where two teams destroy a random object and build vehicles out of them, and then destroy the losers' creation... : "Ben 10: Alien Swarm Ben 10: Alien Swarm Ben 10: Alien Swarm is a Science fiction live-action film that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009, based on the animated series Ben 10: Alien Force. It is the sequel to the 2007 live-action film Ben 10: Race Against Time...  vs. Dude, What Would Happen Dude, What Would Happen Dude, What Would Happen was a live-action reality show that airs on Cartoon Network. It is targeted to viewers ages 9–17. The show first aired on August 19, 2009, along with Bobb'e Says. The show is hosted by three male teenagers who wonder what would happen if some wild event, scheme, or... "	Himself
2012	Shattered Silence	Mark Carey	TV movie

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2005	Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards The Independent Spirit Awards , founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit...	Special Distinction Award	Mean Creek Mean Creek Mean Creek is a 2004 independent film produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, and Hagai Shaham, written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin and Josh Peck. The film concerns a group of teenagers and young adults who devise a plan to humiliate an overweight, troubled bully...
2007	Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival	Best ensemble	Still Green Still Green Still Green is an American drama film starring Sarah Jones, Ryan Kelley, Douglas Spain, Noah Segan, Paul Costa, Brandon Meyer, Ashleigh Snyder, Michael Strynkowski, Nicole Komendat and Gricel Castineira. The film also features American Idol finalist Vonzell Solomon in her acting debut. The movie...

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