Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly,is an American stand-up comedian, actor, radio personality, and podcast host.

Kelly frequently performs at the Comedy Cellar. He co-hosts The Bonfire on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, often appeared on The Opie and Anthony Show, and has also appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and Premium Blend. He rose to fame in part by playing Louis C.K.'s brother in Louie.

Early life Kelly was born in Medford, Massachusetts, three miles from Boston. He was raised in a three-bedroom house with thirteen family members. He is of Irish ancestry, and was raised Catholic.

Kelly is a self-confessed addict. He began drinking at age ten before he quit alcohol and drugs at fifteen. He has remained sober since.

He was arrested as a teenager, and spent time in a youth detention center.

Career Kelly discovered stand-up comedy in 1987 while attending the International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous, after which he began to listen to comedy albums. He performed his first stand-up routine on stage in 1991 at a school talent competition as part of a sketch comedy troupe, Al and the Monkeys. His plan was to enroll at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston to study fine arts, but he became interested in pursuing comedy and quit shortly before he was to earn an associate degree.

In 2004, he made his first of many appearances on the Opie and Anthony radio show. In 2005, he toured with comedians Dane Cook, Gary Gulman, and Jay Davis on the cross-country tour entitled Tourgasm. After tearing and straining ligaments in his knee, he managed to finish the tour, which began airing on HBO as a comedy documentary series in June 2006. Kelly later toured with Cook and Al Del Bene as part of Cook's Global Thermo Comedy Tour: Isolated Incident.

In 2005 and 2006, Kelly accompanied fellow comedian Colin Quinn to Iraq, where they performed stand-up for American troops stationed in Baghdad.

Kelly was a part of the New Jersey Bamboozle Festival in 2007 as part of the Pass the Mic Comedy Tour on May 6. He also appeared in the 2008 comedy Ghost Town as the ghost of a fat construction worker. That same year, he had a small voice part in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV as Luca Silvestri, a member of the Pegorino crime family and associate of Ray Boccino, who accompanied the main character in a mission.

From 2010 to 2015, Kelly starred as Louis CK's brother Robbie during the first, fourth, and fifth seasons of the FX sitcom Louie. Kelly rated his performance on the show as among the best of his acting career.

Kelly started his podcast You Know What Dude! in April 2010 on RiotCast, a podcast network that he co-owns. The book followed a short film that the three wrote named Cheat.

On August 8, 2014, Kelly released the hour-long special Live at the Village Underground, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. It premiered on Comedy Central in January 2015.

Kelly co-starred in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll for two seasons, beginning in 2015. It was his first acting role as a regular cast member, and he took formal drum lessons for the part.

He appears in comedian Ray Harrington's 2015 documentary Be a Man.

In 2023, Kelly began co-hosting the podcast The Regz, a spin-off from his YKWD podcast, alongside comedians Joe List, Luis J. Gomez, and Dan Soder. In that same year Kelly took over hosting duties from Dan Soder on Sirius XM's Bonfire, joining fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson.

In 2024, Kelly had a supporting role in the film Let's Start a Cult playing Del Harper, the father of lead character Chip Harper, played by Stavros Halkias.

Personal life In 2015, the family moved from New York City to Westchester, New York.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 The Jim Breuer Show Himself 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Armando Padilla Episode: "Vulnerable" 2002–2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jose Lopez / Detective Ray Valdez 2 episodes 2002 The Job Luis Somarriba Episode: "Vacation" 2003 Hack Jim Cooper Episode: "Death of Innocence" 2004 Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn Himself 2006 Tourgasm Himself 7 episodes 2008 Comedy Central Presents Himself 2009 Law & Order Bobby Episode: "Promote This!" 2010–2015 Louie Bobby / Robbie 8 episodes 2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Heckler #1 Episode: "Mister Softee" 2012 NYC 22 George Moore 12 episodes 2013 Inside Amy Schumer Grunth Episode: "Unpleasant Truths" 2014 Sirens Soda Bottle Guy Episode: "Pilot" 2014 Robert Kelly: Live at the Village Underground Himself Stand-up special; also writer and director 2015 Nurse Jackie Cop Episode: "Clean" 2015 Maron Repairman #3 Episode: "The Node" 2015–2016 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Bam Bam 20 episodes 2015 Benders EMT Thurber Episode: "California Here We Come"

Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Last Night at Eddie's Dillon 1998 Enough Already Basketball Player 1998 Dating Games Kyle 2003 8 Guys Robert Short film 2007 Good Luck Chuck Airport Security Guard 2008 Ghost Town Construction Worker Ghost 2008 What Doesn't Kill You Gas Man 2009 Children of Invention Torres 2011 Cheat Bobby Short film 2013 Staten Island Truffle Hunter Uncle Paulie Short film 2015 Trainwreck One-Night Stand Guy 2018 Unsane Steve's Partner 2022 Fourth of July Bobby 2024 Let's Start A Cult Del Harper

Video games Year Title Role 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Luca Silvestri, The Crowd of Liberty City 2013 Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population

Discography Robert Kelly: Live at the Village Underground (2015) For The Love Of Comedy (2013) Just the Tip (2008) Robert Kelly Live (2003)

Stand Up Specials