Terry Kiely (born September 1975 in Britwell) is an English actor. He is best known for his role in the Sky One series Dream Team, where he played the popular character Karl Fletcher for eight years, despite initially only signing up for six episodes.[1]
Acting career
editKiely quit Dream Team three times but returned each time after struggling to find alternative roles. The character was eventually killed off at Kiely's request in 2005, but returned in the final series to act as a spirit guide to Harchester United player Jason Porter. Fletcher appeared to him as his guide, after Porter took part in a ouija board event.
He has also appeared in Mike Bassett: England Manager playing the character Harpsey, a womaniser constantly on his mobile phone (much to the annoyance of his manager), and Family Affairs, where he briefly played the character PC Dan Ellison.
Kiely took on the role of Nolan in a small film focussing on football hooligans known as It's a Casual Life, released in 2003. He also appeared as Paul in Rough Justice, a little-known Hewland International/ITV show.
Personal life
editKara Tointon dated Kiely for a time. Friend and fellow actor Gerard Kelly, who died in 2010 left his entire estate to Kiely. At this time, Kiely was working as a swimming pool lifeguard in Surrey.[2]
In an interview with Talksport in March 2023, Kiely stated he quit acting after falling out of love with the profession and was now working as a host for an upmarket private members club in Soho.[3]
References
edit- ^ Ring, Alison (11 June 2016). "The cast of Dream Team – Where are they now?". EVOKE.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "I was Dream Team heart throb but quit acting, became a lifeguard and now host footballers and A-listers". Talksport. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "I was Dream Team heart throb but quit acting, became a lifeguard and now host footballers and A-listers". Talksport. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
External links
edit- Terry Kiely at IMDb
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