# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-patrick-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:02:25.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-patrick-kelly"
name: "David Patrick Kelly"
slug: "david-patrick-kelly"
description: "David Patrick Kelly is an American actor, musician and lyricist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is best known for his role as the main antagonist Luther in the cult film The Warriors (1979). Kelly is also known for his collaborations with Spike Lee, in the films Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), and Chi-Raq (2015), and with David Lynch, appearing in Wild at Heart (1990) as well as Twin Peaks (1990–91) and its 2017 revival."
tagline: "American actor and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.Jude_.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.28
  momentum:             4.59520578923564
  historical:           23.80429733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446314/"
    handle:    "nm0446314"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidpatrickkelly.com/"
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    title: "David Patrick Kelly"
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    title: "Келли, Дэвид Патрик"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David Patrick Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump