Certain actors can play menacing figures like no others. Some that spring to mind are Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ralph Fiennes. On the TV side, one of these menacing actors has got to be Michael Kelly. From House of Cards to, most recently, Lioness and The Penguin, Kelly’s ability to play shady figures with almost no redeeming qualities is unnerving. The veteran exceptionally plays characters who have their own twisted moral codes applicable to the world in which they inhabit. Even more unsettling than his acting ability are Kelly’s eyes. As we know from Scarface, the eyes never lie. He uses a glazed-over, blunt performance that truly makes him seem more devil than man, uncaring for anything other than the current task at hand.
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