<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Karyn Kelly (m . 2005) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Joseph Kelly Jr. (born May 22, 1969) is an American actor . He is best known for his role as Doug Stamper in House of Cards, as well as for roles in films such as Changeling, Dawn of the Dead, The Adjustment Bureau, Chronicle, Now You See Me, and Everest . He also appeared in the television miniseries Generation Kill, 6 episodes of The Sopranos as Agent Ron Goddard, the Criminal Minds spin - off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, and in 2017 as Dr. Edgar Dumbarton in Taboo . </P> <P> Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the son of Maureen and Michael Kelly . His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of Italian ancestry . He has one brother, Andrew, and two sisters, Shannon and Casey . He graduated from Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia . He then attended Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina . </P>

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