
Birthday:
04-04-1956
(68 years)
Birthplace:
Waterville, Maine, USA
Biography
David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is an American television writer, producer, and former attorney.
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Robin's Wish
Act like Self
event2020 star_border 7
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The final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, focusing on his fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy body dementia.
Picket Fences
(1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7.5
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An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.7
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Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.3
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In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 5.5
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David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her "ghost" on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present in the real world....
Lake Placid
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 5.9
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When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Mystery, Alaska
Writer (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6.3
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In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
From the Hip
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 5.9
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Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
Picket Fences: Pilot
Writer (1 ep.)
event1992
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The feature-length pilot for the popular TV series. In the small town of Rome, Wisconsin, the daily life of the quiet townspeople is disrupted when the Tin Man drops dead during a local production the “The Wizard of Oz” due to nicotine poisoning.
Boston Public
Writer (43 ep.)
event2000 star_border 7.7
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Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Writer (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6.6
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Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
Snoops
Writer (5 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7
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Snoops is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC. The series, which aired from September 26, 1999 to December 19, 1999, was created by David E. Kelley. Snoops came about during the height of Kelley's fame, with both The Practice and Ally McBeal sustaining large audiences.
The Practice
Writer (137 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7.7
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A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Producer (8 ep.)
event2003
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The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley that aired on CBS. The show offers the typical quirkiness and eccentric humor that have become synonymous with David E. Kelley's shows. The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire has been described as "Northern Exposure with middle-aged angst and populated with the sort of oddball supporting characters so typical of the Kelley oeuvre." The show was canceled after five episodes due to poor ratings.
Chicago Hope
Writer (22 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.2
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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
L.A. Law
Writer (56 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.1
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L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
Life on Mars
Writer (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.5
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After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
Girls Club
Producer (9 ep.)
event2002 star_border 7.5
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Girls Club is an American television series created by David E. Kelley that was shown on Fox in the United States in October 2002. It is often compared to Ally McBeal, another series created by Kelley, which ended in May 2002.
The Law Firm
Producer (7 ep.)
event2005
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The Law Firm is an hour-long reality television, nontraditional court show series that premiered on NBC on July 28, 2005. In the series, twelve young up-and-coming trial lawyers competed for a grand prize of $250,000.
At the end of each show, attorney Roy Black decided which two competitors were the weakest and needed to be dismissed, using the catchphrase "The verdict is in. You're out."
The series was cancelled by NBC after two weeks on the air due to weak ratings.
Ally McBeal
Writer (109 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6.6
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Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
Boston Legal
Writer (52 ep.)
event2004 star_border 7.9
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Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
The Wedding Bells
Writer (4 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7
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The Wedding Bells is an American television comedy-drama that ran on Fox from March 7 to April 6, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E. Kelley to create the show, and he essentially remade a rejected pilot he created for ABC in 2004 entitled DeMarco Affairs which starred Selma Blair, Lindsay Sloane and Sabrina Lloyd as three sisters who inherit a wedding planner service. Though the show had a moderately strong premiere, it faded in the ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes had been produced and five episodes were aired.
Legally Mad
Writer (1 ep.)
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Legally Mad is a television pilot that was made to be an American television series. It takes place in a Chicago law firm. On May 4, 2009, NBC announced it would be picking up the show and was expected to debut in spring 2010. But on May 12, 2009, the show was dropped by NBC, due to scheduling conflict and is not going to be shopped to any other network.
Wonder Woman
Producer (1 ep.)
star_border 4.9
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It's the modern day, and being Wonder Woman is complicated. Diana is leading a triple life - running a large corporation out of costume and fighting crime in costume in one identity. A never-aired television pilot expected to debut in 2011, but NBC opted not to buy the series.
The Crazy Ones
Writer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 6.1
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The Crazy Ones is an American situation comedy series created by David E. Kelley that stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The single-camera project premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013, as part of the 2013–14 American television season as a Thursday night 9 pm entry. Bill D'Elia, Dean Lorey, Jason Winer, John Montgomery and Mark Teitelbaum serve as executive producers for 20th Century Fox Television.
Harry's Law
Producer (34 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.3
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Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown shoe store.
Mr. Mercedes
Executive Producer (30 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.1
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A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.
The Undoing
Executive Producer (6 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.4
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Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.
Big Little Lies
Executive Producer (14 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.9
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The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Big Sky
Executive Producer (16 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.2
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Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.
Nine Perfect Strangers
Executive Producer (8 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine "perfect" strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Executive Producer (10 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.7
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Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career - and his trademark Lincoln - when he takes on a murder case.
Big Shot
Executive Producer (20 ep.)
event2021 star_border 8
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After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn must take a job at Westbrook School for Girls, a private all-girls high school, in an effort to redeem what's left of his career and reputation.
Love & Death
Executive Producer (7 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.9
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Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples — enjoy their small town Texas life... until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
Original Series Creator (10 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.7
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Lahela 'Doogie' Kamealoha, a 16-year-old prodigy juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. With the support of her caring and comical 'ohana (family) and friends, Lahela is determined to make the most of her teenage years and forge her own path.
The Calling
Executive Producer (8 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6
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NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham's belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
Anatomy of a Scandal
Executive Producer (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7
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Sophie's privileged life as the wife of powerful politician James unravels when scandalous secrets surface — and he stands accused of a shocking crime.
Presumed Innocent
Executive Producer (8 ep.)
event2024 star_border 8
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A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
Goliath
Writer (20 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.6
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Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
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Follow Margo Millet, the daughter of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler. Now an unemployed single mother in her early 20s, Margo is struggling to make ends meet, leading her to launch an OnlyFans account. When her father reenters her life, she starts incorporating his lessons from the pro wrestling world into her OnlyFans work, leading to unexpected success.
A Man in Full
Executive Producer (6 ep.)
event2024 star_border 6.5
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Facing relentless foes and sudden bankruptcy, an Atlanta real estate tycoon must claw his way back to the top when his empire begins to crumble.
Jane Smith
Producer (1 ep.)
new_releases Release: December 12, 2025
Jane Smith is a brilliant, tough, and darkly funny defense attorney in the Hamptons. Up to this point, Jane has only cared about winning; however, her world is completely turned upside down when, on the eve of the biggest case of her career, she is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
Monday Mornings
Creator (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.1
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Monday Mornings was an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4 to April 8, 2013 and aired Mondays after Dallas. It is based on a novel of the same name by Sanjay Gupta. In May 2012, TNT placed a ten-episode order for the series. On May 10, 2013, Monday Mornings was canceled by TNT.
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