 Wilkes in "Red Serge", for which he garnered a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987, and as Grandpa Heffley in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.Kelly "is an early graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada" (which was founded in 1960).He works primarily in the Vancouver area and has done so for much of his career as an actor.