R. Kelly
Actor
- Born
- January 8, 1967 (age 59) · Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American former singer, songwriter, record producer, and convicted sex offender. Known professionally as R. Kelly, he is credited with prolific commercial success in R&B, hip hop, and pop music recordings, earning nicknames such as 'the King of R&B', 'the King of Pop-Soul', and 'the Pied Piper of R&B'. In 2025, Billboard ranked him 9th on their list of the 'Best R&B Artists of All Time'.
In 2023, Kelly was convicted of multiple charges of child sexual abuse—three of thirteen charges of production of child pornography and three charges of enticing a child, effectively ending his career. As of 2025, he is serving a 31-year combined sentence at FCI Butner Medium I in North Carolina.
Known for
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
November 1, 2005
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
August 15, 2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
November 19, 2012
Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact
May 4, 2019
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
December 1, 2007
R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection
October 21, 2003
Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
January 1, 2002
Estonia Dreams of Eurovision!
September 8, 2002
R Kelly: Sex, Girls and Videotapes
April 3, 2018
R. Kelly: Live - The Light It Up Tour
March 20, 2007
The Gayle King Interview with R. Kelly
March 8, 2019
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
September 26, 2024
Acting13
- 2024IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Gayle King Interview with R. Kelly as Himself
- 2018R Kelly: Sex, Girls and Videotapes as Himself (archive Footage)
- 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Narrator / Sylvester / Pimp Lucius / Dr William T. Perry / Reverend Mosley James Evans / Beeno / Interviewer
- 2011The One8 Project: Hands Across the World as Himself
- 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 as Sylvester / Narrator / Pimp Lucious / Reverend Mosley James Evans / Randolph
- 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 as Narrator / Sylvester / Pimp Lucious / Reverend Mosley James Evans / Randolph
- 2007