Actor

R. Kelly

Contemporaryb. 1967MusicDocumentaryCrimeComedy

Chronicler of the Underworld

Also directed 5 films ↗Also wrote 3 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2024IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak OffsSelf (archive footage)2019Surviving R. Kelly: The ImpactSelf (archive footage)7.6 2019The Gayle King Interview with R. KellyHimself 2018R Kelly: Sex, Girls and VideotapesHimself (archive Footage)7.0 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33Narrator / Sylvester / Pimp Lucius / Dr William T. Perry / Reverend Mosley James Evans / Beeno / Interviewer6.1 2011The One8 Project: Hands Across the World

About

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.

As Director

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2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 2005Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 2003R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22

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