Fame aside, Kevin Allen is above all a career actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. The career now covers more than 44 years. Ask a viewer to place Kevin Allen and the answer usually comes back 'Trainspotting'. 'The Skulls' belongs on any short list of his work. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama.
Kevin Allen
Actor · Writer · Since 1991
67 years (Sep 15, 1959)Gosport, UKGosport, Hampshire, England, UK
24 Movies · 13 Series
Fame aside, Kevin Allen is above all a career actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. The career now covers more than 44 years. Ask a viewer to place Kevin Allen and the answer usually comes back 'Trainspotting'. 'The Skulls' belongs on any short list of his work. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama.
1959-09-15 · Gosport, UKGosport, Hampshire, England, UK
Kevin Allen is an English-born Welsh screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. In 1997 he directed and wrote the cult Welsh black comedy feature "Twin Town". He also directed the films "The Big Tease" and "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London" and hit TV series "Benidorm". He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Keith Allen and uncle of singer Lily Allen .
Allen first came to national prominence in 1990 when he documented an England fan's eye view of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy with his camcorder for the BBC series "Video Diaries" in an episode entitled "On The March With Bobby's Army". Kevin's first acting roles came by way of "The Comic Strip" and progressed to the BBC sitcom "The Thin Blue Line" and many other theatre and TV roles. He also wrote and directed several documentaries for the BBC in the 1990s.