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Actor
Gender
Male
Birthday
02 September
Location
Wales, United Kingdom
Edit pageKeith Allen
Biography
Keith Howell Charles Allen (born 2 September 1953) is a Welsh actor, pantomime star, and television presenter. He is the father of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen and brother of actor and director Kevin Allen.
In 1986, he appeared in Comrades, a film about the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
In 2000, Allen appeared in two Harold Pinter plays at the Almeida Theatre, playing Lambert in Celebration and Mr Sands in The Room. These were performed again at The Lincoln Center Festival in July 2001.
In September 2011, he appeared in the BBC six-part drama series The Body Farm as DI Hale.
2012 (2013 in the UK) saw the release of the Sara Sugarman comedy film Vinyl in which Keith played an aging rock star who finds himself back in the public eye after his band member fools the music industry into giving them a record deal.
In 2013, he played Darren the farmer in episode 1.5 of the comedy-drama series Great Night Out.
In April 2013, Allen starred in a revival of Richard Bean's black comedy Smack Family Robinson at The Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames.
In January 2021, Allen played serial killer and rapist John Cooper in the ITV 3-part drama, The Pembrokeshire Murders. In 2023, Allen appeared as Dai Williams in the BBC crime drama Steeltown Murders.
