Kevin Allen
Born: 1959-09-15 in Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2022
- Save the Cinema as Dai
2021
- La Cha Cha ... (Director)
2015
- Under Milk Wood ... (Director)
2013
- Y Syrcas ... (Director)
2012
- Flat Lake ... (Director)
2010
- 2010: Moby Dick as Seahawk Pilot
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London ... (Director)
- Bottom Mindless Violence as Marcel (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
2000
- The Skulls as Sturtevant Security Guard
1999
- Toy Boys as Scrabble Man
- The Big Tease ... (Director)
1997
- Twin Town as Television Presenter
- Spice World as TV Director
1996
- Trainspotting as Andreas
- Cannibal! The Musical as Confused Guy
- Different for Girls as Policeman
1995
- The Thin Blue Line as Detective Constable Robert Kray
1993
- Jealousy as Raymond
- Not Even God Is Wise Enough as PC Farmer
- Chef as Kevin
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Man in Pub
- Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Kevin
1992
- Absolutely Fabulous as Ben
1991
- Performance as Felix Dennis
- Murder Most Horrid as Simon Pleasance
- Bernard and the Genie as Kevin
- The Trials of Oz as Felix Dennis
1990
- Les Dogs as Les Dogs Leader
- He's Asking For Me as Steve
- South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! as Frenchman
- GLC: The Carnage Continues as Nick/London Transport Man/2nd Soldier/3rd Workman
1989
- The Firm as Lomax
- Press Gang as Bobby Campbell
- The Angry Earth as Photographer
1988
- Funseekers as Keith
- The Love Child as Cliff
- Didn't You Kill My Brother? as Party Guest
1987
- Eat the Rich as Waiter 1
- Hardwicke House as Slasher Bates
1986
- Private Enterprise as Hopeful
1985
- The Supergrass as Shop Assistant
1984
- Laughterhouse as TV Crew
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel as Chuck
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as Les Dogs Leader
- Xtro as Joe’s Assistant (uncredited)