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 ... (Writer)
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
- The Big Tease as Gareth Trundle
- Toy Boys as Scrabble Man
1997
- Spice World as TV Director
- Twin Town as Television Presenter
1996
- Trainspotting as Andreas
- Different for Girls as Policeman
- Cannibal! The Musical as Confused Guy
1995
- The Thin Blue Line as Detective Constable Robert Kray
1993
- Chef as Kevin
- Jealousy as Raymond
- Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Kevin
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Man in Pub
- Not Even God Is Wise Enough as PC Farmer
1992
- Absolutely Fabulous as Ben
1991
- Performance as Felix Dennis
- Murder Most Horrid as Simon Pleasance
- Bottom as Marcel
- The Trials of Oz as Felix Dennis
- Bernard and the Genie as Kevin
1990
- Les Dogs as Les Dogs Leader
- GLC: The Carnage Continues as Nick/London Transport Man/2nd Soldier/3rd Workman
- South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! as Frenchman
- He's Asking For Me as Steve
1989
- Press Gang as Bobby Campbell
- The Firm as Lomax
- The Angry Earth as Photographer
1988
- The Love Child as Cliff
- Didn't You Kill My Brother? as Party Guest
- Funseekers as Keith
1987
- Hardwicke House as Slasher Bates
- Eat the Rich as Waiter 1
1986
- ScreenPlay as PC Farmer
- Private Enterprise as Hopeful
1985
- Screen Two as Lomax
- The Supergrass as Shop Assistant
1984
- The Man Who Shot Christmas as Taxi Driver
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel as Chuck
- Laughterhouse as TV Crew
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as Les Dogs Leader
- Xtro as Joe’s Assistant (uncredited)