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Kevin Edward Allen (born 15 September 1959) is a British actor, director, producer and writer. Allen came to prominence with the 1991

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film ''On the March with Bobby's Army'', and for writing and directing his debut feature film, ''

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'', in 1997. He directed and co-wrote the movie adaptation of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood", submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars ceremony but not nominated, the Hollywood feature films, '' The Big Tease'' and '' Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London'', and the first series of ITV's '' Benidorm'', along with numerous other films and documentaries. Allen assisted Swansea City Council's 2017 bid to become the 2021

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. He is often cited as a figure in the

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era.

Early life

Allen is the son of Edward Charles Owen, a submarine engineer in the

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. He is the younger brother of comedian/actor Keith Allen, and uncle of both singer-songwriter

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and '' Game of Thrones'' actor

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. He was born in Gosport, England, but spent most of his childhood in

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and British military outposts such as

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and

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, where he attended Royal Naval schools, before the family settled back in

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, Wales, in 1969. There he went to Penyrheol Comprehensive School. Allen made his stage debut in a Gang Show with the 1st Loughor Scout Troop and was a founding member of the

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County Youth Theatre and a member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales, before choosing the

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over completing his A levels.

Career

1990s

During the early 1990s Allen had minor roles in the BBC's '' The Trials of Oz'' and in

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's "Look at it This Way". He appeared in several episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He appeared in

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's play ''Silly Cow'' at the

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, and in Howard Brenton's ''Berlin Bertie'' at London's

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. He received a Fringe First Theatre Award at the

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in 1988 for his starring role in

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' ''A Prayer for Wings'' directed by Dame

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. Allen made "On The March With Bobby's Army" (BBC–1991) – a 2-hour solo undercover film covering English football supporters at the Italia 90 World Cup. He presented the BBC football series ''

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'' and wrote and directed several documentaries for the BBC, including "Bombay Brown Wash", "Booze, Barbours, Bores and Brilliance", and "Rotten to the Core". In 1995 Allen appeared as DC Kray in the first series of BBC's

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'' The Thin Blue Line''. Allen's debut feature movie was ''

''. It was BAFTA-nominated and a BAFTA Cymru winner and premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Twin Town was also nominated for a

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Award at the

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and helped launch the film careers of actors

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and

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. After this, he went on to direct Hollywood feature film '' The Big Tease''.

2000s

He supervised and developed projects in Hollywood including 'Coming Out' for Milk Wood Films and 'Cheek to Cheek'‚ a feature film collaboration with Gene Wilder. Allen set up Airstream Films at this time‚ developing a diverse slate of feature projects with his producing partner, Kate McCreery. He then directed '' Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London''. After his mainstream success, Allen chose to bow out of Hollywood, so he relocated in 2004 with his young family to the outskirts of

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, a small town in

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in the

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, where he designed and built a timber eco-house and became a rare-breed pig farmer. In 2005 Allen adapted Louis Stevenson's novel, ''Treasure Island'', as a feature Film and TV series for

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. Allen directed the first series of ITV's '' Benidorm'' in 2007, for which he was nominated for his second BAFTA award. Allen and playwright/novelist Patrick McCabe were organisers and creative directors of The Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival which was held annually for five years in County Monaghan, Ireland from 2007 to 2011. The Flat Lake was a favourite performing venue of

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and other Irish writers.

2010s

In 2013 Allen directed "Y-Syrcas (S4C)" which was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru Award. Y-Syrcas also won the audience and jury awards at The European Minority Language Film Festival 2014. Allen's film version of Dylan Thomas' ''

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'' was shot in two language versions, English and Welsh, and the Welsh film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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. and was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2015 and several BAFTA Cymru awards. He played a key role in assisting Swansea City Council's 2017 bid to become the 2021

. In 2019 he set up The Mobile Film School, a film-maker mentoring concept devised by Allen to teach people to make films using smartphone camera technology.

2020s

Allen is currently in Post Production on ''La Cha-Cha'', a feature film he shot during the Covid lockdown summer of 2020. ''La Cha-Cha'' was shot entirely on iphones with Moondog anamorphic lenses and produced through his Mobile Film School. Allen describes ''La Cha-Cha'' as a counterculture Rom-Com and is set for release in Summer 2021. Allen is also developing a ''Twin Town'' follow up titled ''Tin Town'', a feature film set in the world of home grown cannabis in

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, and another film titled ''The Crucible'', a period TV series set in 19th Century Merthyr Tydfil during the industrial revolution.

Personal life

Allen is a supporter of

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. "Independence for Wales finally feels like a reality worth talking seriously," he said. "If we can alter the perception that the traditional cultural elite is making way for a diverse reflection of our society from which to govern a truly independent Wales, then you can most definitely count me in, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain."

Select filmography

As actor

* 1983, '' Johnny Jarvis'' (TV Mini Series) * 1987, ''

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'' (TV Series) * 1990-1996, ''

'' (TV Series) * 1992, ''Look at It This Way'' (TV Mini Series) * 1995, ''The Thin Blue Line'' (TV Series) * 1997, ''

As director

* 1991, '' Video Diaries'', Episode: ''On the March with Bobby's Army'' (TV Series documentary) * 1997, ''

'' * 1999, '' The Big Tease'' * 2007, ''Benidorm'' (TV Series) * 2015, ''Under Milk Wood'' * 2021, ''La Cha Cha''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Kevin 1959 births Living people 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors British film directors British male film actors British male television actors British television directors Cool Cymru Male actors from Hampshire People from Gosport