Kevin Allen
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.379 |
Birthday | 1959-09-15 |
Place of Birth | Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK |
Also Known As | Kevin Edward Allen, |
1987
Eat the Rich
6/31
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class...
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Eat the Rich
1997
Spice World
4.844/465
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their...
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Spice World
1997
Twin Town
6.2/76
Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their...
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Twin Town
1993
Not Even God Is Wise Enough
0/0
Sometimes Busi is a champion boxer, sometimes a rock star. But when he escapes from court, where he is facing a charge of assault, he embarks on an od...
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Not Even God Is Wise Enough
2022
Save the Cinema
6.2/24
The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre...
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Save the Cinema
2010
2010: Moby Dick
3/68
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man,...
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2010: Moby Dick
1991
The Trials of Oz
6/4
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
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The Trials of Oz
1990
Les Dogs
0/0
Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and b...
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Les Dogs
2000
The Skulls
5.77/551
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it...
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The Skulls
1988
Funseekers
0/0
Tourists arrive in Ibiza for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Jamie is upset when the annoying Tony moves into his room. He gets his revenge when he...
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Funseekers
1984
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
0/0
Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and Foy...
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The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1993
Jealousy
0/0
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair...
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Jealousy
1986
Private Enterprise
0/0
Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by the newly disbanded group Toy Department, which he...
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Private Enterprise
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
0/0
In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklands, which have indeed been taken over by the Argen...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
0/0
When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the se...
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
0/0
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in orde...
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1996
Different for Girls
7.2/35
Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the...
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Different for Girls
1996
Different for Girls
7.2/35
Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the...
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Different for Girls
1988
The Love Child
7/1
When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more t...
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The Love Child
1990
He's Asking For Me
0/0
After a sheltered upbringing in St. Helena, Norah arrives in England and goes to live in London, taken under the wing of her Uncle and his business as...
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He's Asking For Me
1991
Bernard and the Genie
7.167/27
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie...
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Bernard and the Genie
1996
Trainspotting
8/9693
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also ha...
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Trainspotting
1989
The Firm
6.432/73
A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
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The Firm
1985
The Supergrass
6.2/11
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girl...
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The Supergrass
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
0/0
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
0/0
Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation office...
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Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1982
Xtro
5.9/210
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe...
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Xtro
1999
Toy Boys
0/0
Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.
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Toy Boys
1984
Laughterhouse
5/3
A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000 geese 100 miles to market.
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Laughterhouse
1989
The Angry Earth
2/1
About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woma...
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