| Name |
Keith Allen |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Welsh |
| Date of Birth |
2-June-1953 |
| Place of Birth |
Gorseinon, Wales, UK |
| Famous for |
Acting |
Keith Allen is a Welsh actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, artist, author and television presenter. He is the father of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen. After having several jobs during the 1970s, including a job as a stagehand from which he was sacked after joining Max Bygraves chorus line on stage naked, Allen first found success as a stand-up comedian, opening for rock bands such as the Clash.
He appeared in a number of films in the series The Comic Strip Presents... on Channel 4 in the 1980s after becoming one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store in 1979. Notable episodes featuring Allen include The Bullshitters (a parody of The Professionals), and The Yob (a parody of The Fly), which he also co-wrote. Allen has done both straight and comedy acting, once playing Brian Dennehy. During the brief period of British Satellite Broadcasting as an alternative satellite broadcaster to Sky, he had a regular comedy show of his own I Love Keith Allen on the Galaxy channel, a mix of stand-up and sketches.
He also appeared in the hard-hitting hospital drama, Bodies, as Mr Tony Whitman, a sarcastic but somehow likable consultant obstetrician with an enormous ego. In 2005 he appeared in the Endemol-produced BBC Two television programme Art School alongside Ulrika Jonsson, John Humphrys and Clarissa Dickson Wright where he discovered a passion for painting. From 2006 to 2009, Allen co-starred in the BBC's Robin Hood drama series, as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
