Kevin Allen
Known for: Acting
Born: September 15, 1959
Place of birth: Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
39 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
6.2
Save the Cinema
2022
7.5
La Cha Cha
2021
5.9
Under Milk Wood
2015
NR
Y Syrcas
2013NR
Flat Lake
2012
3.0
2010: Moby Dick
2010
10.0
Bottom Mindless Violence
20046.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
5.6
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
7.8
Doc
2001
5.8
The Skulls
2000
5.9
The Big Tease
1999
10.0
Toy Boys
1999
4.9
Spice World
1997
6.3
Twin Town
1997
7.1
Different for Girls
1996
6.4
Cannibal! The Musical
1996
8.0
Trainspotting
1996
7.2
The Thin Blue Line
1995NR
Not Even God Is Wise Enough
1993
NR
Jealousy
1993
NR
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
NR
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
7.6
Chef
1993NR
Look At It This Way
1992
7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
7.3
Bernard and the Genie
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991
6.3
Performance
1991
7.9
Bottom
1991
7.0
Teenage Health Freak
1991
NR
Les Dogs
1990NR
He's Asking For Me
1990
NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
NR
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
6.5
The Firm
1989
7.5
Press Gang
1989
4.7
The Angry Earth
1989
7.5
The Love Child
1988
NR
Funseekers
1988
NR
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
6.2
Eat the Rich
1987
5.2
Hardwicke House
1987
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
NR
Private Enterprise
1986
6.1
The Supergrass
1985
7.1
Screen Two
198510.0
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
NR
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984
5.8
Laughterhouse
1984
5.7
Xtro
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982NR
Untitled Lily Allen Documentary
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