Keith Allen (actor)

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Keith Allen

Keith Philip George Allen (born June 2, 1953 in Llanelli , Wales , Great Britain ) is a Welsh comedian , musician , singer-songwriter , author , actor and show host . He is the father of the singer Lily Allen and the actor Alfie Allen . His brother is the director Kevin Allen . Allen is married to actress Tamzin Malleson .

Life

Keith Allen was the son of Royal Navy Officer Edward Charles Owenin and was born in Carmarthenshire , Wales. He spent his early years near Swansea and Malta , but most of his childhood in Gosport , Hampshire , when his father was serving in Portsmouth during that time . At the age of 11 he was sent to boarding school in Brentwood, Essex because his father was posted to Singapore . However, he was expelled from school after two years. Allen was even sent to a juvenile prison at the age of 15 after being repeatedly caught stealing.

Allen was serving a 21-day sentence in Pentonville Prison in the mid-1980s after being convicted of property damage at the Zanzibar Club in Covent Garden .

Allens has six children from four women. Singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen came from his first marriage to Alison Owen . In 1997 he married his second wife, Nira Park. Allen currently lives with actress Tamzin Malleson . He has a daughter with her, the child actress Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen .

Keith Allen lives near Stroud , Gloucestershire , where he and his wife opened an American-style restaurant there in 2017.

Career

Keith Allen worked in various jobs in the 1970s. Including a job as a stage worker in 1976, from which he was fired after sabotaging a Max Bygraves production of Chorus-Line in the Palace Theater and standing naked on stage. Allen had developed this self-confidence on stage during his time as a stand-up comedian , when he appeared in the preprogrammes for rock bands like The Clash .

Keith Allen on stage in 2011

Acting career

Keith Allen has starred in over 120 films and series, including A Very British Coup and Making Out . With the series The Comic Strip Presents ... he made his breakthrough in comedy in the 1980s. Notable episodes with Allen include The Bullshitters (a parody of Die Pros ) and The Yob (a parody of Die Fliege ), for which he also worked on the script. Allen has played both serious and comedic roles. For a short time, Allen had his own comedy show by I Love Keith Allen on the Galaxy Channel.

In 1992 he got a role in the remakes of the Carry On series Do it again, Columbus , where Allen Pepi played a prisoner. In 1993, Allen appeared in the role of John Peter Barrie in the Inspector Morse episode The Day of the Devil and played the role of Jack Doyle in Young Americans - Death Games. In 1994 Allen was cast in the BBC adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit , in which he starred as Jonas Chuzzlewit in all six episodes. This was followed by films such as Small Murders Among Friends , Against the Surf and Trainspotting - New Heroes .

In 2000 Allen appeared in two Harold Pinter plays at the Almeida Theater , where he starred as Lambert in Celebration and Mr. Sands in The Room . Both pieces were performed again in July 2001 at the Lincoln Center Festival . In 2001 Allen played the role of "Problem Solver" in an episode of Murder in Mind, and in 2004 he was featured on Black Books as poker player Dave 'Mouse Ears' Smith. In 2002 Allen played the London music publisher Roger Ames in 24 Hour Party People , a film about the development of the Manchester music scene from the late 1970s to 1997. The central theme is the emergence of the music label Factory Records and the bands involved. This was followed by films such as Agent Cody Banks 2: Mission London , the hospital series Bodies , in which Allen played a sarcastic but somehow sympathetic advisor to obstetricians. From 2006 to 2009 Allen starred as Sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC's Robin Hood drama series. His 2011 documentary Unlawful Killing about the death of Lady Di caused a sensation and received critical acclaim.

In April 2013, Allen played a new production of the black comedy Smack Family Robinson by Richard Bean at The Rose Theater in Kingston upon Thames . Then from 2014 to 2015 Allen starred in three episodes of the TV series My Mad Fat Diary and in 2016 again had a bigger role in the feature film by Dexter Fletcher Eddie the Eagle - Anything is Possible . This was followed by roles in television series such as Death in Paradise , Marcella and Genius .

Documentary Unlawful Killing

His controversial documentary Unlawful Killing , which deals with the circumstances of Lady Di's death and criticizes members of the royal family, was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . Allen argued that the UK and French authorities had been covering up inconvenient facts about the accident and he refused to make 87 cuts requested by lawyers to get the film out in the UK. The work was largely financed by Mohamed Al-Fayed , the father of Diana's partner Dodi Al-Fayed , who was also killed in the Paris accident in 1997 . In addition to various theses and theories, the fact that photos of the dying Diana Spencer can be seen for the first time also caused a stir.

TV host

Allen hosted the television program "Whatever You Want" and presented a series of television documentaries for the television producer "Associated-Rediffusion Television Productions". He later hosted "Will Burn in Hell," a program broadcast on Channel 4 that shows Allen, among other things, profiling the controversial Westboro Baptist Church under the direction of Fred Phelps and with various members of the Phelps Church and family spoke. In addition, Allen presented the Manchester Passion, a contemporary retelling of the last hours in the life of Jesus on Good Friday, April 14, 2006. In the same year Allen presented the last interview with TV chef Keith Floyd , which happened to be broadcast in the documentary that evening when Floyd died of a heart attack.

Musician

Allen was a member of the London punk band "The Atoms" in the 1970s and later on "Fat Les", a band that also included artist Damien Hirst and Blur bassist Alex James. (Allen produced a music video for their song "Country House" for Blur in 1995.)

In 1980 Allen starred as the devil in a short film called Meteor Madness , in which the London psychobilly band The Meteors was represented. The film starred in theaters as the opening of the musical film Dance Craze , which was released in February 1981. That was the only time Meteor Madness was shown and to date it has never been released on video or DVD. Allen was also close friends with the band New Order , for which he directed the video for their 1993 song "Ruined In A Day". He wrote the track "World in Motion" for them and performed live with them occasionally, including their headline show at the 1998 Reading Festival .

Allen has been involved in several football-related records, including Black Grape's "England's Irie," and the lyrics to "Vindaloo" by Fat Les. He also composed the song "On Me Head, Son" for the movie Mike Bassett: England Manager , who however, was attributed to Sporting Les on the soundtrack album.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family detective at telegraph.co.uk, accessed March 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Keith Allen: confessions of an angry old man at thetimes.co.uk, accessed March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ I had a great time in borstal at thetimes.co.uk, accessed March 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Keith Allen, 'I get to do what I want' at thetimes.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Kelly, Danny (1985) "Comic With Conviction," NME, February 2, 1985, p. 3
  6. ↑ a b Keith Allen: An actor and a character at archive.org, accessed March 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Keith Allen in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / Unnecessary use of parameter 2
  8. ↑ Swallows and Amazons sails again! Lily Allen's little sister Teddie-Rose takes center stage as new adaptation starts shooting at dailymail.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ Actor chooses home birth shock horror at sarahdoula.blogspot.com, accessed March 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ A Life in the Day: Keith Allen, comedian at thetimes.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ Sam Evans: Tamzin Malleson and Keith Allen launch American style diner in former Stroud chip shop at stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  12. ↑ Celebration and The Room, by Harold Pinter, The Almeida, March 16, 2000 The Lincoln Center Festival, New York, July 2001 at haroldpinter.org, accessed March 9, 2019.
  13. ↑ Unlawful Killing - the film the British won't get to see at theguardian.com, accessed on March 9, 2019.
  14. ^ Cannes Film Festival at telegraph.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  15. ↑ My Diana Film Reveals Things That Do n't Go Together - Keith Allen at walesonline.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  16. ↑ Charlotte Higgins: Not for British eyes: Keith Allen's Diana film seeks headlines in Cannes. In: The Guardian . May 13, 2011, accessed February 28, 2019 .
  17. ↑ irreverent? Cannes film shows photos of Diana dying. In: t-online.de . May 23, 2011, accessed February 28, 2019 .
  18. ^ A final message from Keith Floyd: I traveled the world and shared the finest food with millions. Truly I was blessed. Thank you and Au Revoir at dailymail.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  19. ↑ Keith Allen: Litterers should be shot and killed at independent.co.uk, accessed March 9, 2019.
  20. ↑ Best England World Cup songs and chants - Top 11 tunes ranked at telegraph.co.uk, accessed on March 8, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allen, Keith Philip George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, writer, television presenter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Llanelli , Wales , UK