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Kevin Allen is a Actor, Director and Writer British born on 15 september 1959 at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Kevin Allen (born 15 September 1959) is a Welsh actor, screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is noted for writing and directing the cult black comedy feature Twin Town set in Swansea (1997). The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
He also directed the films The Big Tease and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London and ITV series Benidorm. His 2015 film Under Milk Wood was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
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Birth name Kevin Allen
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 september 1959 (65 years) at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 september 1959 (65 years) at Swansea (United-kingdom)
He also directed the films The Big Tease and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London and ITV series Benidorm. His 2015 film Under Milk Wood was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
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2010: Moby Dick (2010)
, 1h27Directed by Trey Stokes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Submarine films, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Barry Bostwick, Renée O'Connor, Adam Grimes, Aisha Tyler, Andrea Roth, Jay Beyers
Roles Seahawk Pilot
Rating24%
The film begins in November 20, 1969, 50 miles off Soviet waters. When the USS Acushnet dives under the ice, a young Ahab listens for enemy subs when suddenly he detects an unknown target. When the captain listens, he hears nothing, but Ahab insists in the presence of an emptiness. The target dives into a trench, but the captain abandons his search in favor of photographing the target. The target attacks the submarine as Ahab hears a roar. The sub is brought to the icy surface, and the target identifies itself as a gigantic, white, whale-like creature. Ahab survives, but loses his leg to the beast when it hauls the other half of the sub back underwater.
The Skulls (2000)
, 1h47Directed by Rob Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Christopher McDonald
Roles Sturtevant Security Guard
Rating56%
Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson) is a student with aspirations to become a lawyer. A "townie" who grew up on the "wrong side of the tracks", he did well enough in school to attend college on a scholarship where he is a champion rower. His best friends at college are his love interest Chloe (Leslie Bibb), and Will (Hill Harper) who is the coxswain of the Bulldog 8's rowing team of which Luke is the captain (at the victory party for the 8's, Chloe is revealed to come from a wealthy family which is why Luke is reluctant to reveal his feelings for her). Luke's friendships hit the rocks when he is invited to join a secret society known as "The Skulls". After Luke passes the first part of the initiation process - theft from a rival frat together with boxing prodigy Caleb Mandrake (Paul Walker) as his co-conspirator and alleged "soulmate", and being lectured in the secret ritual room by a senior Skull that is standing in front of a wall with the word "WAR" engraved into it in huge capital letters. A senior Skull explains to Luke that the Skulls require their members to prove themselves in war. Luke has a falling out with Will when the latter realizes that Luke has become a Skull.
The Big Tease (1999)
, 1h26Directed by Kevin Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Actors Frances Fisher, Craig Ferguson, Mary McCormack, David Rasche, Sara Gilbert, Donal Logue
Rating61%
Ferguson plays Crawford Mackenzie, a Scottish hairdresser who, while being filmed as part of a fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary, is invited to the World Hairdresser International Federation annual contest. The documentary team (with Chris Langham playing the interviewer) follows Crawford to L.A., where he discovers that his invitation is to be a member of the audience rather than a competitor. He eventually weasels his way into the contest and produces the greatest creation of his career.
Spice World (1997)
, 1h33Directed by Bob Spiers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about films, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Mel B, Richard E. Grant, Emma Bunton, Claire Rushbrook, Roger Moore, Melanie C
Roles TV Director
Rating37%
The film begins with the Spice Girls performing "Too Much" on Top of the Pops, but they later become dissatisfied with the burdens of it. Meanwhile, sinister newspaper owner Kevin McMaxford (Barry Humphries) is attempting to ruin the girls' reputation for his newspaper's ratings. McMaxford dispatches photographer Damien (Richard O'Brien) to take pictures and tape recordings of the girls. Less threatening but more annoying is documentarian Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth (Alan Cumming), who stalks the girls along with his camera crew, hoping to use them as subjects for his next project. At the same time, the girls' manager, Clifford (Richard E. Grant), is fending off two over-eager Hollywood writers, named Martin Barnfield and Graydon (George Wendt and Mark McKinney), who relentlessly pitch absurd plot ideas for a feature film for the Spice Girls.
Twin Town (1997)
, 1h39Directed by Kevin Allen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Mob film
Themes Gangster films
Actors Llŷr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dougray Scott, William Thomas, Di Botcher, Brian Hibbard
Roles Television Presenter
Rating66%
Set in Port Talbot & Swansea, the Lewis "twins" of the title are not twins but brothers. They live with their parents and sister Adie in a caravan on a mobile home site. Constantly mocking their sister's employment at a local massage parlour, they spend most of their time joking around, taking drugs and stealing cars.
Trainspotting (1996)
, 1h34Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
Roles Andreas
Rating80%
Heroin addicts Mark Renton and Daniel "Spud" Murphy are running down Edinburgh's Princes Street pursued by store security guards. Renton's circle of friends are introduced: amoral con artist Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (also an addict), simple-minded, good-natured Daniel "Spud" Murphy, clean-cut athlete Tommy MacKenzie, and psychopath Francis "Franco" Begbie, who picks extremely violent fights with people who get in his way.
Different for Girls (1996)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Miriam Margolyes, Saskia Reeves, Charlotte Coleman, Lia Williams
Roles PC Alan
Rating69%
Paul Prentice (Rupert Graves) and Karl Foyle (Steven Mackintosh) were close friends during their prep school days. Paul used to defend Karl from the violent attacks of their classmates, who ridiculed Karl for being effeminate.
, 32minutesDirected by Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
Genres Comedy
Actors Jim Broadbent, Keith Allen, Phil Cornwell, Jim Carter, Peter Richardson, Gary Beadle
Roles Man in Pub
Rating74%
The film opens on the studio set of a fictional 1990s TV show, The Gourmet Detective. This is depicted as a crass cross-genre detective/cookery series ("two recipes and one murder per show"), whose lead character (played by Keith Allen) presents his recipe in a style that parodies Keith Floyd. Allen's "on-screen" Gourmet Detective character is the epitome of politically correct "new man" compassion, but the actor "off-screen" is shown to be an obnoxious, drug-taking womaniser. He is subsequently murdered – the second TV detective to be killed in six months – and the rest of the film involves the search for his assassin.
The Trials of Oz (1991)
, 1h30Directed by Sheree Folkson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Hugh Grant, Peter O'Brien, Alfred Molina, Kevin Allen, Leslie Phillips, Nigel Hawthorne
Roles Felix Dennis
Rating12%
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
, 1h10Directed by Paul Weiland
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Time travel films
Actors Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson, Denis Lill, Kevin Allen, John Gabriel
Roles Kevin
Rating72%
The Firm (1989)
, 1h10Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson, Jay Simpson, Nick Dunning
Roles Lomax
Rating5%
Clive Bissel (nicknamed "Bex", or "Bexy") is a married man with a baby son. His wife does not approve of his activities as a football hooligan, which contrast to his respectable job as an estate agent. Even when his baby son injures himself with a Stanley knife that Bex has carelessly left lying around, he is unwilling to give up violence as he admits it gives him a "buzz". Conversely, Bexy's father shows acceptance of his son's lifestyle, happily taking a group photograph of the 'tooled up' gang and boasting of similar activities in his own era. However, he feels that Bex and his friends have gone soft because they now use weapons.
Eat the Rich (1987)
, 1h30Directed by Peter Richardson
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Kevin Allen, Ronald Allen, Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer
Roles Waiter 1
Rating59%
The film begins in a high-class London restaurant named 'Bastards', staffed by the protagonist, waiter Alex (Alan Pellay). Alex is subject to the daily contempt and disgust of the upper-class customers, and is eventually fired for being obnoxious and rude to the clientele. After witnessing an act of terrorism on an embassy, he robs a benefits office and goes on the run with his new friend.
The Supergrass (1985)
, 1h47Directed by Peter Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ade Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Keith Allen, Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle
Roles Shop Assistant
Rating62%
After returning from a holiday in the West Country, Dennis Carter (Adrian Edmondson) tries to impress a girl by untruthfully boasts of being a drug smuggler. The girl is unimpressed however, he is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass and inform on his associates.
, 40minutesDirected by Stephen Frears
Genres Comedy
Actors Robbie Coltrane, Keith Allen, Peter Richardson, Al Matthews, Kevin Allen, Anthony Sharp
Roles Chuck
Rating71%
When Commander Jackson (Robbie Coltrane), head of DI5, hears that his daughter Janie has been kidnapped and held for ransom, he has to call in ex-agents Bonehead (Keith Allen) and Foyle (Peter Richardson) to save her. Since being kicked out of DI5, Bonehead works at a TV Tough Guys School, teaching others the "rules" of being a TV tough guy (such as not locking your car because you need to get straight back into it), and Foyle is now an actor on stage. Jackson blackmails the two into working together. It's time for Bonehead and Foyle - the flashiest, fastest and most under-dressed detectives to be kicked out of DI5 to get back to work. With a Magnum in one hand and a bus pass in the other, the Bullshitters set out to track down the criminals and get some good close-ups.
Xtro (1982)
, 1h20Directed by Harry Bromley Davenport
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Romance
Actors Philip Sayer, Simon Nash, Bernice Stegers, Maryam d'Abo, Anna Wing, Robert Fyfe
Roles Joe’s Assistant (uncredited)
Rating56%
Sam Phillips (Philip Sayer) and his child Tony (Simon Nash) are playing outside their farm. The father is abducted by a strong light.