alfie allen
“One thing I would say is that I think in any environment that you work in, there's always going to be one or two people who you don't like. But there just wasn't that on thrones. I know it sounds cheesy and clichEd, but it was like a big family.”
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Alfie Evan Allen is an English actor born on September 12th 1986. Allen was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of film producer Alison Owen and actor Keith Allen. His older sister is singer Lily Allen, to which her song "Alfie" is about him. His uncle is actor Kevin Allen and is a third cousin of singer Sam Smith. Allen went to Windlesham House School in Sussex, Embley Park School near Romsey, St John's College in Portsmouth and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead.
Allen's first professional appearance was in a one-off Channel 4 comedy, You Are Here in 1998, co-written by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. The same year, Allen and his sister Lily appeared in the 1998 film Elizabeth, which was produced by their mother. His early work included small roles in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, directed by his uncle Kevin Allen, the film Atonement and in BBC1's historical hospital drama, Casualty 1907, as Nobby Clark. Starting in Chichester on 31 January 2008, he took over Daniel Radcliffe's role in a revival of Equus on a nationwide tour. In April 2009, Allen co-starred with then-partner Jaime Winstone in the music video for "Dust Devil" by Madness. He also had a role in the BBC2 film, Freefall. Allen continued to work in films, appearing in Soulboy, The Kid, Freestyle and Powder in 2010.
Originally auditioning for the role of Jon Snow, Allen came to international attention when he was cast as Theon Greyjoy in the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones in 2011. Allen appeared as a series regular for all eight seasons and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2019 for the show's final season.
In 2012, Allen starred in the British thriller Confine as well as starring opposite Keanu Reeves in the hit 2014 film John Wick. In 2016, directed by Mike Christie, Allen filmed a two part documentary for the History Channel titled Football: A Brief History exploring the roots of association football and his take on the English game. Allen later co-starred in the sci-fi sequel The Predator in 2018, the coming-of-age comedy film How to Build a Girl in 2019, and Taika Waititi's Oscar-nominated dark comedy Jojo Rabbit, also in 2019. Most recently, Allen has starred in the American vampire thriller Night Teeth (2021).
FILMOGRAPHY
2022 SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV Mini Series)
Jock Lewes
2021 Night Teeth
Victor
2021 La Cha Cha
Dooty Davies
2020 The Murders at White House Farm (TV Mini-Series)
Brett Collins
2019 Jojo Rabbit
Finkel
2019 How to Build a Girl
John Kite
2019 Harlots (TV Series)
Isaac Pincher (5 episodes)
2011-2019 Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Theon Greyjoy (47 episodes)
2018 The Predator
Lynch
2016 Close to the Enemy (TV Mini-Series)
Ringwood
2016 Pandemic
Wheeler
2014 John Wick
Iosef Tarasov
2014 Plastic
Yatesey
2013 The Body (Short)
The Man
2013 Confine
Henry
2011 Powder
Wheezer
2010 Accused (TV Series)
Michael Lang (1 episode)
2010 Moving On (TV Series)
Dave (1 episode)
2010 The Kid
Dominic
2010 SoulBoy
Russ Mountjoy
2010 Freestyle
Gez
2009 Boogie Woogie
Photographer
2009 Freefall (TV Movie)
Ian
2008 Coming Up (TV Series)
Adams (1 episode)
2008 Casualty 1907 (TV Mini-Series)
Nobby Clark
2008 Flashbacks of a Fool
Kevin Hubble
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl
King's Messenger
2007 Joe's Palace (TV Movie)
Jason
2007 Atonement
Danny Hardman
2006 Sixty Six
Younger Tout
2005 Jericho (TV Mini-Series)
Albert Hall
2005 The Golden Hour (TV Mini-Series)
Clive
2005 Stoned
Harry
2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Berkhamp on Double Bass
1999 Spaced (TV Series)
Skateboard Kid (1 episode)
1998 You Are Here (TV Movie)
Son
1998 Elizabeth
Arundel's Son