Alfie Allen

Alfie Evan Allen was born on 12 September 1986 in Hammersmith, London, the son of film producer Alison Owen and actor Keith Allen. His elder sister is singer Lily Allen, who wrote her song "Alfie" about him. His uncle is actor Kevin Allen, and he is a third cousin of singer Sam Smith. Allen attended Windlesham House School in Sussex, Embley Park School near Romsey, St John's College in Portsmouth, and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead.

Allen made his first professional appearance in 1998 in the Channel 4 comedy You Are Here, co-written by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. That same year, he and his sister Lily appeared in the film Elizabeth, produced by their mother. Early roles followed in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, directed by his uncle, and in the film Atonement. He also appeared in the BBC1 historical drama Casualty 1907 as Nobby Clark. Beginning on 31 January 2008 in Chichester, Allen took over Daniel Radcliffe's role in a nationwide touring revival of Equus. In 2009, he co-starred with Jaime Winstone in the music video for "Dust Devil" by Madness and appeared in the BBC2 film Freefall. He continued building his film credits in 2010 with roles in Freestyle, Soulboy, and The Kid.

Allen rose to international prominence beginning in 2011 when he was cast as Theon Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, an adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. He had originally auditioned for the role of Jon Snow. Allen appeared as a series regular across all eight seasons from 2011 to 2019, and in 2019 received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the show's final season.

His film work during this period included the 2012 British thriller Confine and a starring role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 2014 action film John Wick. In 2016, he filmed a two-part History Channel documentary directed by Mike Christie, Football: A Brief History, about the origins of association football. That same year, he played Ringwood in the BBC Two miniseries Close to the Enemy and joined the London production of Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils at Trafalgar Studios. Allen co-starred as Lynch in the 2018 sci-fi sequel The Predator and appeared in two 2019 productions: Taika Waititi's Oscar-nominated dark comedy Jojo Rabbit as Finkel, and the coming-of-age film How to Build a Girl as John Kite. He also held a recurring role as Isaac Pincher in the third series of the period drama Harlots. In 2020, Allen appeared in the ITV crime drama White House Farm as Brett Collins, and in 2022 he starred as Lieutenant Jock Lewes in the BBC One World War II miniseries SAS: Rogue Heroes.

Allen made his Broadway debut in 2022, taking over the role of Mooney from Dan Stevens in Martin McDonagh's Hangmen at the John Golden Theatre. The performance earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play.

In his personal life, Allen was in a relationship with artist Allie Teilz from 2017 to 2019, and the two have a daughter born in October 2018. He is a supporter of the English football club Arsenal.