Keith Allen
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Keith Allen (born 2 September 1953 in Swansea, Wales) is a British comedian, actor, singer and writer. He appeared in a number of films made by The Comic Strip Presents... on Channel 4 in the early 1980s after becoming one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store in 1979.
The brother of comedian Kevin Allen, Keith Allen has done both straight and comedy acting. He appeared in the black comedy, Twin Town, and played the murder victim in Danny Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave (1994).
He is also a member of Fat Les, a band which also contains Britpop artists Damien Hirst and Blur bassist Alex James.