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Doug Allen (actor)
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Doug Allen is a British actor.[1][2] He has appeared in films and television in Gangster No. 1 (2000), Band of Brothers (2001), EastEnders (2001-2002), Five Days (2007), and Das Boot (2022).
He won the Diamond Award for Best Male Actor at the 2020 Mindfield Film Festival for his performance in the film Hello Darlin in 2020.
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At age 15, Allen left school without any qualifications and joined the family business.[3] At age 27, he left the family business to join the London Fire Brigade(LFB).[3] During the LFB selection process, he successfully auditioned for the film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and decided to focus his career on acting.[3]
In 2001, Allen played the role of Sergeant Alton More in the miniseries Band of Brothers.[3][4] Between 2001 and 2002, he played the role of Nathan Williams in the BBC London soap opera EastEnders.[5]
In 2002, he starred in the television movie Tough Love, alongside Ray Winstone and Adrian Dunbar.[6]
In 2007, he played Gary Machin in the BBC / HBO collaboration series Five Days, among a cast that included Hugh Bonneville, Rory Kinnear, and Charlie Creed-Miles.[5]
In 2018, he starred in the Marc price written and directed movie Nightshooters[7]
In 2020, he played a lead role as ex-convict Les Dalton in the movie Hello Darlin, alongside Daisy badger, who played his daughter, and Siân Reeves who played his wife.[8] The film won Best film award at 9 different film festivals,[8] and Allen won the Diamond Award for Best actor at the 2020 Mindfield Film Festival in Albuquerque.[9]
In 2022, Allen secured a recurring role as Commodore Francombe in 4 episodes of season 3 of the German U-boat series Das Boot.[10]
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