Actor Alfie Allen attends the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo : Getty Images for Turner / Jason Merritt)
Alfie Allen's acting career continues to blossom and the actor was recently filming for the new drama on BBC, "Close to the Enemy." He has just concluded Jesse Eisenberg's hit "The Spoils" and will return to Northern Ireland for a four-month stint for "Game of Thrones."
In BBC's upcoming drama, Allen reunited with Stephen Poliakoff, the writer-director who gave him his break on television in 2007 with "Joe's Palace." The actor sincerely expressed his love to work with Poliakoff who he regards as a genius. He is also overjoyed for being in the big TV show "Game of Thrones."
Allen plays Ringwood in the six-part "Close to the Enemy" series that is set in 1946 and is about a postwar story of recruiting Nazi scientists for the national interest of Britain. Ringwood is a member of a team formed in a London hotel charged with getting the Intel for the Royal Air Force's jet engine development. The series will premiere this autumn on BBC2.
In the HBO fantasy series, Allen plays Theon Greyjoy, the presumed heir to Iron Islands' Pyke though he was downgraded into the manservant Reek. He and sister Yara (Gemma Whelan) collaborated with Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and sailed with her to Westeros in this year's season finale. "Game of Thrones" Season 6 draw an average of over 5 million viewers in the United Kingdom, making it the most popular TV series on Sky.
As the multi-Emmy awardee is now ahead of George R.R. Martin's novels, followers worldwide are making educated guesses, one of which is the possibility of Targaryen's team visiting Dragonpit in King's Landing. Such could lead to the clash between the mother of dragons and Cersei Lannister who currently sits on the Iron Throne, according to Vanity Fair.
Allen was raised by parents, Keith Allen and Alison Owen, an actor and a film producer, respectively. He believes his upbringing was somewhat different, but not bad or good. The Hammersmith-born actor was able to go to places and meet people, enjoying undoubted trust, according to The Guardian.
Growing up, the 29-year-old actor never considered going into acting, which, according to his father, is 95 percent rejection and 5 percent good. A turning point of his acting career was when he was 21 and took over the role of Daniel Radcliffe in the play "Equus" in 2008.
The revival play made Allen an actor rather a celebrity. As Allen goes along, he is heading to that 5 percent good part his father talked about.
Watch some of the images below of BBC's upcoming series.
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