Celebrity MasterChef 2018: Who is Keith Allen - Lily Allen's dad and Marcella actor
CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF 2018 is back and stars will be trying their best to impress the judges with their culinary inventions. This year Keith Allen has joined the show, but who is he?
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A new batch of famous faces has arrived in the MasterChef kitchen.
12 stars will try their best to impress judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode with their culinary skills.
The BBC One show is entering its 13 seasons and will have a total of 12 episodes.
Two episodes will be aired each week over the course of the next six weeks.
Who is Keith Allen - Lily Allen's dad and Marcella actor
Keith Allen is the father of singer Lily Allen and Game of Thrones actor Alfie Allen.
He is an actor and has played in Marcella and The Body Farm among other series and films.
In addition, Mr Allen is also a comedian, singer-songwriter, artist, author and television presenter.
Born in Wales in 1953 the TV-personality is 64-years-old.
The actor had several jobs during the 1970’s, before getting sacked after joining Max Bygraves’ chorus line on stage naked.
This is not the first time Mr Allen has had legal issues.
In the mid-1980’s he served a 21-day jail sentence after being found guilty of criminal damage at a club in Covent Garden, London.
In 1979 he became one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store, which in 1980 led to an appearance in Channel 4’s The Comic Strip Presents…
He was also in the band ‘Fat Les’ who made ‘Vindaloo’, the unofficial theme song for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Vindaloo is an Indian curry dish, and after tonight's MasterChef episode viewers across the UK was disappointed to see the singer not cooking up the spicy cuisine.
One person said: “The fact that Keith Allen didn’t cook a Vindaloo has deeply upset me #CelebrityMasterchef.”
A Fulham-fan, Allen has also produced a number of official songs for the club with his band Colin and the Cottagers.
TV-shows Keith Allen has appeared in:
Robin Hood, as Sheriff of Nottingham
New Tricks
The Body Farm
My Mad Fat Diary
Gadget Man
Films Keith Allen has been in:
The Supergrass (1985)
The Young Americans (1993)
Trainspotting (1996)
Rancid Aluminium (2000)
My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
My Mad Fat Diary (2014)
Gadget Man (2015)
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)