Alfie Allen appeared in the Film production of Elizabeth in 1998 and since then his acting career has taken off. His most recent movie appearance was in Flashbacks of a Fool alongside Daniel Craig.

Other movies he has starred in include Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, Atonement, the adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel alongside Keira Knightly and James Macavoy and the award-winning film, Boy A, released in July 2008.

His television appearances include You Are Here in 1998, a one-off Channel 4 comedy production co-written by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Jericho in 2005 and BBC1’s historical hospital drama Casualty 1907.

From January 2008 he starred in the revival of Equus on a nationwide tour, a role he took over from Daniel Radcliffe.