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==Early life and education == Keith Howell Charles Allen was born on 2 September 1953<ref name="debretts">[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/28224/Keith-Howell-Charles-ALLEN "Keith Allen, Esq"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20151028213106/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/28224/Keith-Howell-Charles-ALLEN |date=28 October 2015 }} ''Debretts People of Today''. Retrieved 1 October 2014.</ref> in [[Gorseinon]], Wales.<ref name="turner2007" />{{efn|This dead source says he was born in [[Llanelli]], [[Carmarthenshire]], the second of three children<ref name="Indep">"[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/you-ask-the-questions-such-as-keith-allen-how-do-you-feel-about-being-every-soccer-hooligans-favourite-pop-star-717550.html You ask the questions (Such as: Keith Allen, how do you feel about being every soccer hooligan's favourite pop star?)]{{dead link|date=July 2014}}", ''[[The Independent]]'', 31 May 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2011</ref>}} His father was Edward Charles Owen, a [[Royal Navy]] [[Petty officer#United Kingdom|petty officer]] [[submarine]]r,<ref name="barratt2007" /> and his mother a Welsh waitress.<ref name="turner2007" /> His younger brother is actor [[Kevin Allen (director)|Kevin Allen]].<ref name="barratt2007">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/05/19/nosplit/ftdett119.xml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011143606/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/05/19/nosplit/ftdett119.xml | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 October 2007 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Family detective | first=Nick | last=Barratt | date=19 May 2007 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> He spent his early years near [[Swansea]] and in [[Malta]], and most of his childhood in [[Gosport]], [[Hampshire]], while his father served in [[Portsmouth]]<ref name="Maxwell">Maxwell, Dominic (2009) "[https://www.thetimes.com/article/keith-allen-confessions-of-an-angry-old-man-8xf3m9fg25k Keith Allen: confessions of an angry old man]", ''[[The Times]]'', 6 October 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2011</ref> or away at sea. Although he spent much of his life in England, he regards himself as Welsh.<ref name=turner2007/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/pembrokeshire-murders-keith-allen-welsh-19610622 |title=Is The Pembrokeshire Murders actor Keith Allen Welsh? |first=Kathryn |last=Williams |date=13 January 2021 |website=WalesOnline |access-date=29 August 2021 |quote=Luckily, during a press panel for The Pembrokeshire Murders the 67-year-old settled the debate over whether he considers himself a Welshman, saying: "I am Welsh," when interview Nina Hossain from ITV wondered whether to label him as such.}}</ref> At the age of 11, when his father was posted to [[Singapore]], he was sent to boarding school<ref name="Billen"/> at [[Brentwood School, Essex|Sir Anthony Browns Brentwood]],<ref name="debretts"/> a [[public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] in [[Essex]].<ref name="Billen">Billen, Andrew (2006) "[https://www.thetimes.com/article/i-had-a-great-time-in-borstal-zmw0wlsfkcv I had a great time in borstal]", ''[[The Times]]'', 13 October 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2011</ref> He was expelled from the school at the age of 13 after meddling with organ pipes, causing trouble at morning assembly. This led to a period in [[borstal]]<ref name=turner2007>{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Robin |title=Borstal and Swansea comp made me who I am |website=Wales Online |date=29 May 2007 |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/borstal-swansea-comp-made-who-2255196#google_vignette |access-date=29 November 2024}}</ref> before attending [[Brune Park Community School]] in Gosport.<ref name="debretts"/> He has said that he went to a [[comprehensive school]] in Swansea (where he was in 1966), a public school, a borstal, and a detention centre, all within five years. He earned six [[O-levels]], leading to entry to the [[Welsh College of Music and Drama]]. Parking in the principal's carpark and an ensuing row led to his expulsion from the college.<ref name=turner2007/>
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