Born in
Washington, D.C., Allen grew up in California, Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. He was educated at the
Hun School of Princeton and
Collège Champittet in
Switzerland, where he learnt to speak French fluently, and then studied theatre and dramatic arts at the
University of Redlands,
California. In 1979, at the Globe Theatre on
Broadway, Allen played
Buckingham in
Henry VI, Part 2 and
Clifford in
Henry VI, Part 3. An early television appearance came in the
Otherworld episode “The Zone Troopers Build Men” (1985). ==Films==