C. J. Allen (actor)

For the athlete, see CJ Allen (athlete).

C. J. Allen is a British television and stage actor, active from 1982 to 2006.

C. J. Allen
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–2006
Television	Juliet Bravo

Stage

From 3 November 1982 he starred opposite Eamon Boland, Clive Mantle, Philip Donaghy and Ian McCurrach in David Hayman’s award-winning stage production of Coming Clean at the Bush Theatre in London,^[1] playing the role of William. The play explored themes of homosexuality and gay culture, an innovative subject matter for its era, and was one of the first winners of the Samuel Beckett Award.

Television

Following several walk-on parts in earlier years, his television career flourished from 1982 with minor (single-episode) roles in significant productions The Gentle Touch, The Professionals, and Whoops Apocalypse.

The following year he achieved his first starring television role as PC Brian Kelleher, a primary character in the ground-breaking television series Juliet Bravo, in its re-launched format with a new lead character, Inspector Kate Longton (played by Anna Carteret). The programme was an early portrayal of the emerging area of senior female police officers, and explored themes relating to women in male-dominated culture. Carteret took the lead role for series 4–6, and Allen appeared alongside her in 41 of those 44 episodes,^[2] commencing from series 4, episode 1.^[3]

Allen had subsequent roles in the second series of children's series Simon and the Witch (1988), and in all three series of ITV Central comedy A Kind of Living (1988–1990). Since that time he has had occasional appearances in many television series, including Mr. Bean and London's Burning, but has not returned to any leading character roles.

References

1. Elyot, Kevin (2004). Four Plays. Nick Hern Books. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-85459-830-1. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
2. "C.J. Allen". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2004-03-25. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
3. "Juliet Bravo". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

External links

• Photograph of Allen and the Juliet Bravo cast at Daily Express newspaper.
• Photograph of Allen and the Juliet Bravo cast at Alamy stock photos.
• C. J. Allen at IMDb