- Was expelled from boarding school as a boy for changing the organ pipes around in the school chapel during the Christmas period. He was lonely and unhappy because his parents were in Singapore and he couldn't make the journey to his grandmother's house in Llanelli; because it was too expensive. When they attempted to play the organ he described the sound like "Stevie Wonder going mental.".
- Is the father of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen.
- Supports Fulham Football Club.
- As "Fat Les", composed the unofficial England Soccer World Cup 1998 Song "Vindaloo".
- Although he was "Fat Les" in the England World Cup song "Vindaloo" and also in other English patriotic music videos, he is in fact Welsh, as is his brother Kevin. They were both born in Swansea.
- Brother of Kevin Allen.
- Played roles of drug dealers in The Supergrass (1985), Shallow Grave (1994) and Trainspotting (1996).
- In 2017, he and partner Tamzin Malleson opened a diner in Stroud.
- Partner of actress Tamzin Malleson, with whom he has a daughter, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen.
- Brother-in-law of Laura Madden.
- Father-in-Law of David Harbour of Stranger Things (Harbour and Lily Allen married in 2020).
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