Kyle Allen (actor)

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Kyle Allen
Born
Kyle Hamilton Allen

(1994-10-10) October 10, 1994 (age 29)
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Kyle Hamilton Allen (born October 10, 1994) is an American actor known for his roles in The In Between , The Path , West Side Story, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things , and American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

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Early life

A native of Livermore, California, Allen began training in acrobatics at a young age, and attended the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C., where upon watching Taras Domitro perform Romeo & Juliet at the Kennedy Center, felt discouraged from pursuing ballet further. Upon graduation, he lived in Los Angeles picking up commercial work as well as a part lip syncing in a Master P music video. [1]

Career

In July 2015, Allen was cast in a lead role on the Hulu drama series The Path co-starring Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan, appearing in all 36 episodes. [2] Upon the series ending in 2018, Allen appeared in a recurring role in American Horror Story , [3] and in 2019, he was cast as Balkan, one of the Jets in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story , an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. [4]

In 2021, Allen was cast as Romeo in Rosaline , a modern retelling of Romeo & Juliet co-starring Kaitlyn Dever and Isabela Merced, [5] and in The Greatest Beer Run Ever co-starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe. [6] On January 28, 2022, Allen was cast as He-Man in the Netflix live-action film reboot of Masters of the Universe . [7] In October 2022, Allen was announced to star in A Haunting in Venice , the third instalment of Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot adaptations. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 One Night Andrew 'Andy' McFarland
2017 XX AndySegment: Her Only Living Son
2020 All My Life Kyle Campbell
2021 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Mark
West Side Story Balkan
2022 The In Between Skylar
Space Oddity Alex McAllister
Rosaline Romeo
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Bobby Pappas
2023 A Haunting in Venice Maxime Gerard
Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016–2018 The Path Hawk LaneMain role, 36 episodes
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Timothy Campbell4 episodes

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