Ben Allen appeared on Coronation Street in April 2011 as Jools Creme, the rich London boyfriend of Todd Grimshaw.
His other credits include roles in Bonekickers, Barbarians Rising, Doctors, Cursed, Soulmates, Breeders and Casualty, along with the 2019 short film The Foreigner, which he also wrote and directed.
On stage, he has appeared in productions of The Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Gently Down the Stream, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, The History Boys, Henry V, Noises Off, The Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Oppenheimer, Antony and Cleopatra and Present Laughter.