Vitals
Gender
Male
Age Range
48 - 60
Ethnicity
European, Italian, Spanish, Southern European, Ethnically Ambiguous, West European
Height
177cm
Base Location
Sydney
Available In
Adelaide, Auckland, Australian Capital Territory, Brisbane, Cairns, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gold Coast, International, Melbourne, Northern NSW, Northern Territory, Perth, Queenstown, Sydney, Tasmania, Wellington
Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Corporate, Dancer, Director, Model, Presenter, Voice Artist, Writer, Producer, Singer
Hair
Dark Brown, Greying
Eye
Brown, Green
Pdf Bio
Agent
Australian Agent
Duke Actors Management
Phone
Email
Feature Photo
Feature Clip
Credits
Feature Film
2020
Hans
Bloodshot Heart
Bloodshot/FieldStar/Physical TV
Parish Malfitano
2019
Rod (director)
The Script of Life
Joy House Productions
Joy Hopwood
2018
Transitioner
Text Messages from the Universe
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2017
Lindsay (casting agent)
The Casting Game
Joy House Productions
Pearl Tan
2006
Wednesday
Thursday's Fictions
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
Television
2024
Damien Jove
The Jury: Death on the Staircase
SBS TV
Ben Lawrence
2018
Jehovas Witness Elder
Deadly Women
Beyond Productions
Tylah Pratt
2018
Dale
The Almond Tree (TV Series Proof of Concept)
Brianna La Rance/Hayley McCarthy
Brianna La Rance
2017
Shop Owner
Deadly Women
Beyond Productions
Katie Ryerson
1996
Sam's Uncle
Sam in a Pram
Tasdance
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1996
Self
What is Video Dance?
Tasdance
Karen Pearlman
1995
Expectant Father
What To Name Your Baby
SBS TV / That Was Fast
Moshe Rosenzveig
1993
Border Angel
Blue Cities
ABC TV / That Was Fast
Stephen Burstow
Commercial
2023
Graham's Friend
Cellarbrations
Eight Productions
Mitch Green
2018
Fisherman
Australian Border Force - Border Watch: Flag It
Rabbit Content
Daniel Mitchell
2017
Fisherman
HSBC Home Loans - Set It Free
Rabbit Content
Lachlan Dickie
2017
Respect: Man
BANJO Guardian Funerals - Flick Book
FLIPP
Stuart Miller
Short Film
2026
Italian Man
My Wife Made Me Talk
Philippe Klaus and Kathy Luu
Philippe Klaus
2026
Father
they/PERSIST
Suite Womat
Tristan Woodington
2026
Richard Johnston, Minister for the Environment
Misery and Other Choices
The Physical TV Company
Samuel Lucas Allen
2024
Michael
Adrenaline
Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)
Emily Dunn
2024
Handsome Hank
Breaking Plates
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2023
Dr Steven
Submerged Selves
Academy of Film, Theatre and Television
Ben Lawford
2023
Prime Minister of Australia
Final Broadcast
William Street Productions
Anthony Igra
2022
Mr Taper
A House Without God Crumbles
The Academy of Film, Theatre & Television
Hugo White & Tim Zavadszky
2022
The Hasidic Man
CUT
The Physical TV Company
Samuel Lucas Allen
2022
Phillip Sharpe
Laura
AFTRS
Melissa Brooks
2020
Husband
808
Palangi Productions
Amin Palangi
2019
Dziga Vertov
I want to make a film about women
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2019
Old Man
Pseudomonas
Rhys William Nicolson
Rhys William Nicolson
2019
Doctor Nari
Decorum
Sydney Film School
Lorenzo Monti
2018
Dziga Vertov
Onscreen Draft: Remixing History
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2017
Hans (schizophrenic driving instructor)
Bloodshot Heart (proof of concept)
AFTRS
Parish Malfitano
2017
Professor Williamson
Strings
Sydney Film School
Corey Naylor Willis
2017
Father
Blood Orange
Blunt Gorilla
Markus Wills
2017
The Magistrate
Once Upon a Time in Australia
Permanent Ink Pictures/SFS
Justin Latimer
2016
Joe (office worker)
Spotlight
Macquarie University
Tieri Cafe
2016
Man who wakes up
Digital Afterlives
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
2016
Mr Black
The Memory Room
Sydney Film School
Madeleine Mytkowski
2015
Dziga Vertov
Woman with an Editing Bench
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2015
Misplaced Angel
Danses Macabre
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
2014
Dziga Vertov
Draft
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2012
Monk
Monk: Reloaded
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2009
Quantum Traveller
Entanglement Theory
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2003
Father
Down Time Jaz
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2002
Man
What I Did On My Nervous Breakdown
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2001
Rubberman
Rubberman Accepts The Nobel Prize
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2001
Troubled Yogi
Breathe
Sattvic Productions
Nina Williams
2000
Falling Dancer
The Dancer Drops Out Of The Sky
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
1997
Lover
13 Acts of Unfulfilled Love
Tasdance
Karen Pearlman
1997
Ensemble Dancer
The Hope Machine
Tasdance
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1987
Hipster
International Bestseller: Over 10 Million Copies Sold
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1986
Abstract Dancer
White
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1986
Downtown Artist
Think Too Much
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
Music Video
2022
The Don
Throne - Colletto Bianco
Haus Party
Jess Long
2022
Boss
Ijale: No Weapon
NIDA / JJJ
Eve Beck
2022
The Don
Choke - Colletto Bianco
Haus Party
Mikey Hamer
Documentary
2023
Man on bench
Impossible Image
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2017
Writer
What We Keep
Macquarie University
Erica Tilse
2016
Dziga Vertov
The Mind of a Film, Chapter 2, The Science of Editing:
@ThisGuyEdits
Sven Pape
2016
Dziga Vertov
Skill or Instinct? Chapter 2, The Science of Editing:
@ThisGuyEdits
Sven Pape
2015
Poet
The Five to Nine
Macquarie University
Kristy Clinton
2013
Choreographer
The Dancer from the Dance
The Physical TV Company
Karen Pearlman
2012
Artist
The Guy Who Killed Paris Hilton
Gav Barbey & Ben Grant
Gav Barbey & Ben Grant
2011
Dance Filmmaker
Dancing Through YouTube
Orion MItchell
Orion MItchell
2008
Wednesday
Reincarnating Thursday's Fictions
The Physical TV Company
Gary Hayes
1985
Poet & Performer
The Way Out At Last & Other Work
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
Online
2018
Dance Teacher
Tutable
Mikaeli Stanton
Kurt McCarthy
2016
Casting Director
The Rub
Monique Kalmar Productions
Monique Kalmar
Web Series
2017
John (struggling film producer)
#setlife, Episode 2 - Setbacks
Sydney Film School
Paarth Nair
2017
John (struggling film producer)
#setlife, Episode 1 - PIlot
Sydney Film School
Paarth Nair
2008
Wednesday
The Sun's Search for the Moon, Ep. 2
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2008
Wednesday
The Sun's Search for the Moon, Ep. 1
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
Stage
2024
Narrator
Text Messages from the Universe
Newcastle Writers Festival
Richard James Allen
2023
Narrator
Text Messages from the Universe
Fantastic Film Festival Australia
Richard James Allen
2020
Narrator
Text Messages from the Universve
IF Maitland Indie Festival
Richard James Allen
2020
Narrator
Text Messages from the Universe
Art Not Apart Festival
Richard James Allen
2002
Yogi
The Relic
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
1990
Deranged Soldier
Plan Ahead
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen
1987
Broken-Legged Poet
Alphabet x 2
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1984
Rock 'n' Roller
High Tension & Passion
Kiss International Research Group
Jean-Pierre Voos
1983
Figure from Dante's Paradiso
Spheres
Kiss International Research Group
Jean-Pierre Voos
1983
Game Player
Crystal
Kiss International Research Group
Jean-Pierre Voos
Rehearsed Readings
2023
George and Anton
Love Regardless
Poetica
Karen Pearlman / Richard James Allen
2016
Larry
Closer
Old Fitz Playreadings
Kelly Banek
Voice Over
2025
The Author
More Lies
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2019
Multiple Voices
#RichardReads
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2007
Wednesday
The Sun's Search for the Moon, Episodes 1 & 2
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
Presenter
2025
MC Book Launch
Flying Islands Book 2025 Launch
Flying Island Books
Kit Kelen (publisher)
2024
MC Book Launch
Flying Islands Books 2024 Launch
Flying Island Books
Kit Kelen (publisher)
2022
MC: Book Launch
Flying Island Books 2022 Launch
Flying Islands Books
Kit Kelen (publisher)
2022
MC: Book Launch
Bung Mazes
Australian Esperanto Association
Kit Kelen (author)
2021
MC: Book Launch
Flying Island Books 2021 Book Launch
Flying Island Books
Kit Kelen (publisher)
2017
Panel Chair/Interviewer
Get Reel: Actors are from Venus, Directors are from Mars
Sydney Film School
Michael James Rowland, Chloe Boreham
2016
MC: Film Launch
All About E
Sydney Film School
Louise Wadley
2016
Panel Chair/Interviewer
Get Reel: Australian Screen: Embracing Its Audience
Sydney Film School
Jocelyn Moorhouse, Ron Brown
2015
MC: Book Launch
Almost Everything I Know
Flying Islands Books
Mark Tredinnick (author)
Dance
2017
Yogi
Falling into Light
The Bold Festival
Paulina Quinteros
2010
Argentine Soldier
Lament of the Argentine Military
Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont
Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont
2009
Quantum Traveller
Do Avatars Dream Of Human Sleep?
The Physical TV Company
Richard James Allen
2008
Contemporary Dancer
BA Hons Project
UNSW
Katerina Rajch
1996
Ensemble Dancer
Repertory
Zvi Gotheiner & Dancer
Zvi Gotheiner
1996
Various Roles
New Life on the 2nd Floor
Tasdance
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1989
Charlie
The Charlie Stories
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1988
Travelling Dancer
Hotels
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1987
Contemporary Dancer
The Laughing Movie
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1985
Featured Dancer
Repertory
Victoria Marks Performance Group
Victoria Marks
1985
Partnering Dancer
America
That Was Fast
Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
1984
Ensemble Dancer
Repertory
Kim van der Boon Dance Company
Kim van der Boon
1984
Ensemble Dancer
Urban Sax
Urban Sax
Urban Sax
Training
2025
OLD FITZ THEATRE
CLARA VODA: BUILDING THE SCENE: A 3-DAY MASTERCLASS WITH CLARA VODA FOR ACTORS & DIRECTORS
Acting, Directing
2025
HUBSTUDIO
ANOUSHA ZARKESH: CASTING MASTERCLASS
Acting
2024
HUBSTUDIO
JOHN BELL: SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES AS AUDITION PIECES MASTERCLASS
Acting
2024
HUBSTUDIO
ANTHONY SKUSE CHEKHOV IMMERSION MASTERCLASS
Acting
2024
ANOUSHA ZARKESH CASTING
MICAELEY GIBSON: CASTING MASTERCLASS
Acting
2023
HUBSTUDIO
TESS HAUBRICH ACTING FOR THE SCREEN INTENSIVE
Acting
2022
HUBSTUDO
DONALD WOODBURN: VOICE MASTERCLASS
Acting - Voice
2021
HUBSTUDIO
ROB MAXWELL: AUSSIE ACCENT MASTERCLASS
Acting - Voice, Accents
2020
HUBSTUDO
DAISY HICKS: CASTING WORKSHOP
Acting
2020
HOLLYWOOD INITIATIVE
MIKE PAGE: CASTING WORKSHIOP
Acting
2020
HUBSTUDIO
DONALD WOODBURN: VOICE MASTERCLASS
Acting - Voice
2020
SCREEN ACTORS ASSOCIATION
BETH CHARKHAM: SCREENTEST WORKSHOP
Acting
2020
STAGEMILK
DORJE SWALLOW & ANDREW HEARLE: VOICE OVER COURSE
Acting - Voice Over
2019
HUBSTUDIO
MIRANDA HARCOURT: ONGOING MASTERCLASS
Acting
2019
SPEAK EASY
NATASHA McNAMARA: VOICE AND DIALECT CLASS
Acting - Voice, Accents, Dialects
2019
WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION (WIFT)
JACKIE MURRAY: STUNTS & FILM
Acting - Stunts in Film
2019
HUBSTUDIO
JOEL JACKSON: ACTING MASTERCLASS
Acting
2019
HUB STUDIO
KRIV STENDERS: FILM MASTERCLASS
Acting, Directing
2019
HUB STUDIO
STEVIE RAY (McGREGOR CASTING): CASTING WORKSHOP
Acting
2018
HUBSTUDIO
ERIN CORNELL: SINGING FOR ACTORS MASTECLASS
Acting, Singing
2018
FOUNTAINHEAD CASTING
JO BRIANT: SCENE CLASS
Acting
2018
ACTING WORLD
NATELA DZULIASHVILI: MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING TECHNIQUE
Acting
2017
HUBSTUDIO
AMY HUME: FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE
Acting
2017
HUBSTUDIO
LINDA NICHOLLS-GIDLEY: AMERICAN ACCENT MASTERCLASS
Acting
2017
HUBSTUDIO
MICHAEL BOOTH: FILM AUDITION WORKSHOP
Acting
2017
SPEAK EASY
NATASHA McNAMARA: VOICE AND DIALECTS
Acting - Voice, Accents, Dialects
2017
MITCHELL CASTING
AMANDA MITCHELL: MITCHELL CASTING WORKSHOP
Acting
2017
HUBSTUDIO
MIRANDA HARCOURT: MASTERCLASS
Acting
2016
HUBSTUDIO
JO BRIANT: CASTING MASTERCLASS
Acting
2016
HUBSTUDIO
PHILIP QUAST: MASTERCLASS
Acting
2015-2017
HUBSTUDIO
AMY HUME & GABRIELLE ROGERS: DROP-IN VOICE FOR ACTORS
Acting
2016
ACTING WORLD
NATELA DZULIASHVILI: MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING TECHNIQUE
Acting
2016
ACTING WORLD
NATELA DZULIASHVILI: AN ACTOR PREPARES: STANISLAVSKI METHOD ACTING
Acting
Skills & Attributes
Shoe Size
10
Clothing Size
Male - S
Waist
74cm
Neck
36cm
Chest
92cm
Hip
86cm
Natural Accent
American, Australian
Accents
American Standard, Australian, Brooklyn, Cockney, English, French, Irish, Italian, New England , Scottish
Languages
French, Italian
Hair Length
Ear Level
Hair Style
Curly
Instrumental
Guitar, String
Dance
Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Rock n Roll
Singing
Blues, Choir, Classical, Contemporary, Folk, Rock, Pop, Country & Western
Singing Range
Tenor
Sport
Baseball, Body Boarding , Cycling, Fishing, Golf, Ice Skating, Martial Arts, Pilates, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Touch Football, Yoga, Rowing
Circus
Contortionist, Stage Combat
Drivers Licences
Car
Model Work Types
Body, Commercial, Feet, Hair, Hands, Legs, Promotional
Professional Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Corporate, Dancer, Director, Model, Presenter, Voice Artist, Writer, Producer, Singer
Media
Public Media
2:18
Public Media
1:24
Public Media
11:17
Public Media
2:11
Public Media
1:42
Public Media
1:30
Public Media
1:04
Public Media
2:28
Public Media
1:07
Photos
Notes
Richard James Allen’s forty year performing career has traversed theatrical venues, film festivals, cinema and television screens in over 30 countries on six continents. Recent features and short films have received multiple awards and honours, including ‘Breaking Plates’ (Best Short Documentary, Antenna Documentary Film Festival), 'Woman with an Editing Bench' (ATOM Award for Best Short Fiction); 'Final Broadcast’ (29 international awards); and 'I want to make a film about women' (24 awards, plus a nomination for an AACTA and a longlisting for an Oscar). His performances have been described as “extraordinary” (ArtsHub, Sydney), “terrifying” (The Village Voice, NYC), and “ferociously watchable” (The Glasgow Herald). Richard was a Finalist for Lead Performance at the Nightmares Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, USA for his portrayal of Hans in the feature film psychological thriller 'Bloodshot Heart'. Critical praise: “A spectacular performance from Allen who captures all the little moments of someone who has suffered a traumatic event in his life” (Into:Screens). “Richard James Allen’s portrayal of Hans is something you must experience. His lovesick puppy act masks all the mysterious and deeply troubling emotions inside his head. The nuance he brings to Hans is astounding” (Reel News Daily). Praise for his most recent performance, in the docudrama 'Breaking Plates', included: “Allen also brought, in his acting, his dancing skills, making his movements appear like he was floating in the scene” (Rochford Street Review). 'Breaking Plates' has screened across the USA, Canada, UK, France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Azerbaijan and Australia. Richard stars in the eco-thriller, 'Misery and Other Choices', which will premiere at festivals in the USA, Australia, India and Thailand in the first half of 2026. He is currently attached as one of the leads in a psychological thriller to be shot in Eastern Europe. Showcast: https://app.showcast.com.au/profile/richardjamesallen IMBb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3700775/
