All About Lily Allen’s Brother, Game of Thrones Actor Alfie Allen

Game of Thrones fans may be familiar with the name Alfie Allen.

The British actor, who was born on September 12, 1986, starred in the HBO series as Theon Greyjoy, who had a troubled relationship with his parents, Lord Balon and Lady Alannys Greyjoy. In real life, Alfie has a close relationship with his siblings. He has three sisters: Gala Talbott, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen and Lily Allen, a singer known for chart-topping hits including “Smile” and “LDN” — and married to Stranger Things actor David Harbour.

In 2006, Lily released her song “Alfie”, named after her younger brother. In the song, the singer details Alfie’s weed smoking habits. Speaking with Fairies then Lily explained that her little brother wasn’t too happy with the song at first.

“At first he was very upset about it, because he thought I was just pointing out all his bad points and attacking him,” she told the newspaper, noting that the song was “flattering” to her.

“I thought he would be very, very happy because it proved to him how much I love him, that I care about him,” she continued. “I want him to do something with his life.”

At the time, Alfie was working in Canada teaching kids how to snowboard, having already moved on from that period of his life. He requested that Lily not release the song as a single, but it was eventually released and reached the UK charts.

“I just remember asking for it not to be a single – but then obviously record companies don’t care what family members think, do they?” He said Guard 2019. “So that was it.”

Since the song was released, Alfie has gone on to have a successful acting career which has included multiple award nominations. But who is the actor? Here’s everything you need to know about Lily Allen’s brother, Alfie Allen.

He and Lily met Princess Diana as children

Lily Allen and Alfie Allen on a go-kart track in Clapham High Street, London in 1994.

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Alfie and his sister Lily met the late Princess Diana when they were children. In his memoirs from 2018 Exactly my thoughtsshe told Lily about Alfie’s embarrassing wardrobe malfunction moments before they greeted Diana.

“Diana, Princess of Wales came to the premiere [of Hear My Song, a film produced by Lily and Alfie’s mom Alison Owen]. I was the flower girl and I gave her a roll, Alfie had a box of tissues to give her, but somehow the f— got caught in the zipper of his pants moments before he met her,” the singer wrote, according to The Daily Mail.

Alfie continued to cry, and a worried Princess Diana asked the youngster if he was okay.

Lily continued, “‘Are you okay?’ she asked him. ‘No,’ he replied. “I got my willy caught in my zipper.” ”

He is Lily’s daughters uncle

Lily Allen and Alfie Allen at the drinks reception at the premiere of ‘Flashbacks Of A Fool’ on April 13, 2008 in London, England.

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Alfie is uncle to Lily’s two daughters, Ethel Mary and Marnie Rose, whom she shares with ex-husband Sam Cooper.

He is the father of one daughter

Allie Teilz and Alfie Allen at Calvin Klein during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2018. Jamie McCarthy/Getty

The actor has a daughter, Arrow, with ex-girlfriend Allie Teilz. Arrow was born in October 2018.

“It is with full hearts and overwhelming joy that @allieteilz and I introduce you to the newest member of our family,” Allen captioned an Instagram photo of father and daughter shortly after her birth. “She’s perfect.”

To celebrate National Daughters Day 2022, Alfie shared a sweet tribute to his daughter. Sharing a photo of himself planting a kiss on his daughter’s cheek, he wrote: “Happy National Daughter’s Day! ❤️ I love you Arrow. You are so special xxx.”

He was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in Game of Thrones

Alfie Allen attends the 71st Annual Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

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In 2019, Alfie was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Theon Greyjoy.

Lily celebrated the news at the time, with the proud sister writing in an Instagram Story post: “My little freakin’ brother is nominated for an Emmy… I’m so freaking proud of him even without an Emmy name, but OMG he has an Emmy name. GO ALF !!!!!!!!”

That year, 10 Game of Thrones cast members were nominated for the coveted award, including Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke, and the series received a total of 32 nominations. After the nominations were announced, Alfie told PEOPLE that his group was talking to his Game of Thrones costars was “crazy”.

“We have a group chat, it’s crazy right now. It’s great. It’s just amazing, I can’t wait for the night,” he said.

Alfie also revealed that he was shocked by his individual nomination and assumed that people had been texting him about the ensemble nominations.

“I’m really excited, I can’t believe it. It really surprised me, I didn’t expect it at all“, he pointed out. “I’m still in shock, still happily in shock. It’s great.”

The Game of Thrones the creators would humor him

Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) in Game of Thrones. HBO

In a performance at The Late Late Show with James Corden, the actor revealed Game of Thrones Creators DB Weiss and David Benioff tried to humor him with a fake script during the second season.

“At the end of the season, there’s — well, the script was given to me, and basically, I kind of gave a pep talk, if I may say so,” he told the talk show host.

As the mock speech comes to a close, Bran Stark actor Isaac Hempstead-Wright stabs Alfie’s character in the chest, a foreshadowing of the story when Theon pretended to kill Bran and Rickon (Art Parkinson) to gain power over Stark’s castle, Winterfell.

After about three weeks of letting Alfie think this was his character’s fate, they discovered the truth. His character wasn’t actually killed off that early in the series and Alfie was given a starring role in the franchise.

He and Kit Harington had a ‘macho vibe’ on set

Kit Harington and Alfie Allen in ‘Game of Thrones’.

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During filming, Alfie and his co-stars Kit Harington and Richard Madden would often look at their bodies to see which of the three was in the best shape, with a “macho vibe” Game of Thrones set.

“It’s not like we were comparing each other, but there was definitely a macho vibe,” he told za Guard in 2019. “But I wouldn’t say there was any competition in any sense other than who has the best six pack. And Kit will always win that.”

He debuted on Broadway in 2022

Alfie Allen attends the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Party in West Hollywood, California on November 17, 2022.

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In 2022, Alfie made his Broadway debut in a play by Martin McDonagh Gallows.

“I was nervous during rehearsals, but then as soon as we walked into the theater — even before rehearsal in the theater, just being in the theater and in that space — I just relaxed a little bit,” he told PEOPLE in May 2022. “In the rooms for I was all over the place during rehearsals, but the actors supported me and really helped me.”

The nerves paid off as his performance earned him a Tony Award nomination.

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