Date of Birth

22 December 1989,

Birth Name

Keegan Phillip Allen

Height

6' 1¼" (1.86 m)

Mini Biography

Keegan Allen received his breakout role in ABC Family's hit series Pretty Little Liars (2010), based on the novels by Sara Shepard. He portrayed the mysterious "Black Cat" character, "Toby Cavanaugh".

Allen has also made small appearances in TV shows, such as Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush (2009) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).

Trivia

• Son of Phillip R. Allen and Joan Snyder.
• Very good friends with his Pretty Little Liars (2010) co-star, Troian Bellisario.

Quotes

• But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them.
• I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.
• When I was 17, I was hyperactive and annoyed my teachers.
• Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books!
• As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and Clifford Odets's "Golden Boy" - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story". He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.
• The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, The Exorcist (1973). It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.
• When I was in high school, my friends and I would drive out into the country to abandoned houses and structures... haha... to ghost hunt. We would scare each other so bad! We would sometimes camp out by the abandoned buildings just to scare ourselves! Such good times. The adrenaline of real fear is so cool!
• I personally call one of my fans every month. I answer all of my own fan mail.
• The stage calls my name.
• I really like playing the bad guy. There are so many more objectives to play when you're mad or villainesque, or when there's some agenda that you have. That's drama, that's where the heart lives. I love playing the bad guy, but especially the bad guy who's still with the girl.
• Sorry, I don't eat any fast food. I believe in eating healthy organic foods for a better lifestyle.
• [about JDate] Raised within the Jewish faith, I personally value all the ways you can make quality connections with people.