Keith Allan is an American actor, screenwriter, voice artist, director, and producer who is best known for playing the role of Murphy in the Syfy horror series Z Nation. In addition to that, he has also been cast in a number of other projects which include the likes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back, Will & Grace, Charmed, Star Trek: Enterprise, Comedy Central Thanxgiveaway: Home Fires, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Three Sisters, The Truth About Beef Jerky, Dragnet, What I Like About You, Jack Woody, Scrubs, Close to Home, The Perfect Sleep, Turbo Dates, Wizards of Waverly Place, Big Time Rush, Victorious, Mad Men, Air Collision, Rise of the Zombies, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, The Neighbors, Welcome to the Family, Social Nightmare, Zombie Night, The Shoot, The Good Doctor, Stumptown, and ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids.
Born Name
Keith Allan
Nick Name
Keith
Keith Allan as seen while taking a selfie in August 2023 (Keith Allan / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Cancer
Born Place
Sacramento, California, United States
Nationality
Education
Keith Allan attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), a private drama school in the United States.
Keith Allan co-wrote the 2012 zombie horror film Rise of the Zombies (also known as Dead Walking) as well as played the character named Tash. It stars Mariel Hemingway, LeVar Burton, and Danny Trejo.
From 2014 to 2018, he appeared as Alvin Bernard Murphy (a resentful and frail former convict who becomes the only known survivor of zombie bites after being part of a scientific experiment) in the post-apocalyptic comedy horror drama television show Z Nation. Keith Allan’s co-stars for the project included Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Pisay Pao, Nat Zang, Tom Everett Scott, Harold Perrineau, Matt Cedeño, Emilio Rivera, Joseph Gatt, Sydney Viengluang, Ramona Young, Natalie Jongjaroenlarp, Holden Goyette, Gracie Gillam, Henry Rollins, Tara Holt, Katy O’Brian, Mario Van Peebles, Lydia Hearst, and Chris Drohan.
He was seen as Quinn’s father in an episode of the medical drama television series The Good Doctor in 2017.
Keith Allan brought to life the character of Tim Scott in an episode titled The Past and the Furious of the crime drama television series Stumptown in January 2020. Based on the comic book series of the same name, the show stars Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus, Adrian Martinez, Camryn Manheim, and Michael Ealy.
As a writer, Allan has contributed to various projects such as Billy and Sally Go Bionic, Rise of the Zombies, 11/11/11, Social Nightmare, Ragin Cajun Redneck Gators, and Zombie Night.
