is an American seven time Emmy Award-winning television producer/host; and, producer, writer, or director of multiple feature films including APParition with Mena Suvari and Kevin Pollak, Notorious Nick with Cody Christian and the FearPHarm franchise.

He is the co-writer, co-director of the Eric Robert's thriller 616 Wilford Lane and director of the Cannes World Film Festival official selection and best dark comedy winner Amy's F- It List.

In 1993, Allen replaced comedians Jon Stewart and Patty Rosborough as host of the Comedy Central network show Short Attention Span Theater.

[3] In 2017, he created the celebrity interview show Extra Butter TV which he hosts and produces, winning Emmy Awards in 2017 and 2019.

[citation needed] Allen played an FBI Agent in Joe Carnahan's feature length debut Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane.

[citation needed] He has been Mark Zuckerberg's guest at the Facebook campus on numerous occasions to host celebrity movie screening Q&As.

He entered a guilty plea to a single misdemeanor count of DUI,[9] served three years on probation and performed community service as part of his sentence.

He later addressed the arrest during a "Good Day Sacramento" broadcast, noting that he had been dining with friends and believed he was sober enough to drive home.

According to police, Allen was discovered parked on a side street in historic Roseville, CA[10] He was booked into the Placer County Jail on DUI-related charges.

KMAX did not issue a statement about Allen's arrest until the Sacramento News & Reviews newspaper published a story about the incident.

In 2007, Allen was criticized for his line of questioning during a Good Day Sacramento interview with singer Janet Jackson and actor Tyler Perry.

Prior to the appearance, Perry said he told Good Day Sacramento producers that he would not discuss Jackson's family or her controversial 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance.