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Alan Ford Biography

Birth Name:Alan Ford

Birth Place:Walworth, London , England

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Received his dramatic training at East 15 Acting School
  • Often plays gangsters and other characters with a hard edge, most notably in two Guy Ritchie crime capers, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch․"
  • Played Roosta in the original radio version of Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy․"
  • Appeared in the music video for "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" by Lostprophets, a Welsh rock group
  • In the video game "Fable II," he voices Arfur, a wanted criminal living in Bowerstone
  • Published a novel called "Thin Ice" in 2006 through the Orion Publishing Group
  • A clip of his voice is featured in Rusko's dubstep song "Cockney Thug․"