Allen was born and raised in California, the son of actor Phillip R. Allen and expressionist painter Joan Snyder. In 2009, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Allen is Jewish.\n', '

Allen\'s passion in his younger years tended towards photography, cinematography and other roles behind the camera. However, at age 13, he landed his first paid job for a small, non-speaking role in a documentary for Animal Planet. In 2010, Allen appeared in an episode of Nickelodeon\'s TV show Big Time Rush. Shortly after, he began playing the recurring role of Toby Cavanaugh, the love interest of Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario), on the ABC Family (later Freeform) mystery series Pretty Little Liars.\n', '

In addition to acting, Allen is an accomplished photographer who has published two photography books. In 2015, "life.love.beauty" was released." The Ingram and Publishers Weekly bestselling book, in Allen’s words, "Takes you on a photographic voyage through my life so far." In 2018, Allen published “HOLLYWOOD: Photos and Stories from Foreverland.”  \n', '

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