Person
- Born
- 1975-07-20
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Acting · Castle Air Force Base, California, USA
Walter Ray Allen (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics, and the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association; and collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies. Allen has acted in two films, including a co-starring role in the 1998 Spike Lee film He Got Game.
Known for
- Celtics City — Self2025
- Los Anillos de Pau2024
- Gold Blooded — Self2022
- Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft2021
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- Uncle Drew: Chapter 4 — Walt2015
- Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth2015
- 2014 NBA Champions: Go Spurs Go2014
- 2013 NBA Champions: Miami Heat — Himself2013
- Return to the Rafters2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,075
- Total plays
- 7,390
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 11,836x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,718x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1975-07-20 ) July 20, 1975 (age 50) , Merced, California , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- High school
- Hillcrest ( Dalzell, South Carolina )
- College
- UConn (1993–1996)
- Nba draft
- 1996 : 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 1996–2014
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Number
- 34, 20
- 1996 2003
- Milwaukee Bucks
- 2003 2007
- Seattle SuperSonics
- 2007 2012
- Boston Celtics
Key dates
- Born
- 20 July 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Merced
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Connecticut
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Allen played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. He is widely considered one of the greatest three-point shooters of all time. Allen was a ten-time NBA All-Star, and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men's basketball team. At the time of his retirement, he was the leading three-point scorer in NBA history until he was surpassed by Stephen Curry in 2021. As of 2025, he ranks third on the NBA's all-time three-pointers list. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Allen played college basketball for the Connecticut Huskies for three seasons, before he was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, and developed into a prolific scorer for the Milwaukee Bucks, featuring alongside Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell as the team achieved playoff success. In 2003, he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, where he solidified his reputation as a scorer, breaking several league records for three-point and free throw shooting. Allen was later traded to the Boston Celtics, where he formed a "Big Three" with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce; the team won an NBA championship in 2008. After five seasons with the Celtics, he played with the Miami Heat for two seasons, reaching the NBA Finals both times and winning the title in 2013; his clutch three-pointer to force overtime in Game 6 of the 2013 Finals is regarded as one of the most iconic and memorable plays in NBA history. Allen retired on November 1, 2016, after playing for four different teams.
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