Owen Aaronovitch

Owen Aaronovitch
Born	1956 (age 54–55) Parliament Hill Fields, Camden, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Fiona Bruce

Owen Aaronovitch (born 1956) is an English actor, known for portraying Jon Lindsay in Coronation Street.

Background

Aaronovitch was born in Parliament Hill Fields, London.^[1] He is the son of the late economist and Communist^[2] Sam Aaronovitch, brother of the journalist David Aaronovitch and writer Ben Aaronovitch.^[3] Aaronovitch attended Dame Alice Owen's School in Islington, and at the age of eighteen moved to Newcastle to study creative arts.^[1]

Aaronovitch is married to actress Fiona Bruce, with whom he has two children, Frankie and Ruben.^[3]

Career

Aaronovitch made his professional debut at Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. His theatre work includes The Great Gatsby, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pinocchio, The Waltz and Red Dust Blue Dreams.^[3]

Aaronovitch played the role of fake airline pilot Jon Lindsay, the con man responsible for Deirdre Barlow's imprisonment, in Coronation Street from 1997 to 1998. His other television credits include Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost, Reckless, The Bill and Doctors.

Aaronovitch also portrayed Oleg Gan in the 2006 audio revival of Blake's 7.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Prime Suspect	Tony - Prime Suspect 1 (1991)	Crime drama
1994	A Touch of Frost	Man with Dog - Stranger in the House	Police procedural
1995	Cracker	Charnock - Brotherly Love (1995)	Crime drama
1996	A Touch of Frost	Fire Officer - Paying the Price (1996)	Police procedural
	Heartbeat	Clive Kenway - Obsessions (1996)	Period crime drama
	Hillsborough		Television film
1997	Coronation Street	Jon Lindsay (1997–1998)	Soap opera
	Reckless	Cab Driver	Television serial
2003	Holby City	Jonathan Collinson - Private Lives (2003)	Medical drama
2004	The Courtroom	Gary Cullen - Like a Robot (2004)	Legal drama
2008	Doctors	Marvin Elliot - Stand Up and Be Counted (2008)	Soap opera

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Owen Aaronovitch Profile Corrie.net. Retrieved on 2009-04-24.
2. ^ Barker, Martin (1992). Haunt of Fears: Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign, University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-0878055944
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Blake's 7: The Audio Adventures // Cast // Oleg Gan - Owen Aaronovitch". Sci Fi Channel. 6 October 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071007011027/www.scifi.co.uk/blakes7/cast_oleg.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 

External links

• Owen Aaronovitch at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Aaronovitch, Owen
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Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Parliament Hill Fields, Camden, London, England
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