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Owen Aaronovitch (born 29 November 1956) is an English actor, known for portraying Jon Lindsay in Coronation Street.

Background

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

Aaronovitch is married to actress Fiona Bruce, with whom he has two children, Frankie and Ruben. It is often falsely reported on fan websites that Aaronovitch's wife is the newsreader and Antiques Roadshow presenter, Fiona Bruce. This is false. His wife, of the same name, is an actress and teaches drama along with her husband.

Acting career

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

Aaronovitch played the role of fake airline pilot Jon Lindsay, the con man responsible for Deirdre Rashid's imprisonment, in Coronation Street from 1997 to 1998. He also did a drag parody of this role, as a drag character called Jean Lindsay on Harry Hill.

His other television credits include Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost, Reckless, The Bill and Doctors.

Aaronovitch also portrayed Olag Gan in the 2006 audio revival of Blake's 7.

Filmography

References

1. ^ 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 978-0-87805-594-4
3. ^ "Blake's 7: The Audio Adventures // Cast // Oleg Gan – Owen Aaronovitch". Sci Fi Channel. 6 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
4. 'Fiona Bruce' Retrieved on 2023-01-09.

External links

• Owen Aaronovitch at IMDb

• 1956 births
• Living people
• English male soap opera actors
• English male stage actors
• English male voice actors
• English people of Irish descent
• English people of Jewish descent
• Jewish English male actors
• Male actors from London
• Actors educated at Dame Alice Owen's School
• Actors from the London Borough of Camden
• People from Camden Town