Owen Aaronovitch

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.

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 Rachid's imprisonment, in Coronation Street from 1997 to 1998. He also did a 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 Year Title Role Notes 1991 Prime Suspect Tony- Prime Suspect (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