Owen Aaronovitch

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==