Owen Brenman
Encyclopedia
Owen Brenman is an English
actor best known for his role as next-door neighbour Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave
, which ran for ten years (1990–2000) and was written by David Renwick
. He currently plays Dr. Heston Carter
in the BBC drama series Doctors
Brenman also played Lloyd Drewitt in two series of David Renwick's BBC dramedy Love Soup
(2005/8). He also starred in People Like Us
, three series of the children's television series Woof!
, and three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff
. He played Mark Thatcher
opposite John Wells
and Angela Thorne
in the political sitcom Dunrulin'.
On the London stage Brenman played Theo in the 2006 European premiere of Steve Martin
's The Underpants
at the Old Red Lion Theatre
- a reworking of Carl Sternheim
's 1911 satirical comedy, Die Hose. Brenman also played Ian in the football comedy An Evening with Gary Lineker
at the Duchess Theatre
, and Tariq Ali
's and Howard Brenton
's New Labour satire Ugly Rumours (Tricycle Theatre), The Ghost Train (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), C4 Sitcom Festival (Riverside Theatre) which resulted in the C4 comedy series In Exile and a rarely performed Ionesco play, Journeys Among The Dead (Riverside Theatre).
Outside London Brenman played Felix in Elly Brewer’s and Sandi Toskvig’s Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (York Theatre Royal), Brian in Terry Johnson
's Dead Funny (Nottingham Playhouse), toured with Butterflies Are Free, appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Trial of Lady Chatterley (Nottingham Playhouse) and Richard Hope's brilliant black comedy about serial killers and the press, Good Copy, in which he played a paedophile priest opposite Robert Bathurst
's prostitute murderer (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
In 2007, Brenman completed a UK tour with Richard Wilson of Steve Thompson's political comedy Whipping It Up and featured in a new series of Doctor Who
for BBC7.
He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2010 and 2011 Soap Awards.
United Kingdom
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actor best known for his role as next-door neighbour Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000...
, which ran for ten years (1990–2000) and was written by David Renwick
David Renwick
David Peter Renwick is an English television writer, best known for creation of the sitcom One Foot in the Grave and the mystery series Jonathan Creek....
. He currently plays Dr. Heston Carter
Dr. Heston Carter
Dr. Heston Carter is a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors. He is played by Owen Brenman and made his first appearance on 14 October 2008.-Character:...
in the BBC drama series Doctors
Brenman also played Lloyd Drewitt in two series of David Renwick's BBC dramedy Love Soup
Love Soup
Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert...
(2005/8). He also starred in People Like Us
People Like Us
People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer...
, three series of the children's television series Woof!
Woof!
Woof! is a Children's ITV television series produced by Central Independent Television about the adventures of a boy who turns into a dog. It was based on the book by Allan Ahlberg. It was directed by David Cobham. It was written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss.-History:The show was first...
, and three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.-Cast:Alexei Sayle's Stuff stars stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle, with a recurring cast including Angus Deayton, Mark Williams, Arabella Weir, Tony Millan, Jan Ravens, Owen...
. He played Mark Thatcher
Mark Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet is the son of Sir Denis Thatcher and Baroness Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister, and twin brother of Carol Thatcher...
opposite John Wells
John Wells (satirist)
John Wells was an English actor, writer and satirist, educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford...
and Angela Thorne
Angela Thorne
Angela Thorne is an English actress who is best known for her roles in To the Manor Born and Anyone for Denis?-Early life:Angela Thorne was born in Karachi, British India, , in 1939...
in the political sitcom Dunrulin'.
On the London stage Brenman played Theo in the 2006 European premiere of Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
's The Underpants
The Underpants
The Underpants is the most recent adaptation of the 1910 German farce Die Hose by playwright Carl Sternheim. The adaptation was written by Steve Martin...
at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion Theatre
The Old Red Lion Theatre is a fringe theatre, situated above a pub at The Angel, in the London Borough of Islington.It was founded in 1948 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club.-Construction:...
- a reworking of Carl Sternheim
Carl Sternheim
Carl Sternheim was a German playwright and short story writer. One of the major exponents of German Expressionism, he especially satirized the moral sensibilities of the emerging German middle class during the Wilhelmine period.-Biography:Born in Leipzig to a Jewish banker and his Protestant wife...
's 1911 satirical comedy, Die Hose. Brenman also played Ian in the football comedy An Evening with Gary Lineker
An Evening with Gary Lineker
An Evening with Gary Lineker is a 1991 stage play, adapted for television in 1994, by Arthur Smith and Chris England.The action takes place against the backdrop of the 1990 Football World Cup semi-final, between England and West Germany, which is taking place in Italy while Monica and Bill are on...
at the Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street, near Aldwych.The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. It has 479 seats on two levels....
, and Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali , , is a British Pakistani military historian, novelist, journalist, filmmaker, public intellectual, political campaigner, activist, and commentator...
's and Howard Brenton
Howard Brenton
-Early years:Brenton was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, son of Methodist minister Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian . He was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1964 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal...
's New Labour satire Ugly Rumours (Tricycle Theatre), The Ghost Train (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), C4 Sitcom Festival (Riverside Theatre) which resulted in the C4 comedy series In Exile and a rarely performed Ionesco play, Journeys Among The Dead (Riverside Theatre).
Outside London Brenman played Felix in Elly Brewer’s and Sandi Toskvig’s Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (York Theatre Royal), Brian in Terry Johnson
Terry Johnson (dramatist)
Terry Johnson is a British dramatist and director working for stage, television and film. He is a Literary Associate at the Royal Court Theatre. At The Court he directed Dumb Show by Joe Penhall and opened his play Piano/Forte...
's Dead Funny (Nottingham Playhouse), toured with Butterflies Are Free, appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Trial of Lady Chatterley (Nottingham Playhouse) and Richard Hope's brilliant black comedy about serial killers and the press, Good Copy, in which he played a paedophile priest opposite Robert Bathurst
Robert Bathurst
Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. Bathurst was born in the Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1959 and Bathurst was enrolled at an Anglican boarding school...
's prostitute murderer (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
In 2007, Brenman completed a UK tour with Richard Wilson of Steve Thompson's political comedy Whipping It Up and featured in a new series of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
for BBC7.
He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2010 and 2011 Soap Awards.
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Martins | Teacher | |
| 2000 | One of the Hollywood Ten One of the Hollywood Ten One of the Hollywood Ten is a Spanish and British bio-picture. The film was written and directed by Karl Francis.The drama focuses on screenwriter/director Herbert Biberman and his efforts to make, what would become the historic political film, Salt of the Earth , produced without studio backing... |
Dalton Trumbo | |
| 1984 | The Jigsaw Man | Policeman | |
TV
| Year | TV Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008— | Doctors | Dr. Heston Carter Dr. Heston Carter Dr. Heston Carter is a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors. He is played by Owen Brenman and made his first appearance on 14 October 2008.-Character:... |
Series regular |
| 2010 | Decade of Doctors | Himself | 3 episodes: Behind the Scenes / Amazing Facts / Storylines |
| 2009 | The British Soap Awards | Himself - Audience Member | |
| 2008 | Filthy Rich | James Stewart | |
| 2005-2008 | Love Soup Love Soup Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert... |
Lloyd Drewitt | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | Comedy Connections Comedy Connections Comedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008. The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain's comedy television programmes, showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows... |
Himself | 1 episode : One Foot in the Grave One Foot in the Grave One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000... |
| 2005 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune Bremner, Bird and Fortune Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner.The show started in 1999. The fourteenth series... |
Climate Adviser | 1 episode : Episode #7.2 |
| Absolute Power | Anthony Dewson | 1 episode: The Trial | |
| 2004 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Brian Wallace | 1 episode : Who Cares? |
| 2003 | Doctors | Adam Cardwell | 1 episode : Doppelgänger |
| My Family | Headmaster | 1 episode : Loco Parentis | |
| 2001-2002 | Oscar Charlie Oscar Charlie Oscar Charlie was a CBBC children's television series that aired for the first time on the 26 September 2001.The series is about a boy, Charlie Spinner , who discovers that his grandfather, Oscar Spinner , is actually a secret agent. He acts senile but it is just a cover so that nobody would notice... |
Alan Spinner | 13 episodes |
| 1990-2000 | One Foot in the Grave One Foot in the Grave One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000... |
Nick Swainey | 15 episodes |
| 2000 | Fat Friends Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,... |
Harvey Lipman | 1 episode: When the Fat Lady Sings |
| The Peter Principle | Victor | 1 episode: Desperately Seeking Susan | |
| 1999 | People Like Us People Like Us People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer... |
Graham Broadbent | 1 episode : The Solicitor |
| 1998 | Drop the Dead Donkey Drop the Dead Donkey - Major characters :* Gus Hedges — The unctuous Chief Executive of the company, and yes-man to Sir Roysten Merchant. A management stereotype, complete with clichés and clumsy metaphors, he swiftly transforms GlobeLink from a serious news network to a ratings-chasing tabloid channel... |
Sally 1 | 1 episode: A Bit of an Atmosphere |
| In Exile In Exile [In] Exile is the third full-length studio album by Australian rock band After the Fall, released through Roadrunner Records on 28 August 2009. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Richard Stolz.... |
Bishop | 6 episodes | |
| 1997 | Heartbeat | Lester | 1 episode: What the Butler Saw |
| Underworld Underworld The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death... |
Headmaster | 3 episodes: Episode #1.1 / Episode #1.3 /Episode #1.4 | |
| 1996 | Dangerfield Dangerfield (TV series) Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC... |
Wills | 1 episode: Eden |
| Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's | Englishman/actor (voice) | 1 episode: The Radio Ham | |
| 1993-1995 | Woof! Woof! Woof! is a Children's ITV television series produced by Central Independent Television about the adventures of a boy who turns into a dog. It was based on the book by Allan Ahlberg. It was directed by David Cobham. It was written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss.-History:The show was first... |
Mr Thomas | 24 episodes |
| 1995 | Health and Efficiency | Mr. Lester | 1 episode: Finders Keepers |
| 1992 | Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Mr. Bean is a British comedy television programme series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were also written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990,... |
Store Clerk | 1 episode: Merry Christmas Mr. Bean |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Alan Reynolds | 1 episode: Dirty Tricks | |
| 1988-1991 | Stuff | Actor / Various Roles | 13 episodes |
| 1991 | 2point4 children 2point4 children 2point4 Children is a 1990s British sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porter family; an average family that is persistently faced with surreal situations and sheer bad luck.... |
Yuppy | 1 episode: Leader of the Pack |
| The Les Dennis Laughter Show | Actor | 1 episode: Episode #5.6 | |
| The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Dighton | 1 episode: With Intent | |
| The Upper Hand The Upper Hand The Upper Hand is a sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?.... |
Actor | 1 episode: And the Winner Is... | |
| About Face About Face (TV series) About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour sitcoms all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of well known actors and actresses.... |
Chris | 1 episode: Briefcase Encounter | |
| 1988 | The Bill | Solicitor | 1 episode: The Assassins |
| 1987-1988 | 'Allo 'Allo! 'Allo 'Allo! 'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6... |
Guard / London Calling (voice) / Kingfisher (voice) / French' Radio Voice (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 1987 | No Place Like Home | Barman | 1 episode: Fortyfying the Over |
| 1986 | Screen Two | Actor | 1 episode: Honest, Decent and True |
| 1984 | Spitting Image Spitting Image Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show that aired on the ITV network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Television. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989.... |
Writer (written by) | Episode #1.6 |
| 1983 | Sweet Sixteen Sweet Sixteen (TV series) Sweet Sixteen is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1983. It stars Penelope Keith and was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed and produced by Gareth Gwenlan.-Cast:*Penelope Keith — Helen Walker*Christopher Villiers — Peter Morgan... |
Youth | 1 episode:Episode #1.3 |
| The Nation's Health The Nation's Health The Nation's Health is the monthly newspaper of the American Public Health Association, a source of news from and for the public health field... |
Orthopaedic S.H.O | 1 episode: Chronic |