Owen Brenman

Owen Brenman

Actor

London, England
December 17, 1956

Biography

English actor best known for his role as next-door neighbor 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 subsequently played Heston Carter in the BBC drama series Doctors from 2008 to 2018.

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Representative Works

Time Trouble
Time Trouble
No Rating Yet
/ English
Sharpe's Waterloo
Sharpe's Waterloo
7.3
/ English
The Jigsaw Man
The Jigsaw Man
5.0
/ English
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7
/ English
One of the Hollywood Ten
One of the Hollywood Ten
6.3
/ English
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
8.0
/ English
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
9.1
/ English
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
9.0
/ English
The Martins
The Martins
5.3
/ English
The Robbie Coltrane Special
The Robbie Coltrane Special
6.5
/ English
An Affair in Mind
An Affair in Mind
5.0
/ English
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story
7.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Time Trouble
1985Nominee

Best Performance

Time Trouble

Sharpe's Waterloo
1997Nominee

Best Performance

Sharpe's Waterloo

The Jigsaw Man
1983Nominee

Best Performance

The Jigsaw Man

Career Highlights

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016Highlight

Best Performance

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

One of the Hollywood Ten
2002Highlight

Best Performance

One of the Hollywood Ten

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