Sid Owen (born David Sutton on 12 January 1972 in London) is an English actor. He is most famous for playing the role of Ricky Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which he appeared in from 1988 until 2000 and then again from 2002 until 2004.

Previous to EastEnders he had a small role in the film Revolution in 1985. After leaving the soap he tried his hand at pop music releasing his version of Sugar Minott's 1982 single 'Good Thing Going'. An album was recorded but has never been released.

Returning to TV work, Owen took part in the fifth series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2005) where he carried out the first bushtucker trail with David Dickinson. He finished third in the series. He also took part in a celebrity boxing match with Ben Fogle, for Sport Relief which he ultimately won. Sid also starred in ITV1's prison drama Bad Girls as prison officer, Donny Kimber in 2006, during the shows eighth and final series. His character fell for prisoner Janine Nebeski, played by his ex-EastEnder co-star, Nicola Stapleton.

He is currently running a restaurant in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France.