Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 1, 1981
Place of Birth:
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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Prasanna Puwanarajah
Biography
Prasanna Puwanarajah (Tamil: பிரசன்னா புவனராஜா; born 1981) is a British actor, director, writer, and former junior medical doctor.
Puwanarajah was born at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk to Tamil Sri Lankan parents from Sri Lanka, his mother a psychiatrist and his father a dentist. He spent his early childhood on Churchill Avenue in Ipswich before the family moved to Hampshire when he was four. He participated in school plays and spent a season with the National Youth Theatre, but thought of acting as more of a hobby than a career choice at the time.
He trained in Medicine at New College, Oxford. After working as a junior doctor in reconstructive surgery for over three years, Puwanarajah decided to take a year out. It was during this time he decided to become a full-time actor, describing it as "more of a strong pull towards something else" than a "push away from" his medical career.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Malcolm | Joe |
| 2020 | National Theatre Live: Dara | Prosecutor Talib |
| 2015 | The Vote | Tom Baird |
| 2015 | The Gunman | Doctor (UCL) |
| 2013 | Möbius | Saïd |
| 2013 | Diana | Martin Bashir |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance | Servant |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Guildenstern |
| 2009 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Revolutionary Guard |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Too Much | Auggie |
| 2024 | The Listeners | Paul |
| 2023 | Payback | DC Jibran Khan |
| 2022 | Ten Percent | Dan Bala |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Johnny |
| 2018 | Defending the Guilty | Ashley |
| 2016 | The Crown | Martin Bashir |
| 2015 | Critical | Ramakrishna Chandramohan |
| 2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | Rajesh |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Car Salesman |