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Prasanna Puwanarajah

Acting
Known For

44 Years Old

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.

Born

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK on 1st June 1981

All Credits

The Crown Image
The Crown
Martin Bashir
Patrick Melrose Image
Patrick Melrose
Johnny
The Sarah Jane Adventures Image
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Car Salesman
The Listeners Image
The Listeners
Paul
You, Me and the Apocalypse Image
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Rajesh
Critical Image
Critical
Ramakrishna Chandramohan
Defending the Guilty Image
Defending the Guilty
Ashley
Payback Image
Payback
DC Jibran Khan
Too Much Image
Too Much
Ten Percent Image
Ten Percent
Dan Bala
The Stoning of Soraya M. Image
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Revolutionary Guard
Diana Image
Diana
Martin Bashir
The Gunman Image
The Gunman
Doctor (UCL)
Möbius Image
Möbius
Saïd
The Vote Image
The Vote
Tom Baird
National Theatre Live: London Assurance Image
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Servant
National Theatre Live: Hamlet Image
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Guildenstern
Malcolm Image
Malcolm
Joe
National Theatre Live: Dara Image
National Theatre Live: Dara
Prosecutor Talib