Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 01, 1981
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Credits
25 titles
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
Finding Emily
Professor Westlake
Too Much
Auggie
The Listeners
Paul
Breathtaking
Writer
Payback
DC Jibran Khan
Ballywalter
Director
Malcolm
Joe
Ten Percent
Dan Bala
National Theatre Live: Dara
Prosecutor Talib
Defending the Guilty
Ashley
Patrick Melrose
Johnny
The Crown
Martin Bashir
The Baby Shower
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Rajesh
The Vote
Tom Baird
Critical
Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan
The Gunman
Doctor (UCL)
Diana
Martin Bashir
Möbius
Saïd
Boy
Writer
Silk
Dr Malik
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Guildenstern
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Servant
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Revolutionary Guard
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Car Salesman