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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 1, 1981
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Prasanna Puwanarajah
0.3 Popularity
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
Credits
Too Much
as Auggie
2025
5.7
The Listeners
as Paul
2024
4.2
Payback
as DC Jibran Khan
2023
6.2
Malcolm
as Joe
2023
0.0
Ten Percent
as Dan Bala
2022
5.5
National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib
2020
9.0
Defending the Guilty
as Ashley
2018
7.0
Patrick Melrose
as Johnny
2018
7.6
The Crown
as Martin Bashir
2016
8.2
The Baby Shower
2016
6.5
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Rajesh
2015
6.8
The Vote
as Tom Baird
2015
8.4
Critical
as Ramakrishna Chandramohan
2015
6.8
The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)
2015
5.8
Diana
as Martin Bashir
2013
5.6
Möbius
as Saïd
2013
5.7
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern
2010
7.8
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Servant
2010
7.0
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Revolutionary Guard
2009
7.6
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Car Salesman
2007
7.1