Prasanna Puwanarajah
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
- 2025 · Too Much as
- 2024 · The Listeners as Paul
- 2023 · Payback as DC Jibran Khan
- 2023 · Malcolm as Joe
- 2022 · Ten Percent as Dan Bala
- 2020 · National Theatre Live: Dara as Prosecutor Talib
- 2018 · Defending the Guilty as Ashley
- 2018 · Patrick Melrose as Johnny
- 2016 · The Crown as Martin Bashir
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Rajesh
- 2015 · The Vote as Tom Baird
- 2015 · Critical as Ramakrishna Chandramohan
- 2015 · The Gunman as Doctor (UCL)
- 2013 · Diana as Martin Bashir
- 2013 · Möbius as Saïd
- 2010 · National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Guildenstern
- 2010 · National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Servant
- 2009 · The Stoning of Soraya M. as Revolutionary Guard
- 2007 · The Sarah Jane Adventures as Car Salesman