Prasanna Puwanarajah
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(10 total)
The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)
Diana
as Martin Bashir
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Revolutionary Guard
Möbius
as Saïd
The Vote
as Tom Baird
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern
Malcolm
as Joe
National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib
TV Shows
(11 total)
The Crown
as Martin Bashir
Patrick Melrose
as Johnny
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Car Salesman
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Rajesh
Silk
as Dr Malik
Too Much
as Auggie
Payback
as DC Jibran Khan
The Listeners
as Paul
Critical
as Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan
Defending the Guilty
as Ashley
Ten Percent
as Dan Bala