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Prasanna Puwanarajah
Actor, Writer, Producer, DirectorBorn June 1, 1981 (44 years)
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.
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.
Prasanna Puwanarajah Filmography
| 2025 | Too Much (TV Series) · as Auggie |
| 2024 | The Listeners (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 2023 | Payback (2023) (TV Series) · as Dc Jibran Khan |
| 2022 | Ten Percent (TV Series) · as Dan Bala |
| 2021 | Three Families (TV Series) · as David Fortress |
| 2019 | World on Fire (TV Series) · as Major Taylor |
| 2018 | Defending the Guilty (TV Series) · as Ashley |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose (TV Series) · as Johnny |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Martin Bashir |
| 2016 | Mum (TV Series) · as Kumar |
| 2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse (TV Series) · as Rajesh |
| 2015 | Doctor Foster (TV Series) · as James |
| 2015 | The Vote · as Tom Baird |
| 2015 | Critical (TV Series) · as Ramakrishna Chandramohan |
| 2015 | The Gunman · as Doctor (ucl) |
| 2013 | Diana · as Martin Bashir |
| 2013 | Möbius · as Saïd |
| 2012 | Line of Duty (TV Series) · as Haran Nadaraja |
| 2011 | Silk (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet · as Guildenstern |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance · as Servant |
| 2008 | The Stoning of Soraya M. · as Revolutionary Guard |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV Series) · as Car Salesman |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 (TV Series) · as Ishtiak |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Sanjeev Da Silva |
| 1997 | Cold Feet (TV Series) · as Sam Harvey |
| 2024 | Breathtaking (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Unprecedented (TV Series) |
| 2012 |
| 2024 | Breathtaking (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Front Row Late (TV Series) · as Self - Guest - Actor And Director |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |