Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Acting
- June 1, 1981 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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, Executive producer
- 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
- Coming Up · Director