Prasanna Puwanarajah
Born: 1981-06-01 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Too Much as Auggie
2024
- The Listeners as Paul
- Breathtaking ... (Writer)
2023
- Malcolm as Joe
- Payback as DC Jibran Khan
- Ballywalter ... (Director)
2022
- Ten Percent as Dan Bala
2020
- National Theatre Live: Dara as Prosecutor Talib
2018
- Patrick Melrose as Johnny
- Defending the Guilty as Ashley
2016
- The Crown as Martin Bashir
- The Baby Shower
2015
- The Vote as Tom Baird
- You, Me and the Apocalypse as Rajesh
- The Gunman as Doctor (UCL)
- Critical as Ramakrishna Chandramohan
2012
- Boy ... (Writer)
2010
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Guildenstern
- National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Servant
2009
- The Stoning of Soraya M. as Revolutionary Guard
2007
- The Sarah Jane Adventures as Car Salesman