Prasanna Puwanarajah

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.

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Selected Filmography

• The Crown(2016)TV Series · 2 epsas Martin Bashir
• Silk(2011)TV Series · 3 epsas Dr Malik
• The Sarah Jane Adventures(2007)TV Series · 1 epas Car Salesman
• Too Much(2025)TV Series · 10 epsas Auggie
• Patrick Melrose(2018)TV Series · 4 epsas Johnny
• The Gunman(2015)as Doctor (UCL)
• You, Me and the Apocalypse(2015)TV Series · 5 epsas Rajesh
• Critical(2015)TV Series · 13 epsas Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan
• Payback(2023)TV Series · 6 epsas DC Jibran Khan
• Ten Percent(2022)TV Series · 8 epsas Dan Bala
• The Listeners(2024)TV Series · 4 epsas Paul
• Möbius(2013)as Saïd
• The Stoning of Soraya M.(2009)as Revolutionary Guard
• Diana(2013)as Martin Bashir
• Defending the Guilty(2018)TV Series · 6 epsas Ashley
• Breathtaking(2024)TV Series · 3 epsWriter
• Boy(2012)Writer
• Malcolm(2023)as Joe
• The Vote(2015)as Tom Baird
• National Theatre Live: London Assurance(2010)as Servant