Prasanna Puwanarajah
Actor
- Born
- June 1, 1981 (age 45) · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
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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
The Gunman
February 16, 2015
Diana
September 19, 2013
The Stoning of Soraya M.
June 26, 2009
Möbius
February 17, 2013
Finding Emily
May 21, 2026
The Vote
May 7, 2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
December 9, 2010
The Baby Shower
September 2, 2016
Malcolm
July 14, 2023
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
June 24, 2010
National Theatre Live: Dara
December 1, 2020
Acting11
- 2026Finding Emily as Professor Westlake
- 2023Malcolm as Joe
- 2020National Theatre Live: Dara as Prosecutor Talib
- 2016The Baby Shower
- 2015The Vote as Tom Baird
- 2015The Gunman as Doctor (UCL)
- 2013Diana as Martin Bashir
- 2013Möbius as Saïd
- 2010National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Guildenstern
- 2010National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Servant