Acting credits
21
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
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Movies: 11Series: 12Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 110615
IMDb ID: nm2373081
Known for: Acting
Born: June 1, 1981
Age: 44
Place of birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2007 - 2025
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q55679115
Other jobs
Director (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
6.6
Ballywalter
Director
2023 Movie
Malcolm
as Joe
2023 Movie
9.0
National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib
2020 Movie
6.5
The Baby Shower
2016 Movie
8.4
The Vote
as Tom Baird
2015 Movie
5.8
The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)
2015 Movie
5.6
Diana
as Martin Bashir
2013 Movie
5.7
Möbius
as Saïd
2013 Movie
7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern
2010 Movie
7.0
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Servant
2010 Movie
7.6
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Revolutionary Guard
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
5.7
Too Much
as Auggie • 10 eps
2025 Series
4.2
The Listeners
as Paul • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.7
Breathtaking
Writer • 3 eps
2024 Series
6.2
Payback
as DC Jibran Khan • 6 eps
2023 Series
5.5
Ten Percent
as Dan Bala • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Defending the Guilty
as Ashley • 6 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Patrick Melrose
as Johnny • 4 eps
2018 Series
8.2
The Crown
as Martin Bashir • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.8
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Rajesh • 5 eps
2015 Series
6.8
Critical
as Ramakrishna Chandramohan • 13 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Silk
as Dr Malik • 3 eps
2011 Series
7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Car Salesman • 1 eps
2007 Series