Prasanna Puwanarajah

Prasanna Puwanarajah

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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Filmography

2025

Too Much
Too Much
TV - Released: 7/10/2025

2024

The Listeners
The Listeners
as Paul
TV - Released: 11/19/2024

2023

Malcolm
Malcolm
as Joe
Movie - Released: 7/14/2023
Payback
Payback
as DC Jibran Khan
TV - Released: 10/4/2023

2022

Ten Percent
Ten Percent
as Dan Bala
TV - Released: 4/28/2022

2020

National Theatre Live: Dara
National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib
Movie - Released: 12/1/2020

2018

Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
as Johnny
TV - Released: 5/12/2018
Defending the Guilty
Defending the Guilty
as Ashley
TV - Released: 9/19/2018

2016

The Crown
The Crown
as Martin Bashir
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2015

The Vote
The Vote
as Tom Baird
Movie - Released: 5/7/2015
The Gunman
The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)
Movie - Released: 2/16/2015
Critical
Critical
as Ramakrishna Chandramohan
TV - Released: 2/24/2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Rajesh
TV - Released: 9/30/2015

2013

Möbius
Möbius
as Saïd
Movie - Released: 2/17/2013
Diana
Diana
as Martin Bashir
Movie - Released: 9/19/2013

2010

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Servant
Movie - Released: 6/24/2010
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern
Movie - Released: 12/9/2010

2009

The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Revolutionary Guard
Movie - Released: 6/26/2009

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Car Salesman
TV - Released: 9/24/2007