Actor

Prasanna Puwanarajah

June 1, 1981 · 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.

Notable work

8.2
The Crown (2016)
as Martin Bashir
5.8
The Gunman (2015)
as Doctor (UCL)
5.6
Diana (2013)
as Martin Bashir
7.5
Patrick Melrose (2018)
as Johnny

Often works with

Pip Torrens
3 titles together
The Crown, Patrick Melrose, Silk
Charles Edwards
2 titles together
The Crown, Diana
Indira Varma
2 titles together
Patrick Melrose, Silk
Yasmin Paige
2 titles together
The Sarah Jane Adventures, Finding Emily
John Macmillan
2 titles together
Silk, Critical
Nina Sosanya
2 titles together
Silk, The Vote

Full filmography · 25

Finding Emily
as Professor Westlake
20266.9
Ballywalter
Director
2023
Malcolm
as Joe
2023
National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib
2020
The Baby Shower
cast
2016
The Vote
as Tom Baird
2015
The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)
20155.8
Diana
as Martin Bashir
20135.6
Möbius
as Saïd
20135.7
Boy
Writer
2012
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Servant
2010