Directed credits
1
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Director
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 110615
IMDb ID: nm2373081
Known for: Acting
Born: June 1, 1981
Age: 45
Place of birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2007 - 2026
Years active: 20
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q55679115
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (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
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Movies
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Highest rated movies linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
Series
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Highest rated series linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
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Most viewed movie titles linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
as Professor Westlake
Finding Emily
2026 • Movie
as Doctor (UCL)
The Gunman
2015 • Movie
as Saïd
Möbius
2013 • Movie
as Martin Bashir
Diana
2013 • Movie
as Revolutionary Guard
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009 • Movie
as Guildenstern
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 • Movie
The Baby Shower
2016 • Movie
as Prosecutor Talib
National Theatre Live: Dara
2020 • Movie
Director
Ballywalter
2023 • Movie
as Tom Baird
The Vote
2015 • Movie
as Servant
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010 • Movie
as Joe
Malcolm
2023 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Prasanna Puwanarajah.
as Martin Bashir • 2 eps
The Crown
2016 • Series
as Dr Malik • 3 eps
Silk
2011 • Series
as Car Salesman • 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 • Series
as Auggie • 10 eps
Too Much
2025 • Series
as Johnny • 4 eps
Patrick Melrose
2018 • Series
as DC Jibran Khan • 6 eps
Payback
2023 • Series
as Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan • 13 eps
Critical
2015 • Series
as Rajesh • 5 eps
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015 • Series
as Paul • 4 eps
The Listeners
2024 • Series
Executive Producer • 3 eps
Breathtaking
2024 • Series
as Ashley • 6 eps
Defending the Guilty
2018 • Series
as Dan Bala • 8 eps
Ten Percent
2022 • Series
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Prasanna Puwanarajah.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Prasanna Puwanarajah.
as Professor Westlake
Finding Emily
2026 • Movie
as Joe
Malcolm
2023 • Movie
as Prosecutor Talib
National Theatre Live: Dara
2020 • Movie
The Baby Shower
2016 • Movie
as Tom Baird
The Vote
2015 • Movie
as Doctor (UCL)
The Gunman
2015 • Movie
as Martin Bashir
Diana
2013 • Movie
as Saïd
Möbius
2013 • Movie
as Guildenstern
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010 • Movie
as Servant
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010 • Movie
as Revolutionary Guard
The Stoning of Soraya M.
2009 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Prasanna Puwanarajah.
as Auggie • 10 eps
Too Much
2025 • Series
as Paul • 4 eps
The Listeners
2024 • Series
as DC Jibran Khan • 6 eps
Payback
2023 • Series
as Dan Bala • 8 eps
Ten Percent
2022 • Series
as Ashley • 6 eps
Defending the Guilty
2018 • Series
as Johnny • 4 eps
Patrick Melrose
2018 • Series
as Martin Bashir • 2 eps
The Crown
2016 • Series
as Rajesh • 5 eps
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015 • Series
as Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan • 13 eps
Critical
2015 • Series
as Dr Malik • 3 eps
Silk
2011 • Series
as Car Salesman • 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 • Series