Prasanna Puwanarajah
Raised in Hampshire, England, Prasanna Puwanarajah was more interested in sports than art when he was growing up. He did some acting as a teenager, but when the time came to attend university, Puwanarajah earned entry to Oxford, where he studied medicine. After graduating, he continued his pursuit of a medical career, but continued acting on the side. Puwanarajah eventually decided to take a year off of medicine to focus on acting, and found enough success that he changed career paths. His first onscreen role came in 2006, when he appeared in a small part on the TV mini-series "The Path to 9/11" (ABC, 2006). His medical training did come in handy, as he played a doctor in recurring roles on the series' "Silk" (BBC One, 2011-14), and "Critical" (Sky 1, 2015), as well as a recurring part on "Doctor Foster" (BBC One, 2015-). In 2018, Puwanarajah was set to appear in a recurring role on the highly anticipated series "Patrick Melrose" (Showtime, 2018-), starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role.
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Prasanna Puwanarajah
Filmography
Movies
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100% | No Score Yet | Ballywalter | Director | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Baby Shower | Eric (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clamp and Grind |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2009 |
TV
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91% | No Score Yet | The Listeners | Paul (Character) | 2024 |
88% | No Score Yet | Breathtaking |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2024 |
71% | 71% | Payback | DC Jibran Khan (Character) | 2023 |
75% | 65% | Ten Percent | Dan Bala (Character) | 2022 |
60% | No Score Yet | Three Families | David Fortress (Character) | 2021 |
92% | 52% | World on Fire | Major Taylor (Character) | 2019 |
78% | 70% | Defending The Guilty | Ashley (Character) | 2018-2019 |
100% | 87% | Mum | Kumar (Character) | 2019 |
90% | 45% | Patrick Melrose | Johnny Hall (Character) | 2018 |