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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.

Finding Emily
as Professor Westlake

Too Much
as Auggie

The Listeners
as Paul

Payback
as DC Jibran Khan

Malcolm
as Joe

Ten Percent
as Dan Bala

National Theatre Live: Dara
as Prosecutor Talib

Defending the Guilty
as Ashley

Patrick Melrose
as Johnny

The Crown
as Martin Bashir

The Baby Shower

You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Rajesh

The Vote
as Tom Baird

Critical
as Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan

The Gunman
as Doctor (UCL)

Diana
as Martin Bashir

Möbius
as Saïd

Silk
as Dr Malik

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Guildenstern

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Servant

The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Revolutionary Guard

The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Car Salesman