Acting
Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Born
- Jun 1, 1981 · Age 45
- Place of birth
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 11
- TV credits
- 11
- Directing credits
- 2
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,…
