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name: "Prasanna Puwanarajah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/prasanna-puwanarajah"
fi1m_id: "prasanna-puwanarajah"
imdb_id: "nm2373081"
tmdb_id: 110615
wikidata_id: "Q55679115"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:05:43.089963+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Prasanna Puwanarajah

## Identity

Prasanna Puwanarajah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/prasanna-puwanarajah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** prasanna-puwanarajah
- **IMDb ID:** nm2373081
- **TMDB ID:** 110615
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55679115
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasanna_Puwanarajah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55679115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2373081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110615

Actor. Born 1 June 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1981, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasanna_Puwanarajah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55679115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2373081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110615

## Biography

Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director and writer. Born in 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk, to Tamil Sri Lankan parents, he trained in medicine at New College, Oxford. He worked as a junior doctor in the NHS for several years, including in reconstructive surgery, before leaving to pursue acting and related work full time.

He is known for television roles including Martin Bashir in *The Crown* (2016 and 2022) and Johnny in *Patrick Melrose* (2018), as well as appearances in *Diana* (2013), *The Gunman* (2015) and *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015). His film credits include *Möbius* (2013) and *Finding Emily* (2026), in which he plays Professor Westlake. Puwanarajah has also directed theatre productions and the feature film *Ballywalter* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Finding Emily* (2026), Fi1m 70, as Professor Westlake — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-emily.md)
- *Silk* (2011), Fi1m 71, as Dr Malik — [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Finding Emily* (2026), as Professor Westlake — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-emily.md)
- *Too Much* (2025), series, as Auggie
- *The Listeners* (2024), series, as Paul
- *Breathtaking* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Payback* (2023), series, as DC Jibran Khan
- *Ballywalter* (2023), Director
- *Malcolm* (2023), as Joe
- *Ten Percent* (2022), series, as Dan Bala
- *National Theatre Live: Dara* (2020), as Prosecutor Talib
- *Defending the Guilty* (2018), series, as Ashley
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), series, as Johnny — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Martin Bashir — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Baby Shower* (2016), Actor
- *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015), series, as Rajesh
- *The Vote* (2015), as Tom Baird
- *Critical* (2015), series, as Dr. Ramakrishna Chandramohan
- *The Gunman* (2015), as Doctor (UCL)
- *Diana* (2013), as Martin Bashir
- *Möbius* (2013), as Saïd
- *Boy* (2012), Writer
- *Silk* (2011), series, as Dr Malik — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Hamlet* (2010), as Guildenstern
- *National Theatre Live: London Assurance* (2010), as Servant
- *The Stoning of Soraya M.* (2009), as Revolutionary Guard
- *The Sarah Jane Adventures* (2007), series, as Car Salesman

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