Romesh Ranganathan
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Romesh Ranganathan at the 2013 NFRN Awards
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| Birth name | Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan[1] |
| Born | 30 January 1978 Crawley, West Sussex, England[1] |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Character comedy |
| Spouse | Lisa[2] |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan[1] (born 30 January 1978)[1] is a British of Sri Lankan ancestry stand-up comedian and actor. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.[3] He has made multiple appearances on comedy panel shows and in 2016, he co-presented It's Not Rocket Science, alongside Rachel Riley and Ben Miller.[4]
He is also regular panellist on Play to the Whistle and The Apprentice: You're Fired!.
Career
As mentioned on a 2013 episode of Live at the Apollo (series 9) in which he featured, Ranganathan started performing as a comedian whilst a mathematics teacher at Hazelwick School in Crawley, and The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey.[5]
Ranganathan started presenting Newsjack on Radio 4 Extra in March 2014.[6]
He appeared on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice in 2014, during which he presented his homemade vegan chocolate brownies. Ranganathan is a vegan, having been a vegetarian up until 2013.[7]
Ranganathan has guested on multiple episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.[8] He has also appeared on Would I Lie to You?, Holby City, Soccer AM, Russell Howard's Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff, The Last Leg, Virtually Famous, Have I Got News for You and Mock the Week. He was a regular contestant on the first series of Taskmaster and also appeared in the third episode of Jon Richardson Grows Up.
In 2015 he presented a series for BBC Three, Asian Provocateur, in which he travelled to Sri Lanka to explore his ancestral country.[9]
He also joined The Apprentice: You're Fired! in 2015 as a regular panellist. The show is a spin-off from The Apprentice. In December 2015, he appeared in Josh Widdicombe's sitcom, Josh. In 2016, he will co-present It's Not Rocket Science, a new entertainment series for ITV alongside Ben Miller and Rachel Riley.
Personal life
Ranganathan was raised in Horsham.[10] He is married and a father of three. In 2014 Ranganathan's wife, Leesa, was admitted to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary during The Edinburgh Fringe Festival where Ranganathan was appearing and gave birth to their son.[11]
Prior to his comedy career, he was a freestyle rapper under rap name "Ranga" and once reached the finals of the UK freestyle competition.[12]
Ranganathan taught maths and was head of sixth form at Hazelwick School in Crawley before becoming a professional comedian in 2012. His wife was a drama teacher at Hazelwick.[13]
He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent and a supporter of Arsenal F.C..
Filmography
- Television
| Year | Title | Channel | Role | Notes |
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| 2015— | Play to the Whistle | ITV | Regular Panelist | 2 series |
| 2015— | The Apprentice: You're Fired! | BBC Two | Regular Panelist | 1 series |
| 2015 | Asian Provocateur | BBC Three | Main | |
| 2015 | Taskmaster | Dave | Contestant | 1 Series |
| 2015 | Josh | BBC Three | ||
| 2016— | It's Not Rocket Science | ITV | Co-presenter | 1 series |
- Guest appearances
- Live at the Apollo (2013, 2015)
- Mock the Week (2013–present)
- Sweat the Small Stuff (2013–14)
- The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (2014)
- Virtually Famous (2014)
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2015)
- The Last Leg (2015)
- Have I Got News For You (2015, 2016)
- Asian Provocateur (2015)
- Would I Lie to You? (2015)
References
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- ↑ Live at the Apollo at BBC Programmes
- ↑ Newsjack at BBC Programmes
- ↑ Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live 2014, Part 2 at BBC Programmes
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