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* Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Commended Finalist 2008
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* Amused Moose Laugh-Off Finalist 2008
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* Somehow managed to sleep with Vick Hope, fair play.


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Tom Rosenthal
Rosenthal at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013
Birth nameThomas Alan Smith Rosenthal
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)
Hammersmith, London
MediumStand-up, television
NationalityEnglish
Years active2007 – present
Notable works and rolesPlebs, Friday Night Dinner
Websitewww.tomrosenthal.net Edit this at Wikidata

Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal (born 14 January 1988) is an English comedian and actor. He is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal.[1] His television roles include Marcus Gallo in Plebs and Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner. He currently resides in London. Alongside acting, he has written and performed two of his own comedy shows including “Child of Privilege”.

Life and career

Rosenthal was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Christine "Chrissy" (Smith), a former Newsnight producer, and Jim Rosenthal, a television sports presenter.[1] One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born physician and writer Oscar Levy.[2] Tom Rosenthal is of Jewish heritage on his father's side.[3][4][5] In 2011, he stated, "I get called a Jewish comedian and I'm totally fine with that, but I can't really inform either of the performances I've done this year with a Jewish background. But I have learnt a lot about the culture and it has given me great pride to do so. It is an amazing culture to learn about."[6]

In 2011, he was cast with a leading role as Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner,[7] along with Simon Bird.

He is an avid Arsenal F.C. fan and has appeared on Playback Media podcast "Footballistically Arsenal" alongside Boyd Hilton, Jack Whitehall and Dan Baldwin.

In 2013, Rosenthal played Marcus Gallo, one of the lead characters in ITV2 sitcom Plebs. Plebs returned for a second series in September 2014, with a cameo from his father Jim as a chariot race commentator. Rosenthal also appeared in ITV's drama Breathless as Sam Roth.

In 2014, Rosenthal starred in and created a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.[8]

In 2015, Rosenthal was cast as Gary Thorp in the second series of ITV's Broadchurch. Also in 2015, he was a guest star in the BBC series Horrible Histories and played a song named "I'm out of Town" with a parody of Ed Sheeran's song "Lego House".

In 2016, Rosenthal appeared as voiced guest character Brandon Berrenger in an episode of Thunderbirds Are Go.

Achievements

References

  1. ^ a b James Nadal (20 February 2010). "Television football presenter Jim Rosenthal's son lands plum Channel 4 role". This is local London. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth genealogy". www.blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  3. ^ Nicolas Barker (13 November 2005). "ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal". The Jewish Music Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ Nicolas Barker (22 January 2008). "Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary'". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. ^ Simon Round (2 February 2008). "How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal?" (PDF). The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  6. ^ Kari Rosenberg (16 June 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". The Guardian. 12 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Flat TV". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year". Chortle. 20 February 2011.

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