Tom Rosenthal (actor)
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Birth name | Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal |
Born | Hammersmith, London, England | 14 January 1988
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Alma mater | King's College London, University of London |
Years active | 2007–present |
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Website | www |
Thomas "Tom" Alan Smith Rosenthal (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. Born in Hammersmith, London, he is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal.[1] His television roles include Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner (2011–present) and Marcus Gallo in Plebs (2013–present). Rosenthal has written and performed three stand-up comedy shows, including Child of Privilege (2011), благодаря (2013), and Manhood (2019–2020) which was highly rated at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[2]
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, and grew up in the village of Cookham in Berkshire.[1] He studied Philosophy at King's College London. [3]
His father is Jewish (of German-Jewish descent).[4][5][6] One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy.[7] 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."[8] He was dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London Evening Standard.[9] Rosenthal has talked openly about living with obsessive–compulsive disorder.[10]
Rosenthal is vocal about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to the practice.[11]
In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner,[12] along with Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, and Mark Heap.
In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs.
In 2014 he created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.[13]
In 2019 he played Private Pike in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC sitcom Dad's Army.
Friday Night Dinner
Rosenthal has starred as Johnny Goodman in the Channel 4 sit-com Friday Night Dinner since 2011, alongside Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter Simon Bird, Mark Heap & Tracy Ann Oberman (Oberman is a friend of Rosenthal's and they met whilst doing the BBC Two sitcom Nighty Night).
Achievements
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- Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Commended Finalist 2008
- Amused Moose Laugh-Off Finalist 2008
- Paramount Funniest Student Winner 2009 (video available)
- Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Finalist 2009
- Nominated for a British Comedy Award as Best Breakthrough Act of 2011, alongside Greg Davies, Micky Flanagan and Angelos Epithemiou.
- Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (Joint winner with Ben Target) 2011[14]
References
- ^ a b James Dunlop (20 February 2010). "Television football presenter Jim Rosenthal's son lands plum Channel 4 role". This is local London. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Manhood Tour Dates". Tom Rosenthal professional web site.
- ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html
- ^ Barker, Nicolas (13 November 2005). "ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal". The Jewish Music Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Nicolas Barker (22 January 2008). "Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary'". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Simon Round (2 February 2008). "How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal?" (PDF). The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth genealogy". blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Kari Rosenberg (16 June 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "'Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". The Guardian. 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Flat TV". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year". Chortle. 20 February 2011.
External links
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