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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{For|other people with the same name|Tom Rosenthal (disambiguation){{!}}Tom Rosenthal}}
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{{Infobox comedian
{{Infobox comedian
| name = Tom Rosenthal
| name = Tom Rosenthal
| image = Tom Rosenthal 2013.jpg
| image = Tom Rosenthal 2013.jpg
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| caption = Rosenthal at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013
| caption = Rosenthal at the 2013 [[British Comedy Awards]]
| pseudonym =
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| birth_name =Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal
| birth_name = Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|14|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], London, England
| birth_place = London, England
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| medium = {{hlist|[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]]|[[television]]}}
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| nationality =
| Alma Mater = King's College London, University of London
| active = 2007–present
| active = 2007–present
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| influences = [[Simon Pegg]], [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]
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| notable_work = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]''
* ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]''
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| website = {{Official URL}}
| website = {{URL|http://tomrosenthal.net}}
| footnotes =
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| relatives = [[Jim Rosenthal]] (father)<br />[[Oscar Levy]] (great-grandfather)
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'''Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal''' (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his television roles as Jonny Goodman in ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'' (2011–2020) and Marcus Gallo in ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' (2013–2022). He has written and performed three stand-up comedy shows: ''Child of Privilege'' (2011), ''благодаря'' (2013), and ''Manhood'' (2019–2020), the latter of which received critical acclaim at the 2019 [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]].
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'''Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal''' (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor and comedian. He is the son of television sports presenter [[Jim Rosenthal]].<ref name="This is Local London, 2010-02-20">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/5017858.Cookham_comic_lands_plum_Channel_4_role/ |title=Television football presenter Jim Rosenthal's son lands plum Channel 4 role|author=James Dunlop |date=20 February 2010 |work=This is local London |accessdate=2 May 2012 }}</ref> His television roles include: Jonny Goodman in ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'' (2011–present) and Marcus Gallo in ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' (2013–present). Rosenthal has written and performed two of his own comedy shows including ''Child of Privilege''. He performed at the 2019 [[Edinburgh Fringe|Edinburgh Fringe Festival]], where his show, ''Manhood'', was highly rated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tomrosenthal.net/dates |title=Manhood Tour Dates |work=Tom Rosenthal professional web site}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Early life==
Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal was born in the [[Hammersmith]] area of London on 14 January 1988, the son of ''[[Newsnight]]'' producer Christine (née Smith) and television sports presenter [[Jim Rosenthal]].<ref name="This is Local London, 2010-02-20">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/5017858.Cookham_comic_lands_plum_Channel_4_role/ |title=Television football presenter Jim Rosenthal's son lands plum Channel 4 role|author=James Dunlop |date=20 February 2010 |work=This is local London |accessdate=2 May 2012 }}</ref> He is of German-Jewish descent through his father,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmi.org.uk/suppressedmusic/newsletter/obituaries/albirosenthal.html |title=ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal |author-link=Nicolas Barker|first=Nicolas|last=Barker |date=13 November 2005 |publisher=The Jewish Music Institute |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maud-rosenthal-oscar-levys-daughtersecretary-771733.html |title=Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary' |author=Nicolas Barker |date=22 January 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blankgenealogy.com/histories/Articles%20and%20Stories/How%20Jewish%20is%20Jim%20Rosenthal.pdf |title=How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal? |author=Simon Round |date=2 February 2008 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |accessdate=2 May 2012 }}</ref> with one of his paternal great-grandfathers being German-Jewish physician and writer [[Oscar Levy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blankgenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I1031&tree=Blank1 |title=Levy Maud Ruth genealogy |author=Chris Kearney |publisher=blankgenealogy.com |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> He was once dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London ''Evening Standard''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html|title=My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege|date=14 January 2014|work=Evening Standard|location=London|language=en|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> He grew up in [[Cookham|Cookham, Berkshire]],<ref name="This is Local London, 2010-02-20"/> and went to [[Reading Blue Coat School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=RBCS – Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/readingbluecoatschool/posts/old-blue-tom-rosenthal-live-on-bbc-radio-1-at-the-moment-from-the-edinburgh-frin/10151754439929235/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> before studying philosophy at [[King's College London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-supersmart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html|title=My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege|date=15 January 2014|work=Evening Standard|location=London}}</ref> His early comedic influences were the TV shows ''[[Spaced]]'', ''[[Brass Eye]]'', and ''[[Da Ali G Show]]''.<ref name="Amira Hashish">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-supersmart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html |title=My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege Tom Rosenthal |author=Amira Hashish |work =Evening Standard|date=15 January 2014 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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]].<ref name="This is Local London, 2010-02-20"/> He studied Philosophy at [[King's College London]]. <ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html</ref>


==Career==
His father is [[Jews|Jewish]] (of German Jewish descent).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmi.org.uk/suppressedmusic/newsletter/obituaries/albirosenthal.html |title=ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal |author-link=Nicolas Barker|first=Nicolas|last=Barker |date=13 November 2005 |publisher=The Jewish Music Institute |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maud-rosenthal-oscar-levys-daughtersecretary-771733.html |title=Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary' |author=Nicolas Barker |date=22 January 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blankgenealogy.com/histories/Articles%20and%20Stories/How%20Jewish%20is%20Jim%20Rosenthal.pdf |title=How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal? |author=Simon Round |date=2 February 2008 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |accessdate=2 May 2012 }}</ref> One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born Jewish physician and writer [[Oscar Levy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blankgenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I1031&tree=Blank1 |title=Levy Maud Ruth genealogy |author=Chris Kearney |publisher=blankgenealogy.com |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/?content_id=16435 |title=Tom turns into a political football |author=Kari Rosenberg |date=16 June 2011 |work=TotallyJewish.com |accessdate=2 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref> He was dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London ''Evening Standard''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html|title=My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege|date=14 January 2014|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Rosenthal has talked openly about living with [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html|title=My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege|date=14 January 2014|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Tom Rosenthal 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Rosenthal performing at the [[Edinburgh Fringe|Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in 2010]]
In 2011, Rosenthal was cast as Jonny Goodman in the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/feb/12/channel4-television |title=Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 February 2010 }}</ref> alongside [[Simon Bird]], [[Tamsin Greig]], [[Paul Ritter]], and [[Mark Heap]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844923/ |title=Friday Night Dinner (TV Series 2011–2020) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> The sitcom focused on the weekly [[Shabbat dinner]] in the middle-class [[secular Jewish]] Goodman family in [[North London]]. Rosenthal played the younger son and he and Greig are the only two main cast members who have Jewish roots in real life. The sixth and final series set the record for the highest audience for any comedy on Channel 4 or [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] for 16-to-34 year olds with a 49.3% share, and the average audience for the series was 3.9 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-announce-friday-night-dinner-night-wt |title=Channel 4 announce Friday Night Dinner (w/t) |publisher=Channel 4 |date=14 January 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> Following the death of Ritter in 2021, it was announced that the show would not continue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=No More Episodes of Friday Night Dinner Are Currently Planned|url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv-and-film-no-more-episodes-of-friday-night-dinner-are-currently-planned-20210116|access-date=2021-04-18|website=ladbible.com|date=16 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/06/friday-night-dinner-star-paul-ritter-dies-of-brain-tumour-at-54 |title=Paul Ritter: Friday Night Dinner star dies of brain tumour at 54 |author=Toby Moses |work=The Guardian |date=6 April 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/26/farewell-friday-night-dinner-the-joyous-jewish-sitcom-that-became-a-national-treasure |title=Farewell Friday Night Dinner: the joyous Jewish sitcom that became a national treasure |author=Rachel Aroesti |work=The Guardian |date=26 May 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the start of the show, an anniversary special was aired in May 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/friday-night-dinner-anniversary-special-to-air-later-this-month-2939837 |title='Friday Night Dinner' anniversary special to air later this month |author=Ella Kemp |work=NME |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>


In 2013, he was cast as Marcus in the ITV sitcom ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]''. The sitcom is a comedy set in [[Ancient Rome]], following the main characters of Marcus, Stylax, and Grumio.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/sep/20/plebs-roman-comedy-tom-rosenthal |title=Plebs: 'Ancient Rome allows us to bring in gladiators and orgies' |author=Luke Holland |work=The Guardian |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> In 2020, it was announced that a sixth series would not be commissioned and instead a feature-length special would be released.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/itv2s-plebs-end-feature-length-special/#:~:text=ITV%202%27s%20comedy%20Plebs%20will,returning%20for%20a%20sixth%20series.&text=Speaking%20to%20The%20Sun%20about,off%20to%20join%20the%20army. |title=ITV2's Plebs will end with a feature-length special |author=Lauren Morris |work=The Radio Times|date=30 April 2020 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
Rosenthal is vocal about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to the practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/aug/13/tom-rosenthal-manhood-foreskin-edinburgh|title='Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy |work=The Guardian |accessdate=25 February 2020 }}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03m5b2j/episodes/guide |title=''Flat TV'' |publisher=[[BBC iPlayer]] |accessdate=4 March 2017 }}</ref>
In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the [[Channel 4]] [[sitcom]], ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/feb/12/channel4-television |title=Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 February 2010 }}</ref> along with [[Simon Bird]].


In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]''.
In 2015, he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the ITV drama series ''[[Broadchurch]]''.


In 2019, he played [[Private Pike]] in ''[[Dad's Army#Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)|Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes]]'', a recreation of three missing episodes of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]''. That same year, his third stand-up show ''Manhood'' received critical acclaim at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tomrosenthal.net/dates |title=Manhood Tour Dates |work=Tom Rosenthal professional web site}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03m5b2j/episodes/guide |title=''Flat TV'' |publisher=[[BBC iPlayer]] |accessdate=4 March 2017 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
In 2019 he played [[Private Pike]] in ''[[Dad's Army#Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)|Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes]]'', a recreation of three missing episodes of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]''.
Rosenthal was in a relationship with TV and radio presenter, [[Vick Hope]] from 2013 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vick Hope says break up with Tom Rosenthal had nothing to do with Strictly curse |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/talent-shows/vick-hope-says-break-up-with-tom-rosenthal-had-nothing-to-do-with-strictly-curse/amp/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Radio Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Dan |date=2022-11-15 |title=Tom Rosenthal's life from West London childhood to very famous dad |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/tv/richard-osmans-house-games-tom-25515325 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref> He is a fan of [[Arsenal F.C.]].<ref name="Amira Hashish" />

Rosenthal said of his Jewish roots in 2011, "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."<ref>{{cite web |author=Kari Rosenberg |date=16 June 2011 |title=Tom turns into a political football |url=http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/?content_id=16435 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091409/http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/?content_id=16435 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |accessdate=2 May 2012 |work=TotallyJewish.com}}</ref>

In 2019, Rosenthal began to speak out about his negative experience with [[Brit milah|circumcision]] and [[Circumcision controversies|his opposition to it]],<ref name="Ryan Gilbey">{{cite web |author=Ryan Gilbey |date=13 August 2019 |title='Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/aug/13/tom-rosenthal-manhood-foreskin-edinburgh |accessdate=25 February 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> as well as speaking about how the experience intersected with his struggles with [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]].<ref name="Ryan Gilbey" /> He stated, "The truth is that my parents were put in charge of my welfare and they did something to me that can never be remedied. [...] The last proper Jew in our family was four generations back. [[Jim Rosenthal|My dad]] was circumcised for medical reasons, which is another bloody rabbit hole because a lot of those cases are misdiagnosed. [...] The aim is to recognise that if this has happened to you and you feel fine about it, that's great. But if you don't feel fine, which I don't, then you're justified."<ref name="Ryan Gilbey" />

Rosenthal has questioned whether he is autistic, saying "I do clearly have quite a lot of the behavioral traits that people who are diagnosed as autistic do have". He also explained his friends believe him to be autistic. While taking part in BBC One show, ''[[Pilgrimage (TV series)|Pilgrimage]]'', model, [[Christine McGuinness]] who is the mother of three autistic children and is autistic herself, discussed with Rosenthal, that she believed him to be autistic as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1882319/tom-rosenthal-pilgrimage-bbc |title=Tom Rosenthal: 'My parents think I'm crazy... In the proudest way' |date=27 March 2024 |accessdate=12 April 2024 |work=The Express}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2013
|[[Breathless (British TV series)|''Breathless'']]
|Sam Rothe
|3 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[Comedy Feeds]]''
|Tom
|Episode: "Flat TV"
|-
|2015
|''[[Broadchurch]]''
|Gary Thorp
|2 episodes
|-
|2015
|[[Horrible Histories (2015 TV series)|''Horrible Histories'']]
|[[Alfred the Great]]
|Episode: "[[List of Horrible Histories (2015 TV series) episodes#Series 6 (2015)|Awesome Alfred The Great]]"
|-
|2014–2016
|''Flat TV''
|Tom
|5 episodes; also writer
|-
|2015–2017
|[[Drunk History (British TV series)|''Drunk History'']]
|Drunk Storyteller
|4 episodes
|-
|2017
|''Absolutely Fine''
|Tom
|9 episodes
|-
|2018
|''[[Roast Battle]]''
|Himself
|Episode: #2.1
|-
|2019
|''[[The Crystal Maze]]''
|Himself
|Episode: #9.2
|-
|2019
|''[[The One Show]]''
|Himself
|2 episodes
|-
|2013–2019
|''[[Sunday Brunch]]''
|Himself
|5 episodes
|-
|2016–2019
|[[Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series)|''Thunderbirds Are Go'']]
|Brandon Berrenger (voice)
|2 episodes
|-
|2019
|[[Dad's Army#Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)|''Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes'']]
|[[Private Pike]]
|3 episodes
|-
|2013–2019
|''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]''
|Marcus
|38 episodes
|-
|2011–2020
|''[[Friday Night Dinner]]''
|Jonny Goodman
|37 episodes
|-
|2020
|''[[Kavos Weekender#Series 9 (2020)|Ibiza Weekender]]''
|Narrator
|10 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link]]''
|Himself
|New Year's Eve Special
|-
|2021–2022
|''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]''
|Himself
|10 episodes
|-
|2022
|[[Red Rose (TV series)|''Red Rose'']]
|Douglas Sensei
|Episode: "Manchester Innit"
|-
|2022
|''Lloyd of the Flies''
|Lloyd B. Fly (voice)
|26 episodes
|-
|2022
|''Plebs: Soldiers of Rome''
|Marcus
|Television film
|-
|2023
|[[Pointless|''Pointless Celebrities'']]
|Himself
|Episode: #16.6
|-
|2023
|''[[Steph's Packed Lunch]]''
|Himself
|Episode: #4.51
|-
|2023
|''Adventures of ArachnoFly''
|ArachnoFly
|16 episodes
|}

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2013
|''Scar Tissue''
|Mike Hunt
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Benny & Jolene]]''
|Tommy
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Bridget Jones's Baby]]''
|Josh
|
|-
|2016
|''Elderflower''
|Felix
|Short film
|-
|2018
|''Under The Weather''
|Edward Cirrus (voice)
|Short film; also writer
|-
|2020
|''Settlers''
|Ian
|Short film
|-
|2023
|''[[Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre]]''
|Trent
|
|}

== Stand-up comedy shows ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2011
|''Child of Privilege''
| rowspan="3" |Written and Performed by Tom
|-
|2013
|''благодаря''
|-
|2019–2020
|''Manhood''
|}


==Achievements==
==Achievements==

{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2019}}
* [[Chortle Student Comedian of the Year]] Finalist 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists 2009 : About Chortle 2009 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/about/2009/08/27/9507/chortle_student_comedy_award_finalists_2009 |website=Chortle |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=en |date=27 August 2009}}</ref>
* Nominated for a [[British Comedy Award]] as Best Breakthrough Act of 2011, alongside [[Greg Davies]], [[Micky Flanagan]] and [[Angelos Epithemiou]].
* Nominated for a [[British Comedy Award]] as Best Breakthrough Act of 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=The British Comedy Awards - The British Comedy Awards - Winners 2011 |url=https://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/2011.aspx |website=The British Comedy Awards |access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year|''Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year]] (Joint winner with [[Ben Target]]) 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2011/02/20/12790/mercury_rising |title=Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year |work=[[Chortle (website)|Chortle]] |date=20 February 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year|''Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year]] (Joint winner with [[Ben Target]]) 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2011/02/20/12790/mercury_rising |title=Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year |work=[[Chortle]] |date=20 February 2011 }}</ref>
* Paramount Funniest Student Winner 2009 (video available)
* [[Chortle Student Comedian of the Year]] Finalist 2009
* Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Commended Finalist 2008
* Amused Moose Laugh-Off Finalist 2008


==References==
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For other people with the same name, see Tom Rosenthal.

Tom Rosenthal
Rosenthal at the 2013 British Comedy Awards
Birth nameThomas Alan Smith Rosenthal
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)
London, England
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
Alma materKing's College London
Years active2007–present
Relative(s)Jim Rosenthal (father)
Oscar Levy (great-grandfather)
Websitetomrosenthal.net

Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his television roles as Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020) and Marcus Gallo in Plebs (2013–2022). He has written and performed three stand-up comedy shows: Child of Privilege (2011), благодаря (2013), and Manhood (2019–2020), the latter of which received critical acclaim at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Early life

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Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal was born in the Hammersmith area of London on 14 January 1988, the son of Newsnight producer Christine (née Smith) and television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal.[1] He is of German-Jewish descent through his father,[2][3][4] with one of his paternal great-grandfathers being German-Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy.[5] He was once dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London Evening Standard.[6] He grew up in Cookham, Berkshire,[1] and went to Reading Blue Coat School[7] before studying philosophy at King's College London.[8] His early comedic influences were the TV shows Spaced, Brass Eye, and Da Ali G Show.[9]

Career

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Rosenthal performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010

In 2011, Rosenthal was cast as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner,[10] alongside Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, and Mark Heap.[11] The sitcom focused on the weekly Shabbat dinner in the middle-class secular Jewish Goodman family in North London. Rosenthal played the younger son and he and Greig are the only two main cast members who have Jewish roots in real life. The sixth and final series set the record for the highest audience for any comedy on Channel 4 or E4 for 16-to-34 year olds with a 49.3% share, and the average audience for the series was 3.9 million viewers.[12] Following the death of Ritter in 2021, it was announced that the show would not continue.[13][14][15] To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the start of the show, an anniversary special was aired in May 2021.[16]

In 2013, he was cast as Marcus in the ITV sitcom Plebs. The sitcom is a comedy set in Ancient Rome, following the main characters of Marcus, Stylax, and Grumio.[17] In 2020, it was announced that a sixth series would not be commissioned and instead a feature-length special would be released.[18]

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.[19]

In 2015, he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the ITV drama series Broadchurch.

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. That same year, his third stand-up show Manhood received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[20]

Personal life

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Rosenthal was in a relationship with TV and radio presenter, Vick Hope from 2013 to 2017.[21][22] He is a fan of Arsenal F.C..[9]

Rosenthal said of his Jewish roots in 2011, "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."[23]

In 2019, Rosenthal began to speak out about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to it,[24] as well as speaking about how the experience intersected with his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder.[24] He stated, "The truth is that my parents were put in charge of my welfare and they did something to me that can never be remedied. [...] The last proper Jew in our family was four generations back. My dad was circumcised for medical reasons, which is another bloody rabbit hole because a lot of those cases are misdiagnosed. [...] The aim is to recognise that if this has happened to you and you feel fine about it, that's great. But if you don't feel fine, which I don't, then you're justified."[24]

Rosenthal has questioned whether he is autistic, saying "I do clearly have quite a lot of the behavioral traits that people who are diagnosed as autistic do have". He also explained his friends believe him to be autistic. While taking part in BBC One show, Pilgrimage, model, Christine McGuinness who is the mother of three autistic children and is autistic herself, discussed with Rosenthal, that she believed him to be autistic as well.[25]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Breathless Sam Rothe 3 episodes
2014 Comedy Feeds Tom Episode: "Flat TV"
2015 Broadchurch Gary Thorp 2 episodes
2015 Horrible Histories Alfred the Great Episode: "Awesome Alfred The Great"
2014–2016 Flat TV Tom 5 episodes; also writer
2015–2017 Drunk History Drunk Storyteller 4 episodes
2017 Absolutely Fine Tom 9 episodes
2018 Roast Battle Himself Episode: #2.1
2019 The Crystal Maze Himself Episode: #9.2
2019 The One Show Himself 2 episodes
2013–2019 Sunday Brunch Himself 5 episodes
2016–2019 Thunderbirds Are Go Brandon Berrenger (voice) 2 episodes
2019 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes Private Pike 3 episodes
2013–2019 Plebs Marcus 38 episodes
2011–2020 Friday Night Dinner Jonny Goodman 37 episodes
2020 Ibiza Weekender Narrator 10 episodes
2022 The Weakest Link Himself New Year's Eve Special
2021–2022 Richard Osman's House of Games Himself 10 episodes
2022 Red Rose Douglas Sensei Episode: "Manchester Innit"
2022 Lloyd of the Flies Lloyd B. Fly (voice) 26 episodes
2022 Plebs: Soldiers of Rome Marcus Television film
2023 Pointless Celebrities Himself Episode: #16.6
2023 Steph's Packed Lunch Himself Episode: #4.51
2023 Adventures of ArachnoFly ArachnoFly 16 episodes

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Scar Tissue Mike Hunt
2014 Benny & Jolene Tommy
2016 Bridget Jones's Baby Josh
2016 Elderflower Felix Short film
2018 Under The Weather Edward Cirrus (voice) Short film; also writer
2020 Settlers Ian Short film
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Trent

Stand-up comedy shows

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Year Title Notes
2011 Child of Privilege Written and Performed by Tom
2013 благодаря
2019–2020 Manhood

Achievements

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Barker, Nicolas (13 November 2005). "ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal". The Jewish Music Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  3. ^ Nicolas Barker (22 January 2008). "Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary'". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ Simon Round (2 February 2008). "How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal?" (PDF). The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth genealogy". blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. London. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. ^ "RBCS – Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. London. 15 January 2014.
  9. ^ a b Amira Hashish (15 January 2014). "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege Tom Rosenthal". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". The Guardian. 12 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Friday Night Dinner (TV Series 2011–2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Channel 4 announce Friday Night Dinner (w/t)". Channel 4. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  13. ^ "No More Episodes of Friday Night Dinner Are Currently Planned". ladbible.com. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. ^ Toby Moses (6 April 2021). "Paul Ritter: Friday Night Dinner star dies of brain tumour at 54". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  15. ^ Rachel Aroesti (26 May 2021). "Farewell Friday Night Dinner: the joyous Jewish sitcom that became a national treasure". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  16. ^ Ella Kemp (13 May 2021). "'Friday Night Dinner' anniversary special to air later this month". NME. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  17. ^ Luke Holland (20 September 2014). "Plebs: 'Ancient Rome allows us to bring in gladiators and orgies'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  18. ^ Lauren Morris (30 April 2020). "ITV2's Plebs will end with a feature-length special". The Radio Times. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Flat TV". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Manhood Tour Dates". Tom Rosenthal professional web site.
  21. ^ "Vick Hope says break up with Tom Rosenthal had nothing to do with Strictly curse". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  22. ^ Wiggins, Dan (15 November 2022). "Tom Rosenthal's life from West London childhood to very famous dad". MyLondon. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  23. ^ Kari Rosenberg (16 June 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  24. ^ a b c Ryan Gilbey (13 August 2019). "'Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  25. ^ "Tom Rosenthal: 'My parents think I'm crazy... In the proudest way'". The Express. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists 2009 : About Chortle 2009 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  27. ^ "The British Comedy Awards - The British Comedy Awards - Winners 2011". The British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  28. ^ "Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year". Chortle. 20 February 2011.
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