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Tom Rosenthal
Rosenthal at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)
Hammersmith, London, England
MediumStand-up, television
NationalityBritish
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)[citation needed] is an British 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". Tom performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 where his show, Manhood, was highly rated. He toured it around the UK from autumn 2019 through spring 2020[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]

One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy.[3] Tom Rosenthal's father is Jewish (of German Jewish descent).[4][5][6] 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."[7] He was dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London Evening Standard.[8] Rosenthal has talked openly about living with obsessive-compulsive disorder.[9]

Tom is vocal about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to the practice.[10]

In 2011, he was cast with a leading role as Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner,[11] along with Simon Bird.

In 2013, he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs. The series ended in November 2019.

In 2014, Rosenthal created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.[12]

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.

Achievements

References

  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. ^ "Manhood Tour Dates". Tom Rosenthal professional web site.
  3. ^ Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth genealogy". blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ Barker, Nicolas (13 November 2005). "ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal". The Jewish Music Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. ^ Nicolas Barker (22 January 2008). "Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary'". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. ^ Simon Round (2 February 2008). "How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal?" (PDF). The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  7. ^ Kari Rosenberg (16 June 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. ^ "'Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy". Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". The Guardian. 12 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Flat TV". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year". Chortle. 20 February 2011.
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