Tom Rosenthal (actor)

Thomas 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 (2011–2020) 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]

Tom Rosenthal
Rosenthal at the British Comedy Awards in 2013
Birth nameThomas Alan Smith Rosenthal
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988
Hammersmith, London, England
Medium
Years active2007–present
Parent(s)Jim Rosenthal
Notable works and roles
Websitewww.tomrosenthal.net

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 Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner,[12] along with Simon Bird.

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.

Achievements
  • 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]
  • 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
  1. 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. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/my-ridiculously-successful-career-the-super-smart-child-of-privilege-tom-rosenthal-9058155.html
  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. Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth genealogy". blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  8. Kari Rosenberg (16 June 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  9. "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  10. "My ridiculously successful career: the super-smart child of privilege". Evening Standard. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "'Whenever you have sex, it's on your mind': Tom Rosenthal on turning circumcision into comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". The Guardian. 12 February 2010.
  13. "Flat TV". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  14. "Mercury Rising: Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian of the Year". Chortle. 20 February 2011.
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