Tom Rosenthal
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Rosenthal at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013 | |
| Birth name | Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal |
| Born | 14 January 1988 |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality | English |
| Years active | 2007 – present |
| Website | www.tomrosenthal.net |
Thomas Alan Smith "Tom" Rosenthal (born 14 January 1988) is an English comedian and actor. He is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal.[1] He is best known for playing Marcus Gallow in Plebs and Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner.
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.[2] One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born physician and writer Oscar Levy.[3] Tom Rosenthal is of Jewish heritage on his father's side.[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]
In 2011, he was cast with a leading role as Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner,[8] 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 Gallow, one of the lead characters in the new 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 appears in ITV's drama series Breathless, playing Sam Roth.
In 2014, Rosenthal starred in and created a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV.
In 2015, Rosenthal was cast as Gary Thorp in the second season of ITV's Broadchurch.
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 [9]
- 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
- ↑ London Evening Standard Feb 7,2009
- ↑ James Nadal (February 20, 2010). "Television football presenter Jim Rosenthal's son lands plum Channel 4 role". This is local London. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ↑ Chris Kearney. "Levy Maud Ruth enealogy". www.blankgenealogy.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ↑ Nicolas Barker (November 13, 2005). "ICSM Online Journal Obituaries; Albi Rosenthal". The Jewish Music Institute. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ↑ Nicolas Barker (January 22, 2008). "Maud Rosenthal: Oscar Levy's 'daughter-secretary'". The Independent. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ↑ Simon Round (February 2, 2008). "How Jewish is Jim Rosenthal?" (PDF). The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ↑ Kari Rosenberg (June 16, 2011). "Tom turns into a political football". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ↑ guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010
- ↑ Chortle Leicester Comedian Of The Year Review, Sunday 20 February 2011
External links
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- Tom Rosenthal Official site