Medium Stand-up, television Years active 2007 – present Name Tom Rosenthal | Nationality English Website www.tomrosenthal.net | |
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Birth name Thomas Alan Smith Rosenthal Born 14 January 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-01-14 ) | ||
Tom Rosenthal feat. Billie Marten - Hugging You [Official Video]
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. He is best known for playing Marcus Gallow in Plebs and Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner.
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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. One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born physician and writer Oscar Levy. Tom Rosenthal is of Jewish heritage on his father's side. 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."
In 2011, he was cast with a leading role as Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, 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.