Romesh Ranganathan
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Romesh Ranganathan at the 2013 NFRN Awards
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| Birth name | Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan |
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30 January 1978 Crawley, West Sussex, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Character comedy |
| Spouse | Leesa |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan (born 30 January 1978) is a British stand-up comedian and actor. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He has made multiple appearances on comedy panel shows and in 2016, he co-presented It's Not Rocket Science, alongside Rachel Riley and Ben Miller.
He is also regular panellist on Play to the Whistle and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. In 2016, he completed his first major tour, Irrational Live, in which he performed in some iconic venues such as the Hammersmith Apollo. This tour was also released as a DVD.
As mentioned on a 2013 episode of Live at the Apollo (series 9) in which he featured, Ranganathan started performing as a comedian whilst a mathematics teacher at Hazelwick School in Crawley, and The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey.
Ranganathan started presenting Newsjack on Radio 4 Extra in March 2014.
He appeared on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice in 2014, during which he presented his homemade vegan chocolate brownies. Ranganathan is a vegan, having been a vegetarian up until 2013.
Ranganathan has guested on multiple episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He has also appeared on Would I Lie to You?, Holby City, Soccer AM, Russell Howard's Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff, The Last Leg, Virtually Famous, Have I Got News for You and Mock the Week. He was a regular contestant on the first series of Taskmaster and also appeared in the third episode of Jon Richardson Grows Up.
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