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Introduction
Romesh Ranganathan is an English actor, comedian, and presenter. He is known for his deadpan and often self-deprecating comedy. He has made numerous appearances on television comedy panel shows, and in 2016 he co-presented It’s Not Rocket Science on ITV, alongside Rachel Riley and Ben Miller.
He has also been a regular panelist on The Apprentice: You’re Fired!, Play to the Whistle, and The Museum of Curiosity. He completed his first major tour, Irrational Live, in 2016 in which he performed in large venues such as the Hammersmith Apollo.
In 2018, Ranganathan joined A League of Their Own as a regular panelist, replacing Jack Whitehall. He has presented comedy programs Judge Romesh and The Ranganation, as well as starring in the travel program The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan. His autobiography is entitled Straight Outta Crawley.
In 2020, Ranganathan won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Features for The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan; in 2021, he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance for The Ranganation.
Early Life
| Name | Romesh Ranganathan |
| Net Worth | $1.2 million |
| Profession | Actor, Comedian, Presenter |
| Height | 1.83m |
| Age | 43 years |
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan was born March 23, 1978 (age 43 years) in Crawley, United Kingdom, to Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu parents. He has a younger brother, Dinesh. He was raised as a Hindu and still identifies as one. He suffers from right-sided ptosis, which caused a lazy eye as a child.
His mother is Shanthi Ranganatha, however, he lost his father to a heart attack. Ranganathan studied Mathematics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He taught Mathematics at Hazelwick School in Crawley, and The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey, and was a freestyle rapper under the rap name “Ranga”, once reaching the finals of the UK freestyle competition. Ranganathan became a professional comedian in 2012.
Ranganathan is vegan, having been vegetarian up until 2013. He is a supporter of Arsenal FC.
Career
Ranganathan started performing as a comedian whilst working as a mathematics teacher. He 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.
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Ranganathan has been a guest on several episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He also has 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, QI, and Mock the Week. He was a contestant on the first series of Taskmaster and also appeared in the third episode of Jon Richardson Grows Up.
He also performed at The Royal Variety Performance in 2015. In 2015, he presented a series for BBC Three, Asian Provocateur, in which he traveled to Sri Lanka to explore his ancestral country. In October 2016, the second travel series was aired in which Ranganathan and his mother travel to North America to meet more of his relatives.
Romesh Ranganathan also joined The Apprentice: You’re Fired! in 2015 as a regular panelist. The show is a spin-off from The Apprentice. In December 2015, he appeared in Josh Widdicombe’s sitcom, Josh. In 2016, he co-presented It’s Not Rocket Science, a new entertainment series for ITV, alongside Ben Miller and Rachel Riley. In 2017, he became the eleventh co-presenter to John Lloyd on the BBC Radio series, The Museum of Curiosity.
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In 2018, Ranganathan joined Season 13 of A League of Their Own; starred in his own 10-episode docu-comedy called Just Another Immigrant that premiered on Showtime June 8, and presented Judge Romesh, an unscripted television show in which he decides the outcome of court cases between a claimant and a defendant. He also starred in his own series The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan where he traveled to rarely visited locations around the globe, with subsequent series aired in 2019 and 2020.
Ranganathan’s autobiography, Straight Outta Crawley, was published in 2018.
Wife
Romesh Ranganatha is married to Leesa Ranganatha. They have three sons and lives in Crawley. He and his wife Leesa first met when they were both working at Hazelwick School, where she was a drama teacher. He stated that he got obsessed with getting tattooed and subsequently has tattoos with the names of his sons, Richard Pryor, Nas, the Roots, and the Transformers’ Autobot logo on his body.
Romesh Ranganatha net worth
How much is Romesh Ranganatha worth? Romesh Ranganathan net worth is estimated at around $1.2 million as of 2022. His main source of income is from his comedy career. However, his first name, stated on Ranganathan’s birth certificate, is Jonathan. Romesh is his middle name. He did not find this out until he started school. During his live show, Irrational, Ranganathan recalled that his parents explained to him that this was because they were concerned his name would otherwise sound too ‘ethnic’ when applying for jobs as an adult.