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Romesh Ranganathan biography, Career, Family, Networth, Marriage

Who Is Romesh Ranganathan?

Romesh Ranganathan (Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan) is a British actor, stand-up comedian, and presenter. During the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award, he was nominated for Best Newcomer. In addition, he has also made several appearances on television comedy panel shows.

Together with Rachael Riley and Ben Miller he co-hosted Rocket Science on ITV in 2016. He is well known for his deadpan and regular self-deprecating comedy. Previously, he regularly participated in The Apprentice: You Fired !. He completed his first big tour in 2016, where he performed live in huge stages such as Hammersmith Apollo. In 2018 he took over from Jack White as a regular panelist on A League of Their Own. It has hosted comedy shows Judge Romesh and The Ranganation. His autobiography is entitled Straight Outta Crawley.

Career

He began his career as a comedian while still working as a mathematic teacher. In March 2014, he started hosting the Newsjack on Radio 4 Extra, he has also appeared on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice in 2014, where he promoted his homemade vegan chocolate brownies. He has appeared as a guest on some episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

In addition, 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, among others. He took part in the first series of Taskmaster and he made appearances in the third episode of Jon Richardson Grows Up. Furthermore, he has also performed at The Royal Variety Performance in 2015. He hosted a series for BBC Three, Asian Provocateur in 2015, where he traveled to Sri Lanka to tour his ancestral country.

After that, his second tour series was broadcast in October 2016, when Romesh and his mother traveled to North America to meet some of his relatives. In 2015, he joined The Apprentice: You’re Fired! as a usual panelist. The program was a spin-off from The Apprentice.

Moreover, in December 2015 he made an appearance in Josh Widdicombe’s sitcom, Josh. After that, he co-hosted It’s Not Rocket Science in 2016, which was a new entertainment series for ITV together Ben Miller and Rachel Riley. In 2017, he joined John Lloyd as the eleventh co-presenter of the BBC Radio series The Museum of Curiosity.

Joining A-League

Romesh joined the Season 13 of A League of Their Own in 2018. The season was starred in his own 10- episode documentary known as Just Another Immigrant, which aired on Showtime on June 8, and hosted Judge Romesh, an Unscripted television show in which he determines the outcome of court cases between a claimant and a defendant. Furthermore, he starred in his own series known as Misadventure of Romesh Ranganathan, where he has rarely visited locations around the globe, with subsequent series aired in 2019 and 2020Straight. Outta Crawley, Ranganathan’s autobiography, was released in 2018.

TV films

Damned in 2014 on Sky One
Play to the Whistle in 2015–2017 on ITV
The Apprentice: You’re Fired! in 2015 on BBC Two
Asian Provocateur in 2015–2016 on BBC Three
Taskmaster and Josh in 2015 on BBC Three
It’s Not Rocket Science in 2016
Comic Relief in 2017
Anthony Joshua vs Rob & Romesh and Romesh: Talking to Comedians in 2017
Comedy Playhouse: Mister Winner in 2017
Just Another Immigrant in 2018
The Reluctant Landlord in 2018
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan in 2018
Judge Romesh in 2018
Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast in 2018
The Ranganation in 2019Have I Got News for You in 2020
Sunday Brunch in 2020
A-League of Their Own: Christmas Party 2020 in 2020
Staged in 2021
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway in 2021
A-League of Their Own Roadtrip: Loch Ness to London in 2021

How Old is Romesh Ranganathan?

He was born on March 23, 1978, currently, he is aged 43 years old.

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Romesh Ranganathan Family

Who are Romesh’s parents?

He was born in Crawley, West Sussex to Shanthi Ranganathan, he was raised in the Hindu faith. Much is not about his father but we will update it soon.

Does Romesh have Siblings?

He has one sibling known as Dinesh

Romesh Ranganathan Education

He graduated from Birkbeck College, the University of London, where he majored in Mathematics. After that, he taught at several schools including Hazelwick School and The Beacon School.