Background
He is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal. Rosenthal was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Christine "Chrissy" (Smith), a former Newsnight producer, and Jim Rosenthal, a television sports presenter.
He is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal. Rosenthal was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Christine "Chrissy" (Smith), a former Newsnight producer, and Jim Rosenthal, a television sports presenter.
King"s College London.
He is best known for playing Marcus Gallow and Jonny Goodman in Plebs and Friday Night Dinner respectively. 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 southern lieutenant 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 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 appeared in Independent Television"s drama Breathless as Sam Roth. In 2014, Rosenthal starred in and created a comedy pilot for British Broadcasting Corporation iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat television In 2015, Rosenthal was cast as Gary Thorp in the second season of Independent Television"s Broadchurch.
Nominated for a British Comedy Award as Best Breakthrough Acting of 2011, alongside Greg Davies, Micky Flanagan and Angelos Epithemiou. Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (Joint winner with Ben Target) 2011 Paramount Funniest Student Winner 2009 (video available) Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Finalist 2009 Laughing Horse New Acting of the Year Commended Finalist 2008 Amused Moose Laugh-Office Finalist 2008.
