Sunday 24 March 2013

Sunday Eye Candy : Tom Rosenthal

Well Sunday with a hungover isn’t that unusual but always nice to see Tom Rosenthal on TV, so thought I would share him with you all.

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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."

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After attending Reading Blue Coat School, he studied philosophy at King's College London and has done voice-over work for Comedy Central and other clients in the film and television industry. In 2011, he was cast as one of the main characters in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, along with Simon Bird.

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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 which Rosenthal spoke about smoking a discarded cigarette in the Nou Camp. He often eats and discusses food while appearing on the podcast.

He is a fanatical collector of vintage Subbuteo figures, and was once UK Under 14s champion of the game four years running.   Rosenthal has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

You can follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/rosentweets He is rather funny and amusing, well he is a great comedian so that does make sense.