Romesh Ranganathan was bron on March 27, 1978, in Crawley, West Sussex, England. Romesh Ranganathan acts, hosts radio shows, and does stand-up comedy. He is renowned for his stoic, frequently jesting sense of humor. Many times, Ranganathan appeared on comedy group shows on TV. In 2016, he co-hosted It’s Not Rocket Science on ITV with Rachel Riley and Ben Miller.
Romesh Ranganathan Family
Born in Sri Lanka to Ranga and Sivashanthini “Shanthi” Ranganathan, Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan is the son of Ranga and Shanthi. As a child, he contracted an eye infection that resulted in the development of right-sided ptosis, also known as lazy eye. Ranganathan went to Reigate Grammar School in Reigate, Surrey, from 1990 to 1992. The institution was an independent school for boys at the time, but now it is open to both boys and girls.
After that, he went to Hazelwick School, a state comprehensive school in Crawley, West Sussex. After that, he studied math at Birkbeck College, University of London. Ranganathan taught math at the high school he went to, Hazelwick School in Crawley, and at The Beacon School in Banstead, Surrey. He was also a freestyle rapper who went by the name “Ranga.”
Ranganathan Career
In March 2014, Ranganathan began hosting Newsjack on Radio 4 Extra. He made vegan chocolate brownies at home and showed them off on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice in 2014. Several times, Ranganathan appeared as a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He additionally appeared on 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 for other shows.
He competed in the first season of Taskmaster and featured in the third episode of Jon Richardson Grows Up. In 2015, he also did a show at The Royal Variety Performance. He hosted the BBC Three show Asian Provocateur in 2015, which took him to Sri Lanka to learn more about the country where his family is from. He started Season 13 of A League of Their Own in 2018 and had his own ten-episode docudrama called Just Another Immigrant, which aired on Showtime on June 8.
Straight Outta Crawley, Ranganathan’s book, came out in 2018. Romesh brings you For The Love of Hip-Hop every week on BBC Radio 2. A radio and TV award for best specialist music show was given to it in 2023. Ranganathan will move to Saturdays (10 am–1 pm) on Radio 2 in March 2024, taking over for Claudia Winkleman.
Romesh Ranganathan Net Worth
Romesh Ranganathan is a British comedian who has a $1 million fortune. He is famous for doing stand-up comedy live and for being on several British comedy TV shows. His pay is thought to be around $100,000 a year, and he received a nomination for an Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award in 2013.
Romesh Personal Life
Ranganathan, his wife Leesa, and their three sons all reside in Crawley. They became acquainted during their employment at Hazelwick School, where she held the position of drama instructor. He didn’t find out this until he started school. Ranganathan recalled on his live program, Irrational, that his parents had informed him of this predicament.
Due to their apprehension that his name might otherwise appear excessively “ethnic” when he sought employment in adulthood. Ranganathan used to be a vegetarian but now he is a vegan. He said that getting tattoos became an obsession for him. Now, he has the names of his boys, Richard Pryor, Nas, the Roots, the Albanian flag, and the Autobot mark from Transformers all over his body.
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