Life and career Rosenthal was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Christine "Chrissy" (Smith), a former Newsnight producer, and Jim Rosenthal, a television sports presenter, and grew up in the village of Cookham in Berkshire. He read Philosophy at King's College URL He is an avid fan of Arsenal FC. His father      is of German-Jewish descent One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy. 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." He was dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London Evening Standard. Rosenthal has talked openly about living with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Rosenthal is vocal about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to the practice. In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, along with Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter and Mark Heap . In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs. In 2014 he created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% In 2015 he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the hit ITV series Broadchurch. In 2019 he played Private Pike in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC sitcom Dad's Army .
Early life Rosenthal was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Christine "Chrissy" (Smith), a former Newsnight producer, and Jim Rosenthal, a television sports presenter, and grew up in the village of Cookham in Berkshire. He read philosophy at King's College URL His early comedic influences were from the TV shows: Spaced, Brass Eye and Ali G. Career In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, along with Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter and Mark Heap. The sitcom focused on the weekly Shabbat dinner in the middle-class secular Jewish Goodman household in North London. Rosenthal played the youngest son in the family. The final sixth series set the record for the highest audience for any comedy on Channel 4 or E4 for 16 to 34 year olds with a 49.3\% share; the average audience for this series was 3.9 million viewers. Following the death of Paul Ritter in 2021, (the family's father) it was announced that the show would not continue. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the start of the show, an anniversary special was aired in May 2021. In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs. The sitcom is a comedy set in Ancient Rome, following the main characters of Marcus, Stylax and Grumio. In 2020, it was announced that a sixth series would not be commissioned and instead a feature-length special would be released. In 2014 he created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series. In 2015 he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the hit ITV series Broadchurch. In 2019 he played Private Pike in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC sitcom Dad's Army. Personal life His father (Jim) is of German-Jewish descent One of his paternal great-grandfathers was German-born Jewish physician and writer Oscar Levy. 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." He was dubbed a "super-smart child of privilege" by the London Evening Standard. Rosenthal has talked openly about living with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Rosenthal is vocal about his negative experience with circumcision and his opposition to the practice. Rosenthal has spoken about the experience and its relationship to his OCD . %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% He is an avid fan of Arsenal .
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He is an avid fan of Arsenal FC.
His early comedic influences were from the TV shows: Spaced, Brass Eye and Ali G.
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Career In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, along with Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter and Mark Heap. The sitcom focused on the weekly Shabbat dinner in the middle-class secular Jewish Goodman household in North London. Rosenthal played the youngest son in the family. The final sixth series set the record for the highest audience for any comedy on Channel 4 or E4 for 16 to 34 year olds with a 49.3\% share; the average audience for this series was 3.9 million viewers. Following the death of Paul Ritter in 2021, (the family's father) it was announced that the show would not continue. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the start of the show, an anniversary special was aired in May 2021.
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In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs. The sitcom is a comedy set in Ancient Rome, following the main characters of Marcus, Stylax and Grumio. In 2020, it was announced that a sixth series would not be commissioned and instead a feature-length special would be released.
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In 2014 he created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.
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In 2015 he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the hit ITV series Broadchurch.
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In 2019 he played Private Pike in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC sitcom Dad's Army.
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Personal life His father (Jim)
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In 2011 he was cast with a leading role as Jonny Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner, along with Simon Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter and Mark Heap
Rosenthal has spoken about the experience and its relationship to his OCD
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In 2013 he was cast as "Marcus" in the ITV sitcom Plebs.
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In 2014 he created and starred in a comedy pilot for BBC iPlayer with Naz Osmanoglu, entitled Flat TV, which was later commissioned into a mini-series.
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In 2015 he played a brief role as Gary Thorp in the hit ITV series Broadchurch.
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In 2019 he played Private Pike in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC sitcom Dad's Army
He is an avid fan of Arsenal