Thomas Alan Smith "Tom" Rosenthal (born 14 January 1988) is an English comedian, film and television actor. He is the son of television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal, He is best known for playing Marcus in Plebs and Jonny Goodman in Friday Night Dinner.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