Don Sirisena (born 1934 – died 1986 as
දොන් සිරිසේන)
inhala, was an
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
in
Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most popular comedy artists ever in Sri Lankan film history, Sirisena had a career spanned about three decades acted more than 150 films.
Career
Sirisena started cinema career in 1964 with the film ''Sobana Sitha''. Since then, he continued act in more than 150 films particularly as the supporting comedian with other popular comedy actors of his era such as
Freddie Silva
Haupe Liyanage Athukorala Morris Joseph Ranabahu, (born 18 May 1938 – died 29 October 2001: si, ෆේරඩී සිල්වා), popularly as Freddie Silva, was a Sri Lankan film actor, and playback singer, who appeared from 1973 u ...
,
B. S. Perera
Balasuriyage Steven Perera (born 31 March 1924 – died 24 June 1982 as බී. එස්. පෙරේරා) inhala, popularly as B. S. Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater as well as a director and singer. One of the earlie ...
and
Wimal Kumara de Costa
Wimal Kumara de Costa (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016 as විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the most popular comedy artists in 1980s and 1990s, he started cinema career ...
. His final cinema appearance came through 1991 film ''Ali Baba Saha Horu Hathaliha'', five years after his death.
Sirisena was married to elder sister of popular actress
Damitha Saluwadana
Damitha Turlin Fernando (born 18 September 1948 – died 27 November 2015 as දමිතා සළුවඩන) inhala, popularly as Damitha Saluwadana, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. She played "Asilin" in t ...
.
Damitha died on 27 November 2015 at the age of 67.
Filmography
References
External links
අගැයුමක් නැති මිනිස්සු
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1934 births
1986 deaths
Sri Lankan actors
Sinhalese male actors
Sri Lankan comedians