Dilruk Jayasinha (born 30 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan Australian comedian, actor and former

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Early life

Jayasinha relocated to Melbourne to attend university, before working for a major accounting firm. It was at this time that he realised his heart was not in accounting, but in comedy.

Career

Jayasinha has appeared on television programs '' Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Project'', ''

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'', '' Celebrity Name Game'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well performing at the

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. He is known for his role as Ashan on the

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TV series ''

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''. In 2019, Jayasinha toured his comedy show ''Cheat Days''. He was also the host of the '' 2019 Antenna Awards'', honouring the best in

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. In 2020, Jayasinha appeared in the sixth season of the Australian version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' and was eliminated first. He then toured his new comedy show ''Victorious Lion''. In 2021, Jayasinha appeared in the second series of ''

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''.

Podcasting

Jayasinha co-hosts a weekly podcast ''Fitbet'', along with fellow comedian Ben Lomas since February 2018. The podcast began as a bet between the two to see who first could get under 100kg with the winner receiving $1,000. Episodes discuss various aspects of weight loss and mental health, interviewed guests are usually fellow comedians who discuss their own journey. Jayasinha has successfully been able to lose nearly 50kg over the last 2 years, having started around 135kg. Jayasinha has also recorded the podcast ''Dilruk's Mad Stacks'', where he discusses his past as an accountant, the financial world, and money issues with

Ed Kavalee Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster radio and television presenter. He is a recurring panellist on Network 10's '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'' with Sam Pang and co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...

Awards

In 2018, he won the

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for Most Popular New Talent.

References

External links

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Fitbet Podcast
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