Sando Harris, (18 May 1963 – 11 June 2021; si, සැන්ඩෝ හැරිස්), popularly known by his stage names Sando Harris and Sergeant Nallathambi, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. With a career spanned more than three decades, Sando was a popular comedian in theater and cinema. Apart from comedy acting, he was also a stunt actor, producer, director and singer.

Personal life

He was born on 18 May 1963 in kirulapone, Sri Lanka to a family of eight. He received his primary education at Arethusa College, Wellawatte, and secondary education from

Isipathana College Isipathana College (formerly known as Greenlands College) is a national school for boys located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Founded in January 1952, the school was initially named Isipathana Maha Vidalaya, but is now referred to simply as "Isipathan ...

and

Zahira College, Colombo Zahira College (commonly known as Zahira) ( si, සහිරා විදුහල, ta, சாஹிரா கல்லுரி) is an Islamic school at Colombo in Maradana, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1892 as Al Madrasathul Zahira by notab ...

. He died on 11 June 2021 at the age of 58. The cause is identified as a sudden cardiac arrest occurred when he was at his friend's residence in No. 291/47, Havelock Place, Colombo. After the post mortem at Kalubowila Hospital, the body was taken to the Dehiwala cemetery and the last rites was performed on 13 June 2021.

Career

Sando entered the drama in association with Kirulapone when in the company of renowned comedian Nihal Silva. With Nihal's death, he took the role that Nihal created 'Sergeant Nallathambi' and later created a new stage play called ''Cheriyo Sergeant''. The play staged more than 2500 scenes island-wide as well as in 23 countries. He made his film debut in 1990 film ''Jayashakthi''. Since then he has acted with many supporting and minor roles in more than 150 films including: ''Hitha Honda Putek'', ''Ran Hadawatha'', ''Raja Daruvō'', ''Sathyā'', ''Ekadā Væhi'', ''Demōdara Pālama'' and ''Quē Serā''. In 1997 he won the Best Actor Award for ''Wedage Kendare''. Although he entered the film industry as a stuntman, he was also involved in stunt direction as well His first stunt direction came through the 1999 film ''Ekadā Væhi''. He later directed stunts in the film ''Seethala Gini Kandu''. He also made a supporting role in the 2013 critics acclaimed film ''A Common Man'' directed by

Chandran Rutnam Chandran Rutnam is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and entrepreneur. Rutnam has hosted numerous Hollywood films for their location shoots in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. He was the Line Producer/Production Supervisor on several international productions incl ...

. In 2015 he won SriLankan 1st award best actor in comedy role award in Derana films award for "que sera" movie.the movie directed by Late Mr.Parakkrama Jayasinghe. In television, he acted in the serials: ''Yuga Vilakkuwa''. However, he became popular as a comedian shortly afterwards. He produced many comedy stage plays with the role 'Nallathambi' such as: ''Sergeanṭgē Nændammā'', ''Doctor Chicāgō'' and ''Kōchchi Manamālayā''. The play ''Doctor Chicago'' continued for about three years. In 2015, He won the best comedy actor award for the first time in Sri Lankan film festivals at the Derana Film Awards for the film ''Que Sera''. Since 2017, he worked on his debut direction ''King of Diyawannawa'' which could not complete due to his demise. In addition to acting, he also served as a Justice of the Peace.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Sando 1963 births 2021 deaths Sri Lankan male film actors Sinhalese male actors Sri Lankan male stage actors Sri Lankan male television actors Sri Lankan Muslims Sri Lankan theatre directors Sri Lankan theatre people People from Colombo District