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Dasun Pathirana - Wikipedia

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Dasun Pathirana දසුන් පතිරණ
Born	(1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Carey College, Colombo
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake
Children	2
Awards	Best Actor

Dasun Pathirana (born 26 July 1985, as දසුන් පතිරණ) [Sinhala]), is a model and actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.^[1] He won an award at Indie Fest 2014 as best actor in a leading role. He received his first Sarasaviya award in 2018.^[2]

Personal life

Pathirana was born on born 26 July 1985 and studied in Carey College, Colombo. He studied drama and acting under Mahendra Perea's academy of acting and drama. He had one younger sister, Deshani who was born in 1996.^[3]

Dasun's partner is Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake and their love story had been a secret to the media for four years.^[4]^[5] The two has two daughters, Shaiya Lily Pathirana, born in 2018 and Shaya Lily Pathirana , born in 2019 ^[6]

Career

Pathirana started his career in 2002 at the age of 17. In 2004, Pathirana entered Mahendra Perera’s Academy for Acting and Drama.^[7]

He performed in many Sri Lankan teledramas,^[8] films, commercials, stage dramas^[9] and music videos. He received a Best Upcoming Actor award for his role in the teledrama Ahasin Watuna.^[10]

In 2014, he was the lead in the film Frangipani,^[11] which screened at Tasveer, the ninth Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival^[12] and at the BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival.^[13]^[14] His acting received positive reviews.^[15]

In 2015, he played the lead in Motor Bicycle,^[16]^[17] which won best film and best direction awards at the SAARC Film Festival.^[18]^[19]^[20] The film also won the "Cinema of tomorrow" award at the Derana Film Award Ceremony in year 2015.

He received the best actor award in Derana sunsilk cinema Awards 2017 for his role "Kasun" in movie Sayapethi Kusuma.^[21]^[22] He performed in many music videos and won the best actor in a video award in Derana music award ceremony in 2016.

Television serials

4chun Residencies
Ado ^[23]
A/L Iwarai
Giridevi
Mage Adara Awanaduwa
Massa ^[24]
Maya Patala
Mega
Meka Thamai Jeevithe
Parisiyata Paara Kiyana
Pini Bindu
Sanda Vinivida^[25]
Sath Piyawaru
Star Sri Lanka Histhanak^[26]
Take Care
Thanamalvila Kollek ^[27]
Thaththa
Thriloka^[28]
Thumpane ^[29]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
2008	Heart FM	uncredited role
2010	How I Wonder What You Are
2012	Ciao (Short film)		^[30]
2015	Maatha	Lucky
2016	Motor Bicycle	Rangana
2016	Frangipani	Sarath	^[31]
2017	Nino Live	Nishantha	^[32]
2018	Davena Vihagun	Bus driver
2018	Ikka	Film star	^[33]
2019	Husma	Kumara
2023	Gajaman	Gajaman (motion)
2023	Saho	Tharu	^[34]^[35]
2023	Kandak Sema
2024	Seeruwen		^[36]
2024	Minnu		^[37]
TBA	Three Diaries †	post production	^[38]
TBA	Adventures of Ricky Deen †	Angry actor
TBA	Train to Kandy †		^[39]
TBA	House of My Fathers †		^[40]
TBA	Monkey Man †		^[41]
TBA	Ayu †		^[42]
TBA	Maria †		^[43]

Awards and accolades

He has won several awards at the local stage drama, cinema and television festivals.^[44]^[45]^[46]

Indie Fest


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Performance in Drama	Best Actor	Won

Derana Film Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Sayapethi Kusuma	Best Actor	Won

Signis Film Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Motor Bicycle^[47]	Best Actor	Won

SAARC Film Festival


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Motor Bicycle	Best Actor	Won

Sarasaviya Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Motor Bicycle^[48]	Best Actor	Won

Hiru Golden Film Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Motor Bicycle	Best Actor	Won

Raigam Tele'es


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	Ahasin Watuna	Best Actor	Won

Sumathi Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2019	Thaththa	Best Supporting Actor	Won

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