Shyam Fernando

Shyam Fernando (Sinhala: ශ්‍යාම් ප්‍රනාන්දු), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. He is a dubbing artist and was nominated for several dramatic roles.

Career

Fernando started his drama career under Somalatha Subasinghe with Play House Kotte. He joined Subasinghe's children’s productions such as Thoppi Welenda, Hima Kumari, and Walas Pawula. He was then selected for the play Veeraya Marila directed by Rajitha Dissanayake.

Fernando started his film career with a role in Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka in 2012, directed by Prasanna Vithanage. His most popular cinema acting came through films Premaya Nam, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka, and Davena Wihagun. In 2020, he acted in the short One Blood directed by Chathura Fernando. In August 2020, he won the award for the Best Actor at the Hollywood Venus Awards short film festival at Istanbul in Turkey.

Notable music videos

• Sakura-Charitha athalage

Notable theater works

• Adara Wasthuwa
• Bakamuna Weedi Basi
• Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak
• Nethuwa Bari Minihek
• Siriwardane Pawla

Notable television works

• 4chun Residencies
• Ado
• Ammai Duwai
• Appachchi
• Chandi Kumarihami
• Raavana
• See Raja
• Thaththa
• Thumpane
• Colombo

Filmography

• No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan films in the Sri Lankan cinema and Indian Cinema debut.

as actor

as director

Awards and accolades

He has won several awards at the local film, stage drama festivals and television festivals.

State Drama Festival

Signis Awards

Presidential Film Awards

Sumathi Awards

Raigam Tele'es

Derana Film Awards

Hiru Golden Film Awards

References

External links

• Physical absences and imagined presences
• 2012 රාජ්‍ය නාට්‍ය උළෙලේදී සම්මානයට ලක්‌වූවෝ