Dasun Pathirana is a renowned Sri Lankan model and award-winning actor in Sinhala television, theatre, and cinema. He was born on 26 July 1985 in Colombo, Sri Lanka and completed his schooling from a local school. Dasun went to Carley College in Colombo for further studies. He later joined Mahendra Perea's Academy of Acting and Drama in 2004 to study the aspects of acting and drama. Dasun has a younger sister, Deshani, born in 1996. He is married to Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake and has two daughters, Shaiya Lily Pathirana and Shaya Lily Pathirana. Dasun Pathirana started his career in theatre and stage drama in 2002.
At the beginning of his career, Dasun performed in several Sri Lankan stage dramas, teledramas, commercial advertisements, films, and music videos. He received his first award for Best Upcoming Actor for his excellent role in a teledrama, Ahasin Watuna. Dasun worked on several projects as cameo roles in Sinhala cinema. In 2007, he appeared first time in the film industry with a short drama by Nuwan Jayathilake, Rock and Cracks. He played several uncredited roles in the movies like Nil Diya Yahana (2008), Heart FM (2008), How I Wonder What You Are (2010), Matha (2012), and Train To Kandy (2012).
Dasun Parithana played his first lead role in Visakesa Chandrasekaram's romance drama, Frangipani, released on 20 September 2014. He appeared opposite Jehan Sri Kanth Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Dasun Pathirana, and Yasodha Rasanduni. This movie has screened at platforms like Tasveer, the ninth Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival and BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival. In 2016, he appeared in another Sinhala movie in a lead role, Motorbicycle, by Shameera Rangana. The film starred Dasun Pathirana, Samanalee Fonseka, Mahendra Perera Born on August 17, 1956, in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lan >> Read More... , and Veena Jayakody Veena Jayakody, also known as Virginia Sandhya Pei >> Read More... and has released on 26 August 2016. This movie was also a superhit that won several awards like Best Film Awards and Best Direction Award at the SAARC Film Festival and the Cinema of Tomorrow award at the Derana Film Award Ceremony 2015.
Nino Live by Thisara Imbulana (2017), Davena Vihagun by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (2018), House of My Fathers by Suba Sivakumaran Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (2019), Husma by Praveen Liyanage (2019), and Gajamam by Chanaka Perera Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (2023) are some of the best movies by Dasum Pathirana. Dasun Pathirana is also a successful Sinhala actor in the television industry of Sri Lanka. Some of the most appreciated Tv series by Dasun Pathirana are Ado, Mage Adara Awanaduwa, Maya Patala, Pini Bindu, Star Sri Lanka Histhanak, Parisiyata Paara Kiyana, Sath Piyawaru, Giridevi, Sanda Vinivida, and many more. One of the notable Tv series by Dasun is Thriloka by Pradeep Dharmadasa Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , which premiered on 26 December 2018.
The drama starred Rukshana Dissanayake Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Kalana Gunasekara Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Poojana Dandeniya Poojana Dandeniya is an Indian actor who predomina >> Read More... , and others. Dasun Pathirana is also part of superhit Tv series, Thanamalvilla Kollek by Roshan Ravindra Roshan Ravindra is a famous Sri Lankan actor, dire >> Read More... . The show premiered on 18 January 2020 and starred Hemasiri Liyanage Hemasiri Liyanage is a renowned and talented actor >> Read More... , Thilakshini Ratnayake Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Sooryaloka Dayaruwan Sooryaloka Dayaruwan is a renowned young Sri Lanka >> Read More... , and others. Dasun Pathirana has won numerous awards for his excellent acting skills since the beginning of his career. In 2014, he won the best actor award at Indie Fest for one of his roles in the drama. In 2017, he won Derena Film Award for Best Actor for Sayapethi Kusuma. For his film, Motorbicyle, Dasun won the best actor award at Signis Film Awards 2017, SAARC Film Festival 2017, Sarasaviya Awards 2016, and Hiru Golden Film Awards 2018. In the television industry, Dasun Parithana won Sumathi Award 2019 for Best Supporting Actor in Thaththa and Raigam Tele'es Award 2013 for Best Actor in Ahasin Watuna.
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