Shyam Fernando

Shyam Fernando (Sinhala: ශ්‍යාම් ප්‍රනාන්දු) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television.^[1] He is a dubbing artist and has been nominated for several dramatic roles.^[2][3]

Shyam Fernando ශ්‍යාම් ප්‍රනාන්දු
Born	Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Occupation(s)	Actor, dramatist

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.^[4]

Fernando started his film career with a role in Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka in 2012, directed by Prasanna Vithanage.^[5] His most popular cinema acting came through films Premaya Nam, Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka, and Davena Wihagun.^[6][7] 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.^[8][9]

Notable music videos

• "Sakura-Charitha athalage"

Notable theater works

• Adara Wasthuwa^[10]
• Bakamuna Weedi Basi^[11]
• Hithala Gaththu Theeranayak^[12][13]
• Nethuwa Bari Minihek^[14]
• Siriwardane Pawla^[15]

Notable television works

• 4chun Residencies
• Ado^[16]
• Ammai Duwai^[17]
• Appachchi^[18]
• Chandi Kumarihami^[19]
• Raavana
• See Raja^[20]
• Thaththa^[21]
• Thumpane^[22]
• Colombo

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

as actor

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
2012	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Sarathsiri	[23]
2016	Sakkarang	Rathnapala monk	[24]
2017	Premaya Nam	Vishwa	[25]
2017	Paha Samath	Doctor Meegaspe	[26]
2018	Davena Wihagun	Paramilitary leader	[27]
2019	Asandhimitta	Film director	[28]
2019	President Super Star	Lawyer	[29]
2020	Ethalaya	Lakshman Suranimala	[30]
2020	Avilenasului	Kamal Senadhilankara	[31]
2020	The Newspaper	Hela Udawa, editor in chief	[32]
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	King Mahinda V	[33]
2019	Gaadi	Bulathgama Disawe	[34]
2022	CineMa	Sumal Dharmaratne	[35]
2022	Praana	Catholic priest	[36]
2023	Asu		[37]
2023	Ape Principal		[38]
2023	Paradise	Tour guide Dr. Andrew	[39]
2024	Ridee Seenu		[40]
2024	Doosra		[41]
TBA	Amawaka †		[42]
TBA	Sulanga Numba Avidin †		[43]

as director

Year	Film	Ref.
TBA	Sankarami †	[44]

Awards and accolades

He has won several awards at local film, stage drama festivals and television festivals.^[4]

State Drama Festival

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Adara Wasthuwa[45]	Best Actor	Won

Signis Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Best Actor[46]	Won

Presidential Film Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Best Actor[47]	Won

Sumathi Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	See Raja	Best Actor[48]	Won

Raigam Tele'es

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Thaththa	Best Actor[49]	Nominated

Derana Film Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Best Actor[50]	Nominated

Hiru Golden Film Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Best Actor[51]	Nominated