Damith Wijayathunga
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| Born | Damith Chandima Bandara Wijayathunga 1991 (age 33–34) Matale, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Vijaya College, Matale St Thomas' College, Matale Government Science College, Matale |
| Occupation(s) | Model, Actor |
| Years active | 2015 – present |
| Spouse | Udara Tennakoon (m. 2021) |
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Damith Chandima Bandara Wijayathunga (born 1991 as දමිත් විජයතුංග), popularly as Damith Wijayathunga is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television and a professional model.[1] He is the winner of Mister Sri Lanka in 2017.[2]
Personal life
Wijayathunga was born on 1991, in Ukuwela, Matale as the eldest of the family with three siblings. He has two younger brothers: Tharindu and Thilan.[3] His father, Ananda Wijayathunga is a government officer and mother Shirani Weerakoon worked in the National Water Supply and Drainage Board. Damith started primary education from Vijaya College, Matale.[4] After passing grade 5 scholarship, he attended St Thomas' College, Matale in 2002 for his secondary education until 2005 and then entered Government Science College, Matale for G.C.E O/L and completed A/Ls in 2010 in biology stream.[5] During school times, he was excellent in cricket and athletics, specially in the 100-200 meters track events as well as oriental music and arts.[6] After passing A/Ls, he graduated in Computer Science from National School of Business Management (NSBM) in 2016.[7]
He married his longtime partner Udara Tennakoon where the wedding was celebrated on 26 July 2021.
Career
While studying for his degree, Damith started to act in several advertisements, where he got to know by Sameera Weerasinghe in 2015. Then he met Devinda Senanayake and asked him to participate in a commercial.[3] Then he participated for many modeling exhibitions under the guidance of Sameera Weerasinghe, including Colombo Fashion Week where he met several leading models and cinematographers.[4] In 2017, he contested and won the title of Mister Sri Lanka and then represented Sri Lanka for "Man of the World 2017" pageant held on July 18 in the Philippines.[8][5][9]
In 2019, he started acting in the television serial Hadawathe Kathawa telecast by Swarnavahini.[10] He was selected to the role "Ravindra" by Saranga Mendis.[4] The show became highly popular.[11] In 2020, he presented the music chart show telecast in ITN. Apart from that, he appeared in several television commercials and attended as a judge in modeling competitions across the country.[3]
In 2025, Damith made his maiden cinema acting through the biographical musical film Clarence: Rhythm of the Guitar.[12][13] He played the lead titular role of Clarence Wijewardena in the film along with newcomer Nihari Perera.[14][15][16] The film received huge popularity among the public,[17][18] where he appeared in several television programs and social media programs.[3][19] His second cinema appearance came in the same year through the drama film Hello From The Other Side, where Damith played the role of a doctor.[20]
Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Clarence: Rhythm of the Guitar | Clarence Wijewardena | [21] |
| 2025 | Hello From The Other Side | Doctor Awantha | [22] |
References
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- ^ "Damith Wijayathunga: 2017 Man of the Year Sri Lanka". apollo-malegods. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "ප්‍රතික්ෂේපවීම් හමුවේ ආ ගමන නතර වුණේ 'ක්ලැරන්ස්' ළඟ: රංගන ශිල්පී දමිත් විජයතුංග". sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Ravindra Sir of Hadawathe Kathawa". Saaravita. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Damith shines at 'Man of the World 2017'". Daily News. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Fitness plus brains!". Daily News. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Meet the guys!". Life.lk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "The Finale Of Miss Grand International & Mister Sri Lanka International". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Buzz With Danu: Damith Wijayathunga". dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Mawbima Hadagasma column June 13, 2021" (PDF). mawbima.lk. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Damith Wijayathunga: From Mister Sri Lanka to Television Star". serendibnews.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "ක්ලැරන්ස් 27 දා සිට දිවයින පුරා". sarasaviya.lk. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ ""ක්ලැරන්ස්" Rhythm of the Guitar ළඟදීම රිදී තිරයට". news19.lk. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "ක්ලැරා-ශීලාගේ අපූරු ප්‍රේමණීය කතාව". divaina.lk. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "ක්ලැරන්ස් පෙරළියක් ඇති කරපු ගායකයෙක් – දමිත් විජයතුංග". divaina.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ ""සිනමාව තමයි මම කැමතිම තැන" – දමිත් විජයතුංග". radiowesl.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "නවමු ආස්වාදයක් ගෙන එන චිත්‍රපටයක්". sarasaviya.lk. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "ක්ලැරන්ස්ගෙ චරිතය භාරගත්තෙ තිගැස්මකින්". mawbima.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "ක්ලැරන්ස්ට පණ පොවන දමිත්". ziradaily.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Hello From The Other Side අද සිට තිරයේ: සිංහල සිනමාවේ නවතම කාන්තා අධ්‍යක්ෂවරිය විනෝෂා කිරිවන්දෙණිය". sarasaviya.lk. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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