Jackson Anthony

Acting

Jackson Anthony

Born — Died

1958-07-08 — 2023-10-09

Place of birth

Ragama, Sri Lanka

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Conganige Joseph Malsi Jackson Anthony, commonly known as Jackson Anthony, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater, and television. One of the most popular artists in Sri Lanka, Anthony won the award for the Best Actor for record sixteen times.

Known for

Attention poster
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Attention is a Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller drama film directed by Sudesh Wasantha Pieris and produced by Nihal Wijesinghe for Nilkamal Films. It stars Jackson Anthony in the lead role along with Dasun Pathirana, Buddhika Jayaratne, Dishni Rajapakshe and Semini Iddamalgoda in supportive roles. The film marked the final cinema appearance of the dramatist Jackson Anthony before his death.

Attention

2024

Dheevari: Fisherman's Daughter poster
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When a young Sri Lankan woman returns home to her fishing village after growing up in an orphanage, she is appalled by its feudal prejudices and iniquities. She is determined to change things.

Dheevari: Fisherman's Daughter

2006

Dharmayuddhaya poster
9.2

Dharmayuddhaya is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala Family drama film directed by Indian director Cheyyar Ravi and produced by MTV Channel for Sirasa Films of The Capital Maharaja Organization Limited and is distributed by M Entertainments.It is a Sinhala remake of the Indian Malayalam- language film Drishyam originally written by Jeethu Joseph. Dharmayuddhaya follows the story of Harishchandra; a self-made businessman, loved and respected by all in the area. His wife and two children are his most valued treasures of his life and he spends lot of time watching films which is his hobby. Due to a stranger who enters their lives, his life along with the lives of his wife and daughters’ change unexpectedly

Dharmayuddhaya

2017

Guerilla Marketing poster
7.0

Thisara, the owner of an advertising firm, gets a contract to make a propaganda campaign for the opposition leader Gregory Mahadikaram at the next presidential elections.

Guerilla Marketing

2005

Aswasuma poster
6.0

An elderly man who regrets certain events in his past life displays his struggle to relieve the bottled-up feelings which had disturbed him throughout his life. Opening with the funeral of the elderly Guneris' wife the film follows the revelation of his past which is filled with a number of tragic events including a triple murder he had committed 52 years ago.

Aswasuma

2002

Weesi Dela poster
9.0

Nirmal lives in a small village with his father and a beautiful sister, Sirima. The family is shattered when Sirima is raped by one of their neighbours.

Weesi Dela

1997

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Dharmayuddhaya poster
9.2

Dharmayuddhaya is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala Family drama film directed by Indian director Cheyyar Ravi and produced by MTV Channel for Sirasa Films of The Capital Maharaja Organization Limited and is distributed by M Entertainments.It is a Sinhala remake of the Indian Malayalam- language film Drishyam originally written by Jeethu Joseph. Dharmayuddhaya follows the story of Harishchandra; a self-made businessman, loved and respected by all in the area. His wife and two children are his most valued treasures of his life and he spends lot of time watching films which is his hobby. Due to a stranger who enters their lives, his life along with the lives of his wife and daughters’ change unexpectedly

Dharmayuddhaya

2017

Maharaja Gemunu poster
9.0

Maharaja Gemunu is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renowned for defeating and overthrowing King Elara, the usurping Tamil prince from the Chola Kingdom, who had invaded the Kingdom of Rajarata in 205 BC.

Maharaja Gemunu

2015

Ahelepola Kumarihami poster
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The story of Madduma Bandara. The sensational prodigy, brave son of Ehalapola Kumarihami.

Ahelepola Kumarihami

2014

Gharasarapa poster
10.0

Gharasarapa (The Lurking Serpent) (Sinhalese: ඝරසරප ) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala supernatural romantic horror film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and produced by Arjuna Kamalanath for Isuru Films. It stars Jackson Anthony, Kamal Addararachchi and Sangeetha Weeraratne in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis , Devnaka Porage and Kavindya Adikari. Music composed by Chintaka Jayakody. Kavindya Adikari, who is the daughter of popular singers Samitha Mudunkotuwa and Athula Adhikari make her debut cinema acting with the film. The film was screened at the Tharanga theatre at the National Film Corporation on 29th of June 2018. The film was officially released on 10 August 2018.

Gharasarapa

2018

Udumbara poster
7.0

The movie revolves around Anandha, a middle aged man, who tries to achieve his lifelong dream through a girl named Udumbara.

Udumbara

2018

Pravegaya poster
9.0

A Young man fights for his lost bike with courage. Honest Gangster with his foolish brother who destroyed everything. This is a remake of Tamil movie Polladhavan aka.Ruthless Man (2007)

Pravegaya

2015

The Other Half poster
7.0

Living with the pain of a poisoned environment and a society that doesn't understand the value of an individual.

The Other Half

2019

No Address poster
4.2

The lives of a hoodlum, businessman, a law student and a woman are deeply affected by the greed for power.

No Address

2015

Kusa Pabha poster
8.5

The love story between beastly-looking prince Kusa and beautiful princess Paba.

Kusa Pabha

2012

2000s · 6 titles

1990s · 5 titles

Weesi Dela poster
9.0

Nirmal lives in a small village with his father and a beautiful sister, Sirima. The family is shattered when Sirima is raped by one of their neighbours.

Weesi Dela

1997

Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II poster
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A continuation of “Bawa Duka”; via Peduru’s family, the narrative exposes the social stasis/class discrimination encouraged by the local Sinhalese Buddhist clergy, while the arrival of the Christian missionaries signals a more progressive mindset, though at the cost of conversion to a monotheistic faith. Tyranny is not only practiced by the British colonials but equally facilitated by local traditional institutions--thus, the resultant suffering (Duka) of Peduru is a combination of the two.

Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II

1997

Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I poster
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Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.

Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I

1997

Firearms and Fireworks poster
8.0

Padme starts as an ordinary local with a volatile temper. While cleaning a shotgun with a village businessman, he expresses a sudden violent urge, leading him to murder the businessman and declare his intent to run the town's criminal underworld.

Firearms and Fireworks

1998

Loku Duwa poster
8.0

"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.

Loku Duwa

1994

Series credits

Behind the camera