Jackson Anthony

Acting

Jackson Anthony

Born 1958-07-08 · Ragama, Sri Lanka

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.

Acting credits

Randiya Dahara poster
NR

Follows the story of a struggling young woman who pretends to be the wife of a missing soldier to claim compensation money for going abroad, only for the soldier to return alive.

Randiya Dahara

2004

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

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

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

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

Kusa Pabha poster
8.5

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

Kusa Pabha

2012

Mille Soya poster
NR

Mille Soya, is a film depicting a dangerous and hazardous journey by a young Sri Lankan group to rich Europe. They are subject to deceptions by the intermediaries, betrayals by friends, arrests while crossing the borders and even death.

Mille Soya

2004

Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II poster
NR

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

Little Miss Puppet poster
NR

A young girl distraught by her mother's sudden illness finds solace in a beachfront carnival's puppet show run by a mysterious ringmaster.

Little Miss Puppet

2020

Dheevari: Fisherman's Daughter poster
NR

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

Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I poster
NR

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

Sooriya Arana poster
7.8

A secret friendship is developed between the two boys, a young disciple and a son of a hunter in a remote village.

Sooriya Arana

2004

Sinhabahu poster
4.0

The movie is based on the legend of King Sinhabahu, the son of a lion and a royal princess Suppa Devi.

Sinhabahu

2024

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

Attention poster
NR

Attention (සීරුවෙන්) 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

Ahelepola Kumarihami poster
NR

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

Ahelepola Kumarihami

2014

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

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

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

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
2.7

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

No Address

2015

Behind the camera