Cyril Wickramage

Acting

Cyril Wickramage

Born

1932-01-26 (94)

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

Cyril Wickramage is a critically acclaimed, veteran Sri Lankan actor, director, and singer who has left an indelible mark on Sinhala cinema, theater, and television. Known as a cornerstone of artistic cinema rather than a mainstream "star", he often portrayed the complex realities of the rural everyman and displaced villager.

Known for

Kandak Sema poster
NR

Based on a novel written by Sumithra Rahubadda.

Kandak Sema

2023

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

Siri Medura poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Siri Medura

1989

How to Be an Adult poster
8.0

Susila lives in a small village with her mother and two brothers. Growing up facing the bitterest realities of life, her coming of age is delayed. But once it happens, she instantaneously attracts the attention of the young men in the village leading to conflict.

How to Be an Adult

1975

Bambaru Awith poster
7.3

In a fishing village, Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman, but he exploits and feeds off the other fishermen. In this setting, members of the urban entrepreneurial youth. They have adapted to Western culture, dressing like Westerners and preferring Western music. Conflict arises between Anton Aiya and Baby Mahattaya (Victor), a representative of the urban youth. A middle-class leftist, Weerasena, is also part of this group. The arrival of these youths has clearly caused a social crisis requiring a solution, and all Weerasena can do is stand on a platform and deliver a speech that no one listens to. He finally leaves for the city.

Bambaru Awith

1978

Soldadu Unnahe poster
NR

During Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on its eve, the holiday and the day after, and involves the participation of four oppressed souls: a World War II veteran, a prostitute, her thieving pimp and a clerk who have chosen the base of a tree as their asylum from the spectacle of pageantry.

Soldadu Unnahe

1981

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1970s · 3 titles