Joe Abeywickrama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joe Abeywickrama

actor

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1927

Place of Birth: Ratnapura district, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2011

Profession: actor

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Joe Abeywickrama

  • Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John "Joe" Abeywickrama (Sinhala:?? ??????????) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), known as Joe Abeywickrama, was a Sri Lankan actor.
  • He began acting in 1955 and achieved fame as a comedic actor.
  • Since 1965, Abeywickrama has also done dramatic roles.He has won 18 Sarasavi Awards and Presidential Awards.
  • At the 1999 Singapore International Film Festival, Abeywickrama won a Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Actor for his portrayal of a grieving father in Pura Handa Kaluwara (English: Death on a Full Moon Day), a first for a Sri Lankan.
  • He is considered by many to be the finest character actor the country has producedHe is also widely known as a Crowned king of Sri Lankan cinema history and he was the second to die of the three crowned cinema heroes.
  • (the first cinema king to die was Gamini Fonseka and last of three to die was Tony Ranasinghe.
  • He is the first Sri Lankan actor to ever participated for Filmfare Film Festival, where he participated in 1966.

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