Jackson Anthony

Acting

Jackson Anthony

Born July 8, 1958 · Ragama, Sri Lanka

Died October 9, 2023 · aged 65

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

AttentionAttention · 2024
Attention
2024
MovieCrimeDrama
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.
Randiya DaharaRandiya Dahara · 2004
Randiya Dahara
2004
MovieDrama
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.
AswasumaAswasuma · 2002
Aswasuma
★ 6.02002
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Firearms and FireworksFirearms and Fireworks · 1998
Firearms and Fireworks
★ 8.01998
MovieCrimeAction
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.
Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part IIBawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II · 1997
Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II
1997
Movie
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.
Dheevari: Fisherman's DaughterDheevari: Fisherman's Daughter · 2006
Dheevari: Fisherman's Daughter
2006
MovieDrama
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.
Guerilla MarketingGuerilla Marketing · 2005
Guerilla Marketing
★ 7.02005
MovieDramaMystery
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.
DharmayuddhayaDharmayuddhaya · 2017
Dharmayuddhaya
★ 9.22017
MovieDramaThriller
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

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