Dhamma Jagoda (28 January 1941 – 4 February 1988) was the first Head of the Drama Unit at the National Television channel Rupavahini Corporation in Sri Lanka. He was a pioneer theater and television play director and actor in Sri Lanka. He inaugurated the first theatre school (the Lionel Wendt Kala Kendra Ranga Shilpa Shalika) at Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo 7, in the 1970s and it was the foundation for many artists who have emerged in Sri Lanka in recent years. Dhamma Jagoda was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College, Colombo.
Directed Play
1963 Vesmuhunu
1970 'Kora Saha Andaya'(The Lame and the Blind) script Dharmasena Pathiraja Produced by Dhamma Jagoda
1971 Malavun Nagiti
Moscow GiniGani
Sakala Jana
Hotabariyudde
Kuriru Ranga( Play of cruelty)
Parasthawa and Porisadaya
Directed Television Play
Palingu Menike
Mihikathage Daruvo
Dimuthu muthu
Performed Play
1963 Kuveni
1968 E. M. Forster’s A Passage To India:
1976 Nattukkari
Punchi Palingurena
Maname
Kelani Palama
Muhudu Puttu
Kontara
Performed Film
Mahagedara as Premasiri
Madol Duwa as Balappu
Mummulawela
Green Emerald
Awards
1963 Best Actor- role of 'Kawlavsky' for "Ves Muhunu"
