Somy Rathnayake

Somy Rathnayake

සොමී රත්නායක

Full Name: Somy Nanda Ratnayake Born 27 October 1946

27 October 1946

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Summary

NameSomy Rathnayake
Sinhala Nameසොමී රත්නායක
Full NameSomy Nanda Ratnayake
Born27 October 1946

Biography

Somy Nanda Ratnayake (born October 27, 1946, also known as Somie Ratnayake, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor with a career spanning more than four decades, Rathnayake is a multi-talented personnel also working as a director, script writer, film producer and playback singer.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born on 27 October 1946 in Ambalangoda, he studied at Sivali Central College, St. Aloysius and Sri Sumana Vidyalaya, Ratnapura.[4] After finishing studies, he moved Colombo in 1968. He also studied music under maestro W.D. Amaradeva. On 16 September 1996, he went USA for an employment and work in a petrol shed.[3] He is married to fellow actress Susila Rathnayake and the couple has one son - Naveen.

ACTING CAREER

His entrance to the drama career was accidental.[5] Once, his friend said that he was doing a stage play, so Rathnayake went to Sudarshi Hall.[3] Then he was selected for Sumana Aloka Bandara's play Erabandu Mal Sinasuna. However before that drama, Jayatissa Alahakoon's play Mala Kolam staged, which was his maiden stage acting. Later he joined Dayananda Jayawardena's film Amaraneeya Adaraya. However, he has to wait for a cinematic role until the film Selenaage Walawwa. By 1996, Somy Rathnayake was the only professional actor in the country. He won the award for the Best Supporting Actor in 1975 State Drama Festival for the role in play Paraputuwo.

He directed the stage dramas such as Ran Salakunu, Enuscola and Sabanda Mama Rasputin. Some of his directed television serials include Daasi and Indrajali.

Awards

National Awards

1 Best Performance Award Bawa Duka - 1997 24th OCIC Award Ceremony 1999 - 1999
2 Best Actor Surabidena - 1993 10th Presidential Award 1994 - 1994
3 Best Actor Surabidena - 1993 21st OCIC Award Ceremony 1994 - 1994
4 Best Actor Surabidena - 1993 6th Swarna Sanka Cinema Awards Ceremony 1994 - 1994
5 Best Supporting Actor Me Vaare Mage - 1992 21st Sarasaviya Awards - 1993 - 1993
6 Best Actor Dolosmahe Pahana - 1991 4th Swarna Sanka Cinema Awards Ceremony 1992 - 1992
7 Best Performance Award Puja - 1986 14th OCIC Award Ceremony 1987 - 1987
8 Best Supporting Actor Dadayama - 1983 6th Presidential Award 1984 - 1984
9 Best Supporting Actor Dadayama - 1983 12th Sarasaviya Awards - 1984 - 1984
10 Best Supporting Actor Uthumaneni - 1980 3rd Presidential Award 1981 - 1981

As a Cast

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 3041975 Amaraneeya Adare අමරණීය ආදරේ Actor Dayananda Jayawardena
2 3271976 Ganga ගංගා Actor C.T. Perera, Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
3 3381976 Hulavali හුලවාලී Actor W.A.B. De Silva
4 3621977 Sikuru Dasawa සිකුරු දසාව Actor Siri Kularathna
5 3681977 Yakadaya යකඩයා Actor Neil Rupasinghe
6 3951978 Anupama අනුපමා Actor Sunil Ariyaratne
7 4011979 Amal Biso අමල් බිසෝ Actor Neil Rupasinghe
8 4081979 Wasanthaye Dawasak වසන්තයේ දවසක් Actor T. Arjuna
9 4151979 Sugandi සුගන්දි Actor Dayananda Rodrigo
10 4171979 Subhani සුභානි Actor S.V. Chandran
11 4261980 Uthumaneni උතුමාණෙනි Actor Gamini Fonseka
12 4281980 Jodu Valalu ජෝඩු වළලු Actor Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
13 4381980 Sasaraka Pathum සසරක පැතුම් Actor H.D. Premarathna
14 4411980 Dandu Monara දඬු මොණර Actor Vijaya Darma Sri
15 4441980 Sankapali සන්කපාලි Actor Anton Gregory, Sarath Rupasinghe
16 4451980 Muwan Palassa II මුවන් පැලැස්ස 2 Actor Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
17 4551980 Mayurige Kathawa මයුරිගේ කතාව Actor Gamini Fonseka
18 4591981 Thavalama තවලම Actor Lal Perera
19 4601981 Ranga රංගා Actor D. Mariyadasan
20 4641981 Valampuri වාලම්පුරි Actor Bermin Lylie Fernando
21 4691981 Sathara Peranimithi සතර පෙර නිමිති Actor Sunil Ariyaratne
22 4751981 Sagarayak Meda සාගරයක් මැද Actor Gamini Fonseka
23 4771981 Ridee Thella රිදී තැල්ල Actor Siri Kularathna
24 4781981 Bandura Mal බාදුරා මල් Actor Gamini Fonseka
25 4831981 Sathara Diganthaya සතර දිගන්තය Actor Sathischandra Edirisinghe
26 4981982 Sakvithi Suvaya සක්විති සුවය Actor Gamini Fonseka
27 5261982 Miss Mallika මිස් මල්ලිකා Actor Anton Gregory
28 5391983 Niliyakata Pem Kalemi නිළියකට පෙම් කලෙමි Actor Siri Kularathna
29 5401983 Samuganimi Ma Samiyani සමුගනිමි මා සැමියනි Actor Premaweera Gunasekara, Hillory Rajapaksha
30 5421983 Chutte චුට්ටේ Actor Thilak Wehalla
31 5441983 Athin Athata ඈතින් ඈතට Actor Sena Samarasinghe
32 5451983 Thuththiri Mal තුත්තිරි මල් Actor Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
33 5461983 Dadayama දඩයම Actor Wasantha Obeysekara
34 5461983 Dadayama දඩයම Actor Wasantha Obeysekara
35 5481983 Hasthi Viyaruva හස්ති වියරුව Actor H.D. Premarathna
36 5491983 Senehasaka Kandulu සෙනෙහසක කඳුළු Actor Hemasiri Sellapperuma
37 5541983 Sister Mary සිස්ටර් මේරි Actor Mu Arukgoda
38 5591983 Monarathenna II මොණරතැන්න 2 Actor Mu Arukgoda
39 5601983 Rathu Makara රතු මකරා Actor Thilak Wehalla
40 5751984 Hitha Honda Kollek හිත හොඳ කොල්ලෙක් Actor Roy De Silva
41 5761984 Binaree Saha Sudu Banda බිනරී සහ සුදු බණ්ඩා Main Actor Kingsly Disanayaka
42 5801984 Podi Ralahami පොඩි රාලහාමි Actor Siri Kularathna
43 5831984 Rana Derana රණ දෙරණ Actor Lorance cooray, Dilman Jayaratne
44 5871984 Ammai Duwai(Raththaran Neth) අම්මයි දුවයි (රත්තරන් නෙත්) Actor Mu Arukgoda
45 5941984 Muthu Manike මුතු මැණිකේ Actor Dharma Sri Kaldera
46 5981985 Yuganthaya යුගාන්තය Actor Dr. Lester James Peries
47 5991985 Mihidum Salu මිහිදුම් සළු Main Actor Sunil Ariyaratne
48 6021985 Rajina රැජින Actor Thilak Lakshman Senawirathna
49 6021985 Rajina රැජින Actor Thilak Lakshman Senawirathna
50 6041985 Araliya Mal අරලිය මල් Actor Mu Arukgoda
51 6051985 Raththaran Kanda රත්තරන් කන්ද Actor Vinsant Senavirathna
52 6061985 Suddilage Kathava සුද්දිලාගේ කතාව Actor Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
53 6071985 Puthuni Mata Samavenna පුතුනි මට සමාවෙන්න Actor Thilak Wehalla
54 6161985 Du Daruwo දූ දරුවෝ Actor Gamini Hewawitharana
55 6201985 Kiri Madu Wel කිරි මදු වැල් Actor Ariyadasa Withanage, Saman Weeraman
56 6231986 Prarthana ප්‍රාර්ථනා Actor Priyantha Rathnayaka
57 6241986 Asipatha Mamai අසිපත මමයි Actor Jerad Fernando
58 6251986 Athuru Mithuru අතුරු මිතුරු Main Actor Ariyarathna Vithana
59 6281986 Gimhane Gee Naadey ගිම්හානේ ගී නාදේ Actor Dharma Sri Kaldera
60 6281986 Gimhane Gee Naadey ගිම්හානේ ගී නාදේ Actor Dharma Sri Kaldera
61 6311986 Jaya Apatai ජය අපටයි Actor Sunil Soma Peiris
62 6331986 Puja පූජා Actor Dharmasiri Gamage
63 6361986 Awurudu Da අවුරුදු දා Actor Nimal Thennakoon, Saman Jayaweera
64 6381987 Yugayen Yugayata යුගයෙන් යුගයට Actor Lenin Morais
65 6411987 Sathyagrahanaya සත්‍යග්‍රහනය Actor D.B. Warnasiri
66 6431987 Podi Vijey පොඩි විජේ Actor Nishantha De Alwis
67 6451987 Kivulegedara Mohottala කිව්ලේගෙදර මොහොට්ටාල Actor Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
68 6471987 Kele Kella කැලැ කෙල්ල Actor Bernard Reginold
69 6571988 Gedara Budun Amma ගෙදර බුදුන් අම්මා Actor Roy De Silva
70 6701989 Okkoma Rajavaru ඔක්කොම රජවරු Actor V. Siwadasan, Thilak Wehalla
71 6721989 Obata Rahasak Kiyannam ඔබට රහසක් කියන්නම් Actor Sunil Soma Peiris
72 6741989 Sinasenna Raththaran සිනාසෙන්න රත්තරන් Actor Sunil Soma Peiris
73 6751989 Varadata Daduvam වරදට දඬුවම් Actor Dinesh Priyasad
74 6881990 Pem Rajadahana පෙම් රජදහන Actor Dayananda Jayawardena
75 6931990 Kristhu Charithaya ක්‍රිස්තු චරිතය Actor Sunil Ariyaratne
76 6951990 Hitha Hoda Puthek හිත හොඳ පුතෙක් Actor Roy De Silva
77 7011991 Dolosmahe Pahana දොළොස්මහේ පහන Main Actor Nishantha De Alwis
78 7051991 Hithata Dukak Nathi Miniha හිතට දුකක් නැති මිනිහා Actor Dinesh Priyasad
79 7161991 Ali Baba Saha Horu Hathaliha අලි බබා සහ හොරු හතලිහ Actor N. Vimalasena
80 7361992 Umayangana උමයන්ගනා Actor Ananda Fonseka
81 7371992 Me Vaare Mage මේ වාරේ මගේ Actor Lionel Panduwawala
82 7391992 Rumathiyai Neethiyai රූමතියයි නීතියයි Actor Mu Arukgoda
83 7501993 Surabidena සුරබිදෙන Actor Chandrarathna Mapitigama
84 7511993 Sajant Nallathambi සාජන්ට් නල්ලතම්බි Actor Ananda Wickramasinghe
85 7551993 Veli Sulanga වැලි සුළඟ Actor Nishantha Pradeep
86 7581993 Come Or Go Chikago කම් ඕ ගෝ චිකාගෝ Actor Dinesh Priyasad
87 7641993 Thrishule ත්‍රිශුලේ Actor Lalith Gunawardana
88 7661993 Nelum Ha Samanmalee නෙළුම් හා සමන්මලී Actor Chandrarathna Mapitigama
89 8051995 Ira Handa Illa ඉර හඳ ඉල්ලා Actor Sunil Soma Peiris
90 8071995 Deviyane Sathya Surakinna දෙවියනේ සත්‍ය සුරකින්න Actor M.V. Balan
91 8091995 Demodara Palama දෙමෝදර පාලම Actor Dinesh Priyasad
92 8111995 Chitti චිට්ටී Main Actor Sarath Gunarathna
93 8141995 Mama Baya Ne Shyama මම බය නැ ශ්‍යාමා Actor M.S. Anandan
94 8161995 Edath Chandiya Adath Chandiya එදත් චන්ඩියා අදත් චන්ඩියා Actor V. Siwadasan
95 8191995 Ayoma අයෝමා Actor Parakrama Niriella
96 8241996 Sathi සාති Actor C.T. Perera
97 8471997 Ege Vairaya 2 ඇගේ වෛරය 2 Actor Louie Vanderstraeten
98 8541997 Vijayagrahanaya විජයග්‍රහණය Actor Kusumchandra Gamage
99 8551997 Bawa Duka භව දුක Actor Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
100 8651997 Bawa Karma බව කර්ම Actor Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
101 9712002 Sathkampa සත්කම්පා Main Actor Chandrarathna Mapitigama
102 11772014 Parawarthana පරාවර්තන Main Actor Jayanath Gunawardane
103 12312016 Maya (new) මායා (නව) Actor Donald Jayantha

As a Crew

Dialogs

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 8051995 Ira Handa Illa ඉර හඳ ඉල්ලා Dialogs Sunil Soma Peiris

Producer

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 7051991 Hithata Dukak Nathi Miniha හිතට දුකක් නැති මිනිහා Producer Dinesh Priyasad

Script

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 8051995 Ira Handa Illa ඉර හඳ ඉල්ලා Script Sunil Soma Peiris

Story

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 8051995 Ira Handa Illa ඉර හඳ ඉල්ලා Story Sunil Soma Peiris