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Gihan Adrian Camil Fernando (born 30 August 1967: Sinhala: ගිහාන් ප්රනාන්දු), popularly as Gihan Fernando, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a playwright and singer.
Personal life
Fernando was born on 30 August 1967 in Galudipita village in Ragama as the eldest of the family. He has one younger brother and two younger sisters. He is an old boy of De Mazenod College, Kandana. In school, he was a bright student and clever in football. Before entering drama, he worked as a university non-academic staff member.
Acting career
After finishing school, he studied about theatre under numerous foreign theatre directors through the British Council while working in a company. In 1998, along with another fellow actor late Asela Jayakody, he went to a workshop conducted by Jayalal Rohana. Then, both were lucky to act in Rohana's stage drama, Bhoothawesha. He got the opportunity to act in stage roles under late Somalatha Subasinghe, K. B. Herath, Rajitha Dissanayake, Ravindra Ariyaratne and Dharmapriya Dias. He won the Best Actor Award at the Youth Drama Festival in 1990 for his role in Royston Jude's play Rangahala. Then he acted in Macbeth which was produced by a theatre group formed in Wattala under the banner Wattala Kattiya.
Fernando's maiden television acting came through Hiru Kumari directed by Nalan Mendis in 1998. Along with Kumara Thirimadura, Fernando engaged in a stage play Giha Saha Kuma.
In 2016, he organized a theatre festival titled Ma Dakina Mama to celebrate the silver jubilee of his theatre career. It was held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo from 31 March to 3 April 2016, ending with a festival dinner and a stand-up show. He also voiced for the radio teledrama Channa Kinnaravi on Hiru FM, and Paradige on RanOne FM. He currently runs an acting school named Hit Act in Bambalapitiya for the new generation.
= Notable theatre works
== Notable television serials
=Filmography
Fernando started his film career with a minor role in 1996 film, Seeruwen Sitin directed by Winston Ajith Fernando.
Awards and accolades
Fernando has won several awards at the local stage drama festivals and television festivals.
= Youth Drama Festival Awards
== State Drama Festival Awards
== Raigam Tele'es Awards
=References
External links
Actor Gihan Fernando speaks that he give up about awards
Lankan comedy based on British play
Festival of three plays by Rajitha at Wendt in January
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- Gihan
- Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli 2
- Ksheera Sagaraya Kalabina
- List of Sri Lankan films of the 2020s
- The Newspaper (film)
- List of Sri Lankan actors
- Kathuru Mithuru
- De Mazenod College
