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Roy de Silva (Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva) was born on 30 August, 1937 in Yatawatta, British Ceylon, is a Sri Lankan actor and film director (1937–2018). Discover Roy de Silva's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva
Occupation Actor · director · producer · screenplay writer
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 30 August 1937
Birthday 30 August
Birthplace Yatawatta, British Ceylon
Date of death 30 June, 2018
Died Place Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka

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His wife is Sumana Amarasinghe (m. 1975)

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1937

Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, popularly known as Roy de Silva (රෝයි ද සිල්වා; 30 August 1937 – 30 June 2018), was a Sri Lankan actor and film director in Sri Lankan cinema.

Born on 30 August 1937, as Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, he quickly changed his name to Roy de Silva in the beginning of his cinema career.

He was born in Yatawatta, Matale as the fourth of seven siblings.

He first attended Yatawatta Sinhala School, and then moved to St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa and completed advanced level from St. Joseph's College, Colombo.

Just after completing school, he started to act in many stage dramas such as Narbona Hee Ranaweera Sebala and Surath Liliya.

He was married to fellow Sri Lankan actress Sumana Amarasinghe and they have two children.

1964

He entered the film industry as an actor in 1964 with Sujage Rahasa directed by Palaniyaandi Neelakantan.

He then moved towards cinema direction, becoming one of the most successful film makers in the Sri Lankan film industry.

His blockbuster movies such as Re Daniel Dawal Migel series, Cheriyo series, Clean Out, and Sir Last Chance were economically successful and made hallmarks in the industry.

The film was released on 24 December 1964 and received a positive reception from critics.

His success was achieved through stylish acting, Tamil Indian actor like personality and fluency in Tamil.

This in turn gave him many opportunities to act under many Tamil directors in his early days.

1972

In 1972, de Silva's film Sujeewa surpassed the gross earnings of Edath Suraya Adath Suraya, starring the most famous Sri Lankan actor of that time, Gamini Fonseka.

De Silva's acting career mostly came under directors like Joe Dev Anand, Danny Mariyadasan, M S Anandan, K Venkat, Kingsley Rajapakse, Robin Tampoe, Lenin Morayes, and Cyril P. Abeyratne.

De Silva had the ability to remember long dialogues.

Apart from direction and acting, De Silva also performed as a playback singer on a few occasions, such as in the films Tom Pachaya and Minisun Athara Minisek.

1977

His first direction was of the 1977 film Tom Pachaya, co-directed with Stanley Perera.

1991

De Silva's first English film direction was It's a Matter of Time in 1991.

2016

Up to 2016, he directed 33 films, with more than 70 percent of the films easily passing 100 days and becoming blockbuster hits.

2018

Roy died on 30 June 2018 at the age of 80.

Sumana Amarasinghe died on 5 June 2022 at the age of 74 while receiving treatment at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital due to a sudden illness.

De Silva came to the silver screen through Sujage Rahasa directed by P. Neelakantan, a famous South Indian director who accompanied MGR as well.

On 30 June 2018, De Silva died while being treated for a heart attack at Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital.

His remains were cremated on 2 July 2018 at Kanatte Cemetery.

On 1 September 2018, de Silva's autobiography was launched at Tharangani Hall.

The book is titled Ada Siyawasaka Sadadara Roy.

2020

On 5 July 2020, de Silva's wife Sumana Amarasinghe organized an alms giving at an old house in Colombo in two year commemoration of his death.

De Silva was primarily a director of comedy films, which made him one of Sri Lanka's promising directors in Sri Lanka cinema industry.