Joe Abeywickrama

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.3141

Gender

Male

Birthday

22-Jun-1927

Age

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

Also Known As
  • Joe Abeywickrema

Joe Abeywickrama

Biography

Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama, populalry as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.


Credits

තුෂාරා තුෂාරා (1973) Character: N/A
Sampath, Thushara and Keerthi are batchmates. Sonia is a relation of Sampath. Thushara is Sampath's girl friend at campus. Sonia and Thushara are friends. Sonia's father and Sampath's mother tries to make them marry but Sampath doesn't have any romantic feelings for Sonia. So Sonia and specially her father does things to put apart Thushara and Sampath. One is to tell fake things to Thushara's father about Sampath and make him disappointed. Another one is attacking Sampath at a club. The story goes on as Sampath persists those challenges and finally marries Thushara and at the end of the film we get the feeling that Sonia and Keerthi find love between them too.
අවරගිර අවරගිර (1990) Character: K.B. Sethigala
Awaragira is a 1990 Sri Lankan film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Dilman Jayaratne for Dil Films. It stars Joe Abeywickrama, Iranganie Serasinghe and Tony Ranasinghe in lead roles along with Lucky Dias and Vasanthi Chathurani. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa.
Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව (1976) Character: Dharmasena Guru
Madol Duwa (Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him. The film is based on Martin Wickremasinghe's 1947 novel Madol Doova. It was a commercial success
අලිමංකඩ අලිමංකඩ (2009) Character: Tamil Shopkeeper
The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 action thriller film produced, screen played and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from Elephants Pass by Nihal De Silva
Aswasuma Aswasuma (2002) Character: Guneris-Old age
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.
වීර පූරන් අප්පු වීර පූරන් අප්පු (1978) Character: King David
Weera Puran Appu (වීර පූරන් අප්පු) is a 1979 Sri Lankan film. Directed by H.D. Premaratne. Language: Sinhala. Runtime: 115.0 minutes. Historical Country of origin: Sri Lanka.
Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon (1972) Character: Father
Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.
Gahanu Lamai Gahanu Lamai (1978) Character: Doctor
The Girls is about the growing up of two schoolgirl sisters and the disappointments to which they are condemned by their impoverished backgrounds.
Bambaru Awith Bambaru Awith (1978) Character: Anton
In a fishing village, Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman, but he exploits and feeds off the other fishermen. In this setting, members of the urban entrepreneurial youth. They have adapted to Western culture, dressing like Westerners and preferring Western music. Conflict arises between Anton Aiya and Baby Mahattaya (Victor), a representative of the urban youth. A middle-class leftist, Weerasena, is also part of this group. The arrival of these youths has clearly caused a social crisis requiring a solution, and all Weerasena can do is stand on a platform and deliver a speech that no one listens to. He finally leaves for the city.
Soldadu Unnahe Soldadu Unnahe (1981) Character: Soldier
During Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on its eve, the holiday and the day after, and involves the participation of four oppressed souls: a World War II veteran, a prostitute, her thieving pimp and a clerk who have chosen the base of a tree as their asylum from the spectacle of pageantry.
සුද්දීලාගේ කතාව සුද්දීලාගේ කතාව (1985) Character: Arachchila
Set in the dry zone of Sri Lanka, Suddi is married to a notorious criminal in the village, Romiel. Convicted for a murder Romiel is jailed. Miserable Suddhi has to depend on Sirimewan Mudalalie, a shrewd businessman from town.
පුරහඳ කළුවර පුරහඳ කළුවර (1997) Character: Vannihamy
Drama about a father who refuses to believe in his son's death at war.
චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන් චෙරියෝ කැප්ටන් (1995) Character: Captain Donson
Cheriyo Captain is a 1995 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Thilak Atapattu for TK Films. It is the second film of Cheriyo film series, which is sequel to Cheriyo Doctor.
පරසතු මල් පරසතු මල් (1966) Character: Sirisena
The story follows Bonny Mahaththaya (Gamini Fonseka), a wealthy and hedonistic landowner who lives a life of wine and pleasure. His world is challenged by his unrequited love for Kamala (Punya Heendeniya), who instead loves a humble worker named Sirisena (Joe Abeywickrama).
තුංමං හංදිය තුංමං හංදිය (1970) Character: Abilin
Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy.
ලොකු දුව ලොකු දුව (1994) Character: Punna's Father
"Loku Duwa" depicts an attractive and self-sacrificing daughter of the middle class in the city who is trapped in a family of traditional values.
Baddegama Baddegama (1980) Character: Silindu
Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf. Silindu is a hunter in a small village where he and his family endure a life of hardships. After facing disease and poverty under colonial rule, the final blow comes when Silindu is tried for murder.
කොළඹ සන්නිය: කමිං ස්වීට් කොළඹ සන්නිය: කමිං ස්වීට් (1976) Character: Andare
Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Denewake Hamine are notable for containing the first depiction of best comedy in a Sinhala film.
විරාගය - Viragaya විරාගය - Viragaya (1987) Character: N/A
This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends and relatives. The English translation of the title, "The Way of the Lotus" implies Aravinda as Lotus-rising above dirt and mud to blossom.
වැලිකතර වැලිකතර (1971) Character: Goring Mudalali 'Dipthilage Mudiyanselage Sudu Banda'
An intense, cat-and-mouse drama between newly appointed ASP Randeniya and a local thug (Goring Mudalali). Randeniya's life gradually falls apart as he wages war against Goring Mudalali's crime syndicate, erupting in a shocking climax.



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