Tony Jayawardena

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Tony Jayawardena
Born
Anthony Surath Jayawardena

London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Anthony Surath Jayawardena is a British actor, known for his roles as Mr Bhamra in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham the Musical[1] and for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe[2] and Royal National Theatre. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Rashid Hyatt in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge.

Career[]

Jayawardena appears on the original cast recording of Bend It Like Beckham the Musical, performing the songs "People Like Us" and "The Engagement: Look At Us Now".[3] He was the original Abdul Kareem in the play The Empress by Tanika Gupta, which tells the story of Queen Victoria's relationship with The Munshi, a young man brought over from India to be her servant in the final 15 years of her life. He played Stephano in the RSC's production of The Tempest,[4] which partnered with Intel and Imaginarium Studios and was the first use of real-time motion-capture technology on stage.[5]

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Director
2004 Chasing Liberty White House Guard Andy Cadiff
2008 A Bunch of Amateurs Kevin Patel
2009 National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well 2nd Lord Dumaine Marianne Elliot
2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance Mark Meddle Nicholas Hytner
2011 Screwed Bear Reg Traviss
2012 Tower Block Bear Ronnie Thompson, Eddie
2013 Trance Security Guard Danny Boyle
2016 A Street Cat Named Bob Tony Roger Spottiswoode
Television
Year Program Role Episode
2011 Kabaddasses The Marauding Moustache 1[6]
2012 Silent Witness Younis 2 episodes
2016 The Windsors Sandy Series 1[7]
Holby City Monty the Python Series 19, episode 10
2018 The Tunnel Lawrence Taylor 2 episodes[7]
2018–present Ackley Bridge Rashid Hyatt Main role[7]
2020 The Crown Sir Sonny Ramphal 2 episodes

Stage[]

Year Title Role Company
2009 England People Very Nice Various Royal National Theatre
Twelfth Night Fabian The Royal Shakespeare Company[7]
All's Well That Ends Well 2nd Lord Dumaine Royal National Theatre[7]
2010 London Assurance Mark Meddle
2013 The Empress Abdul Kareem Royal Shakespeare Company
Love N Stuff Mansoor Theatre Royal Stratford East
2015 Bend It Like Beckham the Musical Mr Bhamra Phoenix Theatre[7]
2016 The Invisible Hand Imam Saleem Tricycle Theatre[8][9]
The Tempest Stephano Royal Shakespeare Company[7]
2017 Twelfth Night Sir Toby Belch Shakespeare's Globe
Lions and Tigers Subhash Bose / Jyotish Gupta Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Young Marx Gert “Doc” Schmidt Bridge Theatre
2019 Hobson's Choice Hari Hobson Royal Exchange Theatre

Discography[]

Year Album Role Label
2015 Bend It Like Beckham the Musical Mr Bhamra Sony Music Classical

References[]

  1. ^ "Tony Jayawardena and Natasha Jayetileke, Ashanti Omkar - BBC Asian Network". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ Adams, Tim (28 May 2017). "Twelfth Night review – Emma Rice brings lights, music and the food of life". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (24 June 2015). "Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre, review: 'irresistible'". Archived from the original on 10 November 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ^ "The Tempest". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Tech comes to The Tempest in new RSC production". 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Comedy Lab - On Demand - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Meet the cast of Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge - 2". radiotimes.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Interview with Tony Jayawardena from the cast of The Invisible Hand". 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017.
  9. ^ "5 minutes with: Tony Jayawardena - 'The West End is a difficult arena to succeed in'". Archived from the original on 29 May 2016.

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