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- Birth nameGammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama
- Joe Abeywickrama was born on June 13, 1933 in Lellopitiya, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. He was an actor and writer, known for Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997), Welikathara (1971) and Sorungeth Soru (1967). He died on September 21, 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- He is the first Sri Lankan actor to ever participated for Filmfare Film Festival, where he participated in 1966.
- He is also widely known as a Crowned king of Sri Lankan cinema history and he was the second to die of the three crowned cinema heroes. (the first cinema king to die was Gamini Fonseka and last of three to die was Tony Ranasinghe).
- At the 1999 Singapore International Film Festival, Abeywickrama won a Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Actor for his portrayal of a grieving father in Pura Handa Kaluwara (English: Death on a Full Moon Day), a first for a Sri Lankan.
- Initially famed as a comedic actor in early 1950s, Abeywickrama became one of the greatest film actors of alltime in Sinhala cinema with several critically acclaimed award winning dramatic performances.
- Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.
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