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Cletus Mendis
ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස්
Born
Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis

(1949-07-17) 17 July 1949 (age 77)
Negombo, Sri Lanka
OccupationsActor, filmmaker, singer, writer
Years active1973 – Present
SpouseDorin Jayakody

Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis, popularly known as Cletus Mendis (born as ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhala) is a Sri Lankan actor, mainly works in cinema and television. He has received a number of awards for portraying villains at the Sarasaviya, OCIC, Raigam, and Presidential film festivals.

Acting career

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In 1971, before moving to silver screen, Mendis did dramas at church feasts and taught gymnastics and martial arts to the youth at Katupotha. Then 1973, he went to Colombo to face an interview with Henry Chandrawansa and then met Sugath Samarakoone at that interview. In 1977, he worked as the stunt director of the film Wanagatha Kella.[1]

His first cinema acting came in the 1978 epic history film Veera Puran Appu as a supporting actor. Then he acted in Yali Pipunu Malak in 1983. His first villain character came through the 1982 film Paramitha, which turned his filming career towards villain roles throughout the rest of the decades.[1][2]

In 2004, Mendis joined Vishva Kala Sarasaviya at Mount Lavinia and met Udayakantha Warnasuriya.[1] In 2021, he was honored with the 'Deshabhimani Keerthi Kalabushana' award.[3]

Selected Television Serials

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Filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleRef.
1978Veera Puran AppuPuran Appu's soldier
1987ViragayaJinadasa[4]
1991Cheriyo DoctorCleet
1995Cheriyo CaptainAlphonsus
1998Anthima Reya[5]
1999Koti Sana
2000Sanda YahanataPolitician[6]
2002SathkampaSaliya
2003Sundarai AdareSenaka Weerasekera
2003Pura Sakmana
2003Sepata Dukata SunnyTara's brother
2003Aladinge WaldinMr. Dekatana 'Julie'
also as playback singer
2003Taxi Driver[7]
2003Bheeshanaye Athuru KathawakAkman
2004Salamuthu Pinna[8]
2004Underworld
2006Supiri BalawathaGajanayake
2010Jaya Pita JayaDouglas
2010Thank You BertyPolice Inspector
2010Subha[9]
2010Viyapath Bambara
2011SinhawalokanayaJagilis
2012Kurumittek Avilla[10]
2012Vijaya KuweniUpatissa
2014Ahelepola KumarihamiPurohitha
2014ParapuraSSP. First direction
also as producer and screenwriter
2015Maharaja AjasathPurohitha
2015Aathma Warusha
2016Natannethuwa DinnaPresident
2016Ape Kaalaye PatacharaSituthuma
2017Aloko UdapadiPilaya Mara
2018VaishnaveeBoatman
2019Eka Renaka KurulloPolice officer[11][12]
2020Seda MawatheCID chief[13]
2021Wassane Sihinaya[14]
2022Rashmi[15]
2025Soonacameo role[16]
202569
TBAThanapathilage Gedara †[17]
TBAElakandiye Marcus †Elakandiye Marcus[18]
TBASparsha †[19]
TBAJeewa †[20]
TBAMarukathara †[21]
TBAAgni †[22]
TBARuwan Tharuka †[23]
TBACase Number 447 †[24]
TBAMagam Soli †[25]
TBADeva Matha †[26]
TBAYathra †[27]
TBAGagana †[28]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Cletus speaks across generations". Daily News. Retrieved 24 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "A play on worthlessness of wealth". sundaytimes. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cletus and Sriyani receive two awards". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. ↑ "All about Viragaya". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Anthima Reya - අන්තිම රැය". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "A film off the beaten track". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "'Taxi Driver' moves slowly". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "New faces in 'Salamuthu Pinna'". Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Subha film". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Junaideen journeys for a united cinema". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "This is a real story". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Benedict Manthree with silver screen". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Seda Mawathe on screen today". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  14. ↑ "The Separating Time Cycle 'Wassane Sihinaya'". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  15. ↑ "Preethiraj is ready with RASHMI". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  16. ↑ "සෝණා තව දින කීපයකින් රටම කලඹයි?". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Film Thaanapathilage Gedara". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Tale of Elakandiye Marcus". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "මිය ගිය ද නොමළ දරු සෙනෙහස". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  20. ↑ "Jeewan turns director". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "Marukathara gets permission". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  22. ↑ "Teacher of our time who took a child to the right path - Agni". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  23. ↑ "ආදරයට කළ නොහැකි දෙයක් නොමැත: 'රුවන් තාරුකා'". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  24. ↑ "Case number 447 opens". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  25. ↑ "සසර මඟ දිගු කළ මාගම්සෝලි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "'විසල් ආදරේ' දිවයින පුරා". dinamina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  27. ↑ "වෙරළ ඉමේ විසිර ගිය ජීවිත". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  28. ↑ "ජනප්‍රිය නළු නිළියන් රැසක් සමගින් "ගගන" ළඟදීම!". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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