Tony Jayawardena

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.

Tony Jayawardena
Born
Anthony Surath Jayawardena

London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

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. "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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