[2] His father was the deputy principal as well as disciplinary teacher of his school and mother was a housewife.
He continued to attend drama seminars organized by renowned artists like Kaushalya Fernando and Mahendra Perera.
While enrolled into Open University of Sri Lanka he met a friend working on a film set.
He asked from Nanayakkara to do a small part in his movie Mother Theresa.
After 17 years, he graduated with a degree in Mass Communication which he started in 1994 from Open University of Sri Lanka.