[1] Jayakody won the Swarna Sanka Award in 1987 for Best Male Singer for the film Gedara Budun Amma.

[6] During the 1980s, he released two cassettes and a CD, Seethala Pinimatha, Kerakena Rode and Samanalaya Mala Ha Lamaya.

He has performed as an actor in seventeen stage plays including maiden acting in 1975 stage play Spartacus and then in Kontha Nona, Angara Ganga Galabhasi, Mawatha Api, Sekkuwa, Nari Bena, Gajaman Puwatha, Oedipus and Satara Waram Raja Daruwo.

[6] In 2010, Jayakody and Charitha organized a musical tour titled Wasanthaye Aga to Europe from October 16.

[9] He has contributed playback singing to several films, including Seilama, Gedara Buddha Amma, Mangala Thagga, Himagira, Saroja and Kiri Kawadi.

The series was a huge success in Canada,[12] London, France, Australia, New Zealand,[13] Dubai and the United States.

[15] The tenth anniversary of Jayakody's Marambari solo concert was held on the evening of the 31 January 2020 at the Bandaranaike Memorial Conference Hall, Colombo.

[16] Apart from singing, Jayakody made his maiden cinematic acting through the film Guththila where he played the titular role.