Garanduwa Baarage Palitha Silva (born August 30, 1967, as පාලිත සිල්වා) [Sinhala]) is a Sri Lankan actor, dramatist, producer, director, scriptwriter, and author.
Silva has acted in more than 400 television serials[2] and is best known for his roles in the teledramas Keetaya, Deweni Inima, and as the lead actor in the biographical film Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano.
[5] Silva also studied and acted under the directorship of Helena Lehtimäki in her productions of Bertolt Brecht's Mr Puntila and his Man Matti and William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dreams.
In 1988, Silva was nominated for the best actor award at the National State Drama festival for playing the character of Estragon in a production of Samuel Beckette's Waiting for Godot.
[2] After 28 years, he directed another stage play called Circus Karayo, which was first presented at Lionel Wendt Theater on 31 July 2012.
He was also cast in the international film Shadow of the Cobra starring Art Malik, Michael Woods and Arthur Dignam.