Priyankara Rathnayake (born June 3, 1964 as Sinhala: ප්රියංකර රත්නායක) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television.
[1][deprecated source] He also works as a senior lecturer for the Department of Drama, Cinema, and Television at the University of Kelaniya.
[2] Rathnayake is credited for introducing famous plays by Sophocles to the Sri Lankan theater with the titles Oedipus and Ada Vage Davasaka Antigone.
[5] In 2016, a four-day theater festival was held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo from June 7 to 10 daily at 7 pm.
[24] Rathnayake started his film career with Thunweni Aha back in 1996, directed by Anura Chandrasiri.