[1] He is a senior lecturer and currently the Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies[2] in University of the Visual and Performing Arts by profession.
[7] He acted handful of television dramas and particularly rejecting soap operas and mega teledramas.
By 2010, he performed in Rajitha Dissanayake's stage play Apahu Harenna Ba, where he won the Best Actor Award at the State Drama Festival that year.
The play was selected for the International Women's Drama Festival in India and held two seasons for Indian audiences in New Delhi and Mumbai.
[8] Liyanage started his film career with Padadaya back in 1999, directed by Linton Semage.