Somi Nanda Ratnayake (born October 27, 1946, as සොමී රත්නායක [si]) [Sinhala]), also known as Somi Ratnayake, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.
[1][deprecated source] A highly versatile actor with a career spanning more than four decades, Rathnayake is a multi-talented personnel also working as a script writer and film producer.
[2][3] He directed the stage drama Ran Salakunu.
[4] Rathnayake started his film career with 1975 film Amaraneeya Adare directed by Dayananda Jayawardane.
[6] Then he contributed to several critically acclaimed films such as Suddilage Kathawa,[7] Surabidena, Sathkampa, and Parawarthana.