[1] One of the most popular actors of the 1970s, Wijesurendra played many dramatic roles in a career spanned for four decades.
[5] He was married until his death to Savithri Dias Wijesurendra, a retired teacher who formerly worked at Visakha Vidyalaya.
[5] Tissa's younger brother Bandula was a photographer for Sarasavi newspaper for a long time.
[6][7][8] During school times, he stayed at an uncle's house in Bambalapitiya because it was easy to attend tuition classes.
Tissa was allowed to star in a feature film Nim Walalla in 1970 directed by Ranjith Lal[5] shot by a group of students at Ananda College at the same time.
Geetha Kumarasinghe first made her love affair with Wijesurendra with the film Lassana Kella.
In 1983, he acted in the film Senehasaka Kandulu directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma, where he and Sonia Disa played Veddah characters.