Anthony Surath Jayawardena is a British actor, known for his roles as Mr Bhamra in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham the Musical[1] and for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe[2] and Royal National Theatre.
In 2018, he began portraying the role of Rashid Hyatt in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge.
Jayawardena appears on the original cast recording of Bend It Like Beckham the Musical, performing the songs "People Like Us" and "The Engagement: Look At Us Now".
[3] He was the original Abdul Kareem in the play The Empress by Tanika Gupta, which tells the story of Queen Victoria's relationship with The Munshi, a young man brought over from India to be her servant in the final 15 years of her life.
He played Stephano in the RSC's production of The Tempest,[4] which partnered with Intel and Imaginarium Studios and was the first use of real-time motion-capture technology on stage.