Biography

Jagath Chamila is a Sri Lankan actor who has a born talent in adapting to roles he performs, and this has made him one of the most outstanding actors Sri Lanka has produced,in all three formats of acting; Stage drama, tele drama and cinema.

The school drama teacher at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa, Mr. Thissa Gunawardene, became his mentor, and after recognizing Jagath's true potential, he selected the young actor for school plays in national level as well. After first taking part in "Samanala Kanda" at school in 1986, Jagath was able to obtain the best actor award in the inter school drama competition from 1990-1992 consecutively.

After first starring in Guru Gedara by Wijaya Dharma Sri in 1992, he has demonstrated his acting talents in a variety of tele dramas, stage dramas and movies, and has bagged a number of Awards along his career.

His recent achievement was the nomination for the Best actor in a Leading role at the New York City International Film Festival (N.Y.C.I.F.F.)2013. The award ceremony is to be held on the 20th of June 2013.
- IMDb mini biography by: Udara

Won Best Actor in a Leading Role at New York City International Film Festival For Sam's Story.

I am fully satisfied with all the roles I have got so far. In fact I really love them as I had something novel to do there and also could make an impact on my audience.

There are two loves in my life. They are the stage and the silver screen. I love to spend my entire career in these two. But practically this is not possible. You can't depend only on the first two if you are going to remain in this profession. The reality is that no actor can survive without teledramas nowadays.

To be frank I had to make a lot of sacrifice. For several months I had to give up acting in teledramas as I had to fully devote myself to the role of 'Yamasingha' in Don Juan. Financially this was rather a hard blow as I have a family to look after. And it was rewarding to win the award which I think was the result of hard work,commitment and dedication.