Ashan Dias

Ashan Dias (Sinhala: අෂාන් ඩයස්; born 31 May 1981) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Started as a newscaster in MBC Networks, Dias became a character actor with several critically acclaimed roles in films including Alimankada, Sarigama and Vijayaba Kollaya.

He hosted two seasons of the television reality show Thathvika on TV Derana.

Personal life He was born on 31 May 1981 to a Roman Catholic family. He studied at Maris Stella College, Negombo. He completed A/L education from mathematics stream. He has two brothers.

Career After A/Ls, he worked with an architect friend for six months. While studying at the Institute of Architecture, he started to work part time as a reporter in MTV/MBC network. He started as a reporter for MTV, doing coverage, news writing and editing. After five months as a news reporter, Dias got into news reading for Yes FM and then later for MTV. He worked in News reading for Yes FM on Tuesday evenings and for MTV on Monday and Friday nights. His role as "Captain Wasantha Ratnayake" was highly praised by the critics. In 2016, he acted in the film Siri Parakum. For his role as "Pathiraja Senevi", he won the Hiru Golden Film award for the Best Supporting actor.

In 2019, he co-hosted the Derana Lux Film Festival with fellow actor Jagath Manuwarna. In 2020, he hosted the adventure cookery program Cookout on TV Derana. In 2020, he acted in the Sci-Fi horror film Vikaari directed by Sandun Seneviratne and British Filmmaker Charlie Bray.

As a television presenter, he is currently hosting the cookery program Derana "Cook-Out" and entertainment program Sirasa "Five Million Money Drop – season III".

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref. 2008 Alimankada Captain Wasantha Ratnayake 2013 Death Watch Akthul Majood 2013 A Common Man 2013 Siri Parakum Pathiraja Senevi 2016 Sarigama Captain Tony 2019 Vijayaba Kollaya Asanga 2019 President Super Star Mad president 2019 Gaadi 2020 Suparna Indrajith 2020 Ekthara Adara Kathawak 2022 Three Way Junction 2023 Visangamanaya Jagath Dissanayake 2023 Vedi Nowadina Lamai 2024 1970 Love Story Reginald Dunusinghe 2024 Sihina Sameekarana Janaka Sir 2025 Rani Mangala Samaraweera 2025 Walampoori Angelo 2025 Aayu Ravi 2025 Maria Dayya 2026 Dharmayuddhaya 2 D.I.G Vishwa Brodie D.I.G. Vishwa