Don Sirisena

Arandara Kankanamlage Don Sirisena (born 1934 – died 1986 as දොන් සිරිසේන [Sinhala]), popuarly as Don Sirisena, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most popular comedy artists ever in Sri Lankan film history, Sirisena had a career spanned about two decades acted more than 150 films.

Personal life Don Sirisena was born on 1934 in Borella, British Ceylon as the youngest in a family of five. His father was a police officer and mother was a housewife. He had two elder brothers and two elder sisters.

Sirisena was married to Enid Saluwadana, where the couple has one daughter, Sujeewā (born in 1971) and one son, Sanjaya (born in 1973). Sirisena had no intention to introduce his children to acting, which resulted them to be business persons. Sirisena's one of the nephews, Dunstan Nandalal is also an actor. His final cinema appearance came through 1991 film Ali Baba Saha Horu Hathaliha, five years after his death.

He fell ill from time to time since film debut. In 1970s, he was seriously ill and spent almost a year in bed. During this time, he had slow down the cinema career.