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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.

Tony Jayawardena
Born	Anthony Surath Jayawardena London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Career

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.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
2004	Chasing Liberty	White House Guard	Andy Cadiff
2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Kevin Patel
2009	National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well	2nd Lord Dumaine	Marianne Elliot
2010	National Theatre Live: London Assurance	Mark Meddle	Nicholas Hytner
2011	Screwed	Bear	Reg Traviss
2012	Tower Block	Bear	Ronnie Thompson, Eddie
2013	Trance	Security Guard	Danny Boyle
2016	A Street Cat Named Bob	Tony	Roger Spottiswoode

Television

Year	Program	Role	Episode
2011	Kabaddasses	The Marauding Moustache	1[6]
2012	Silent Witness	Younis	2 episodes
2016	The Windsors	Sandy	Series 1[7]
	Holby City	Monty the Python	Series 19, episode 10
2018	The Tunnel	Lawrence Taylor	2 episodes[7]
2018–present	Ackley Bridge	Rashid Hyatt	Main role[7]
2020	The Crown	Sir Sonny Ramphal	2 episodes
2022	Avoidance	Keith

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Company
2009	England People Very Nice	Various	Royal National Theatre
	Twelfth Night	Fabian	The Royal Shakespeare Company[7]
	All's Well That Ends Well	2nd Lord Dumaine	Royal National Theatre[7]
2010	London Assurance	Mark Meddle
2013	The Empress	Abdul Kareem	Royal Shakespeare Company
	Love N Stuff	Mansoor	Theatre Royal Stratford East
2015	Bend It Like Beckham the Musical	Mr Bhamra	Phoenix Theatre[7]
2016	The Invisible Hand	Imam Saleem	Tricycle Theatre[8][9]
	The Tempest	Stephano	Royal Shakespeare Company[7]
2017	Twelfth Night	Sir Toby Belch	Shakespeare's Globe
	Lions and Tigers	Subhash Bose / Jyotish Gupta	Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
	Young Marx	Gert “Doc” Schmidt	Bridge Theatre
2019	Hobson's Choice	Hari Hobson	Royal Exchange Theatre
2021	East is East	Zahir "George" Khan	Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Discography

Year	Album	Role	Label
2015	Bend It Like Beckham the Musical	Mr Bhamra	Sony Music Classical

References

External links

• Tony Jayawardena at IMDb 

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