List of Famous people born in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tennison Cooray

First Name Tennison

Born on November 30, 1951

Died on September 28, 2020 (aged 68)

Born in Sri Lanka, Western Province, Colombo

Merengnnage Edward Tennyson Cooray was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most popular comedians ever in Sinhala cinema with a career spanned for more than three decades, Cooray was best known for comedy roles in several blockbuster film franchises such as Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Cheriyo, Peralikarayo, Wada Bari Tarzan as well as Somy Boys. In addition to acting, he also worked as a director and scriptwriter, singer, lyrics writer.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.083067178726196s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.068788051605225s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.068726062774658s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.056777954101562s
router_page: 1x 0.013605833053589s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.012988090515137s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0090320110321045s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0089571475982666s
qids: 2x 0.0036218166351318s
headline: 2x 0.0030419826507568s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00042200088500977s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00032496452331543s
head-facts: 1x 0.0002899169921875s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.4066696166992E-5s
related: 1x 5.9604644775391E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-28 15:10:06)  -----