Douglas Ranasinghe was born on 27 May 1945 in Thorawathura village, Kurunegala as the fourth child of the family.
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Douglas Ranasinghe's father, James Ranasinghe, was a landowner and planter where he served as a Village Head and Village Administration Secretary as well.
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Douglas Ranasinghe is a fluent speaker of the College Sinhala and English Debating Team, a boxer, a member of the Cadet Corps and an athlete.
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Douglas Ranasinghe topped the 200 meters as a long distance runner and was a short story writer.
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Douglas Ranasinghe studied at St Anne's College, Kurunegala, and excellent in sports.
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Douglas Ranasinghe was then transferred to a training course at Kalutara.
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Douglas Ranasinghe came to Colombo from Kurunegala in 1966 to meet playwright Sathischandra Edirisinghe with his close relative Peter Amarasinghe.
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Douglas Ranasinghe was chosen to play the role in stage drama Hunuwataye Kathawa by Henry Jayasena.
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Douglas Ranasinghe acted in many critically acclaimed stage plays including Henry Jayasena's Apata Puthe Magak Nathe and Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Hotabari Yuddhe.
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Douglas Ranasinghe appeared in the plays: Dundu Bere, Janelaya, Kuveni, The wedding, Taming of the Sorrow and Ahas Maliga.
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Douglas Ranasinghe acted in the short film Bhavana, directed by the Paul Zils.
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Douglas Ranasinghe has directed few stage plays and television serials including Ranmasu Uayana and Sasara Chakra respectively.
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Douglas Ranasinghe attended a three-year course at the International Film School in London, where he wrote the screenplay for the film Dancing Devils.