Roger Seneviratne is best known for his roles in the teledrama Batti, Chathurya and as King Vijaya in the film Vijaya Kuweni.
19 Facts About Roger Seneviratne
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Roger Seneviratne is a past pupil of St Thomas' College, Kotte and Saint Joseph's College, Colombo.
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Roger Seneviratne is married to Vineetha Chandrasekara and the couple has one daughter Divya Vihari and one son Digantha.
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Roger Seneviratne's father Riyency Steinwall Seneviratne was a retired officer in Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
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Roger Seneviratne has six sisters, Kristine, Darliya, Sharmane, Linet, Michel and Virginia.
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Roger Seneviratne's acting career started in 1976 when his friend Milton Jayasooriya introduced him to dramatist Sugathapala de Silva.
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Roger Seneviratne acted in de Silva's stage play Dunna Dunu Gamuwe and worked as assistant stage manager of that play.
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Roger Seneviratne involved for international collaborations such as Italian productions Return to Bangalore Mother Theresa and French production Father Mannika.
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Under his production company 2R Creations, Roger Seneviratne produced the television serials such as Ranarala and Wijayaba Kollaya.
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Roger Seneviratne entered politics in 1978 when University of Peradeniya started a riot campaign to protest against White Paper introduced by the Education Department.
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Roger Seneviratne was a former councilor of the Western Provincial Council representing the National Freedom Front in 2009.
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Roger Seneviratne took 44,011 votes and selected as a councilor for Western provincial council.
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In January 2002, Roger Seneviratne assaulted with a club and caused injuries to Jayantha Mihira Wickremarachchi at Kalalgoda Road in Pannipitiya.
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The rival initiated when Jayantha's wife befriended with Roger Seneviratne and left him.
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Roger Seneviratne went live with Seneviratne in a house at Kalalgoda Road.
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Roger Seneviratne was accused had committed an offense under Section 317 of the Penal Code and arrested.
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In 2014, Roger Seneviratne was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment suspended for five years by Avissawella Magistrate.
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In 2018, Roger Seneviratne appeared before 12 June 2018 on Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court with other member of National Freedom Front.
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Roger Seneviratne has won several awards for the Best Actor, Supporting Actor and Popular Actor in many local television and theater award festivals.