Wilson Karunaratne, popularly known as Wilson Karu was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, and stunt director.
12 Facts About Wilson Karunaratne
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Wilson Karunaratne Karu was born on 28 October 1942 in Colombo, Sri Lanka as the second child of the family with four siblings.
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Wilson Karunaratne had one elder brother, one younger sister and one younger brother.
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Wilson Karunaratne never married and lived alone after the death of his parents.
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Wilson Karunaratne died on 3 May 2022 at the age of 79.
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Wilson Karunaratne had a long standing passion to be an actor star where he frequently went to the film halls to watch English and Sinhala films.
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Wilson Karunaratne made his maiden cinematic appearance through the 1974 film Hadawath Naththo as a stuntman.
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Wilson Karunaratne went missing from the films for about a year after Hadawath Naththo.
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Wilson Karunaratne continued to make several near-to-death moments during jumps, summersaults and scenes in moving trains and trucks in the films such as: Dinesh Priyasad's Demodara Palama, Malani Fonseka's Sasara Chethana, Cyril Weerasinghe's Anuradha, Preethiraj Weeraratne's Pudumai Eth Aththai, Ranjith Siriwardena's Yudha Gini Meda etc.
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Wilson Karunaratne won a merit award for the role "Nicholas" in Fonseka's film Sasara Chethana.
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Wilson Karunaratne was produced to the court by Kirulapone police.
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Wilson Karunaratne then received treatment at Ward 43 of the Colombo General Hospital.