About

Known credits:
18
Birthday:
1967-01-01
Place of birth:
Allaippiddi, Sri Lanka
Website:

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Overview

Antonythasan Jesuthasan (Tamil: அந்தோனிதாசன் யேசுதாசன்), also known by the pseudonym Shobasakthi (Tamil: ஷோபா சக்தி), is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and actor.

Jesuthasan was born in 1967. He is originally from the village of Allaipiddy on the island of Velanaitivu in northern Sri Lanka. Jesuthasan had various low-paid jobs in Paris including stacking shelves in supermarkets, cooking, dish washing, street sweeping, hefting boxes around, construction work and working as a bellhop at Euro Disney. Jesuthasan's acting career started in 2011 when he wrote and starred in Sengadal (The Dead Sea), a film about Tamil fishermen struggling to make a living in the largely abandoned village of Dhanushkodi in southern India.

Known for

Acting

2023 Dilemna Dilemma Actor The flower seller 59
Average
2023 Princes of the Desert Actor Kumail 59
Average
2023 Woman at Sea Actor Jesus 58
Average
2022 Men in Blue Actor Vijayan Kumar N/A
N/A
2022 Notre-Dame on Fire Actor Jonas, guardian of the cathedral 61
Fair
2021 Coyotes Actor Amine 67
Fair
2019 Casanova, Last Love Actor Jarba 58
Average
2019 The Loyal Man Actor Monsieur N/A
N/A
2018 A Private War Actor Tamilselvan 63
Fair
2018 Paris Pigalle Actor Hakim 58
Average
2017 Roobha Actor Anthony 58
Average
2017 Little Jaffna Actor Sathya N/A
N/A
2017 The Sunshine Actor N/A
N/A
2015 Dheepan Actor Dheepan 63
Fair
2011 Sengadal Actor N/A
N/A

Writing

2017 The Sunshine Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2011 Sengadal Writing Dialogue N/A
N/A
2011 Sengadal Writing Screenplay N/A
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