Английская Википедия:Hiran Abeysekera

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Hiran Abeysekera is a Sri Lankan actor. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the stage adaptation of Life of Pi. On television, he is known for his roles in Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) and the tween dance series Find Me in Paris (2018–2019).

Early life and education

Abeysekera was born in Colombo and grew up during the Civil War. His father was a garage owner and his mother taught English. Abeysekera was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.

When he was 18, Abeysekera lost his friend in a tsunami. He had begun studying to become a doctor, but decided to pursue his passion of theatre because "life can end at any second". Having obtained a diploma from the Lanka Children's and Youth Theatre Foundation, he played the lead role in a British Council production of Peter Shaffer's Equus in 2007. This enabled him to audition for drama schools in the UK, following which he secured a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He graduated in 2011.

Career

Abeysekera made his professional stage debut with the English Touring Theatre in 2011, playing Valere in Tartuffe. In 2012 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon and was cast as Bartholomew in The Taming of the Shrew. In 2015, he played Peter Pan on the London stage.

In 2016, he returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company and played Puck in a film adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was screened by the BBC. He played Posthumus in their stage production of Cymbeline at the Barbican Theatre London, and Horatio in Hamlet.Шаблон:Better source needed

In 2018, Abeysekera began appearing in the Hulu series Find Me in Paris, portraying the role of Dash Khan until 2019. He played Pi Patel in the 2019 premiere of Lolita Chakrabarti's adaption of Life of Pi at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, for which he won a UK Theatre Award. In the same year, he was cast in the part of Leonardo da Vinci in the new play Botticelli in the Fire staged by the Hampstead Theatre, London. He then played Sunil Sharma in the play Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the Royal National Theatre.Шаблон:Citation needed

In 2021, Abeysekera returned to the role of Pi Patel when Life of Pi transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End. In 2022, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a play for his performance. He reprised his role once again for the show's 2023 New York run at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, marking his Broadway debut. He received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Lion in the Tent	Aamir	Short film
2019	Supervized	Celestro

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Puck	Television film
2018	Holby City	Tyler Saba	2 episodes
2018–19	Find Me in Paris	Dash Khan	27 episodesШаблон:Better source needed
2022	The Good Karma Hospital	Prakash Dhatt	1 episodeШаблон:Better source needed

Stage

Year	Work	Role	Company	Notes
2011	Tartuffe	Valere	UK tour
	Rats Tales	Wood cutter/Prince/Troll baby	Royal Exchange, Manchester
2012	The Taming of the Shrew	Bartholomew	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2013	You In Mid Air	Theo Oakden	The Circus Space / RADA
2014	BBC Proms 22: War Horse	Ensemble	National Theatre / Royal Albert Hall, London
2015	Peter Pan	Peter Pan	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
2016	Cymbeline	Posthumus	Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London
	Hamlet	Horatio	Royal Shakespeare Company
2018	The Prisoner	Mavuso	Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris
2019	Life of Pi	Pi Patel	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
	Akhrot		Edinburgh Fringe Festival
	Botticelli in the Fire	Leonardo da Vinci	Hampstead Theatre, London
	Behind the Beautiful Forevers	Sunil Sharma	National Theatre, London
2020	Tempest	Wood cutter / Prince / Troll baby	Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris
2021	Life of Pi	Pi Patel	Wyndham's Theatre, London
2023			Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York
	The Father and the Assassin	Nathuram Godse	National Theatre, London

Audio

Year	Work	Role	Venue	Notes
2013	Broken Paradise	Reader	BBC Radio
2017	Tuman Bay	Barakat	BBC Radio 4

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Ian Charleson Awards		Tartuffe	Шаблон:Nom
2019	UK Theatre Awards	Best Performance in a Play	Life of Pi	Шаблон:Won
2022	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actor		Шаблон:Won

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Hiran Abeysekera at RADA