Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Known For
Acting
Born
1967-01-01 in Allaippiddi, Sri Lanka
Biography
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.
Most Known For
The Stronghold
as Tamoul (uncredited)
Roobha
as Anthony
A Private War
as Tamilselvan
Paris Pigalle
as Hakim
Dheepan
as Dheepan
The Coyotes
as Amine
Notre-Dame on Fire
as Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
Zodi and Téhu: Princes of the Desert
as Kumail
Casanova, Last Love
as Jarba
Little Jaffna
as Sathya
Dilemna Dilemma
as The flower seller
Sengadal
The Sunshine
Woman at Sea
as Jesus
The Loyal Man
as Monsieur
Men in Blue
as Vijayan Kumar