Dilruk Jayasinha


Dilruk Jayasinha is a Sri Lankan-Australian comedian and actor.

Early life

Jayasinha relocated to Melbourne to attend university, before working for a major accounting firm. It was at this time that he realised his heart was not in accounting, but in comedy.

Career

Jayasinha has appeared on television programs Live on Bowen, My Life Is Murder, The Project, CRAM!, All Star Family Feud, Celebrity Name Game, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem, as well performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
He is known for his role as Ashan on the ABC TV series Utopia.
In 2019, Jayasinha toured his comedy show Cheat Days. He was also the host of the 2019 Antenna Awards, honouring the best in Australian community television.
In 2020, Jayasinha appeared in the sixth season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and was eliminated first. He then toured his new comedy show Victorious Lion.

Awards

In 2018, he won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent.