Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis, popularly known as Cletus Mendis (born as ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhala) is a Sri Lankan actor, mainly works in cinema and television. He has received a number of awards for portraying villains at the Sarasaviya, OCIC, Raigam, and Presidential film festivals.
Acting career In 1971, before moving to silver screen, Mendis did dramas at church feasts and taught gymnastics and martial arts to the youth at Katupotha. Then 1973, he went to Colombo to face an interview with Henry Chandrawansa and then met Sugath Samarakoone at that interview. In 1977, he worked as the stunt director of the film Wanagatha Kella.
His first cinema acting came in the 1978 epic history film Veera Puran Appu as a supporting actor. Then he acted in Yali Pipunu Malak in 1983. His first villain character came through the 1982 film Paramitha, which turned his filming career towards villain roles throughout the rest of the decades.
In 2004, Mendis joined Vishva Kala Sarasaviya at Mount Lavinia and met Udayakantha Warnasuriya. In 2021, he was honored with the 'Deshabhimani Keerthi Kalabushana' award.
Selected Television Serials Divithura Sihina Wasanthayak Siri Sirimal
Filmography
Year Film Role Ref. 1978 Veera Puran Appu Puran Appu's soldier 1987 Viragaya Jinadasa 1991 Cheriyo Doctor Cleet 1995 Cheriyo Captain Alphonsus 1998 Anthima Reya 1999 Koti Sana 2000 Sanda Yahanata Politician 2002 Sathkampa Saliya 2003 Sundarai Adare Senaka Weerasekera 2003 Pura Sakmana 2003 Sepata Dukata Sunny Tara's brother 2003 Aladinge Waldin Mr. Dekatana 'Julie'also as playback singer 2003 Taxi Driver 2003 Bheeshanaye Athuru Kathawak Akman 2004 Salamuthu Pinna 2004 Underworld 2006 Supiri Balawatha Gajanayake 2010 Jaya Pita Jaya Douglas 2010 Thank You Berty Police Inspector 2010 Subha 2010 Viyapath Bambara 2011 Sinhawalokanaya Jagilis 2012 Kurumittek Avilla 2012 Vijaya Kuweni Upatissa 2014 Ahelepola Kumarihami Purohitha 2014 Parapura SSP. First directionalso as producer and screenwriter 2015 Maharaja Ajasath Purohitha 2015 Aathma Warusha 2016 Natannethuwa Dinna President 2016 Ape Kaalaye Patachara Situthuma 2017 Aloko Udapadi Pilaya Mara 2018 Vaishnavee Boatman 2019 Eka Renaka Kurullo Police officer 2020 Seda Mawathe CID chief 2021 Wassane Sihinaya 2022 Rashmi 2025 Soona cameo role 2025 69 Elakandiye Marcus
References
External links ජාතික රූපවාහිනියට කළු සෙවනැල්ලක් ජනක චමින්දගේ ‘අකඩවාරිය’ මේ දිනවල රූ ගැන්වේ ක්ලීටස් වේදිකා රංගනයක හතයි හතයි හතේ හතයි ඇරඹේ චම්පා ශ්රියාණි නැවතත් මිල්ලෑව වලව්ව ගෙදරට ‘Crime Scene’ marks the entry of detective thriller to local TV කවුද හිතුවේ දෙයියනේ මෙහෙම දෙයක් වේවි කියලා 'Kadulu Thahanchiya': tussle over the lead role ගිය පාස්කුවත් දුකින් මේ පාස්කුවෙත් දුකින්