Hiran Abeysekera
Acting
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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 fantasy dance series Find Me in Paris (2018–2019).
Known for
2026National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Hamlet
2026The Magic Faraway Tree
Angry Pixie
2024National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
Nathuram Godse
2023National Theatre Live: Life of Pi
Pi
2019Supervized
Celestro
2016A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
2016RSC Live: Hamlet
Horatio
2016RSC Live: Cymbeline
Posthumus
2015National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Sunil Sharma
2015Unleaded
Rahim