One of the most celebrated artists in Sri Lankan cinema, Tennyson Cooray is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker. He started out in showbiz in the early 1980s, and has since appeared in over 80 movies as an actor, besides writing and directing several. Some of his best known acting credits include Peralikarayo (1986), Re Daniel Dawal Migel (1998), Re Daniel Dawal Migel 2 (2000), Re Daniel Dawal Migel 3(2004) and Wada Bari Tarzan (2007); while the action comedy Thank You Berty (2011) marked his directorial debut.
Notable acting credits in recent times include the comedies Kota Uda Express (2017), Yama Raja Siri (2018), Thiththa Aththa (2019) and Sikuru Yogaya (2019).