What is Alexander Fernando?
'''Joseph Manuel Alexander Fernando''' ({{Lang-si|ඇලෙක්‌සැන්ඩර් ප්‍රනාන්දු}} ''Æleksænḍar Pranāndu''; 25 August 1940{{snd}}29 April 2020) was a [[Sri Lanka]]n actor and stunt director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8165271/ |title=Alexander Fernando films |publisher=IMDb |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> He was known for his villain roles. Fernando acted in over 120 Sinhala movies.<ref name= alexfer>{{cite web |url=http://www.colombojournal.com/2016/05/03/එදා-සටන්-නළුවකු-ලෙස-රිදී-ත/ |title=Alexander Fernando, who made the silver screen as a combat actor at the time |publisher=Colombo Journal |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201022520/http://colombojournal.com/2016/05/03/%e0%b6%91%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%a7%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%85%e0%b7%94%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%99%e0%b7%83-%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%93-%e0%b6%ad/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Kotahena]], [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]]. His best known roles were in ''[[Ahas Gauwa]]'', ''[[Christhu Charithaya]]'' and in ''[[Supiri Balawatha]]''. Fernando died on 29 April 2020 in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]] at the age of 79.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2020/04/29/local/217498/veteran-actor-alexander-fernando-passed-away Veteran actor, Alexander Fernando passed away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|8490776}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando, Alexander}} [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Sri Lankan movie actors]] [[Category:Stunt performers]] {{actor-stub}}