Dharmapriya Dias  Dharmapriya Dias () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and has a master's degree in theatre and drama. He is the performing arts and sculpture art teacher in Shasthrananda Vidyalaya, Dehiwela. He completed his education from Piliyandala Central College, where he started drama under Premakumara Karunaratne. He is married to Anoja Milanthi and the couple has two sons - Swarna Rawana and Prawara Bhashana. Just after Advanced level, he started to act in stage dramas. He acted in a stage play together with his fellow school leavers and the drama was selected for the final stage of State Drama Festival as well. His talents were polished under the direction of Sri Lanka's renowned artists such as Bandula Vithanage, K. B. Herath, Jayalath Manoratne, Rajitha Dissanayake, Thumindu Dodantenna and Chamika Hathlawaththa. His maiden stage drama direction came through "Saadaya Marai Salli Hamarai". The drama reached a box office success within two years having run more than 150 shows. The drama also won several awards at the State Drama Festival, 2015 for the categories of actor, actress and stage manager. The final show before the break was staged on November 20, 2016. The drama won the awards for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Stage management at 2015 State Drama Festival. He is the set designer of stage drama "Siriwardena Pawla" directed by Rajitha Dissanayke. "Short plays" 1. "Poparmama saha pinthuraya"  2. "Binduwa"  3. "Sandasevannalla"  4. "Kiri Muttiya gagegiya"  With award-winning performances in stage dramas, Dias was able to move into the television drama career with some popular serials directed by Nalan Mendis, Sudatha Rohana, Janaka Siriwardena and Dee Gee Somapala. Dias started his film career with "Walapatala" back in 2008, directed by Vijitha Gunarathna with a minor role. He played minor roles in Vijitha Gunaratne's "Wala Patala" and two other films "Bora Diya Pokuna" and "Nahi Werena Werani".