Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Antonythasan Jesuthasan (Tamil: அந்தோனிதாசன் யேசுதாசன்), also known by the pseudonym Shobasakthi (Tamil: ஷோபா சக்தி), is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and actor. Jesuthasan was born in 1967. He is originally from the village of Allaipiddy on the island of Velanaitivu in northern Sri Lanka. Jesuthasan had various low-paid jobs in Paris including stacking shelves in supermarkets, cooking, dish washing, street sweeping, hefting boxes around, construction work and working as a bellhop at Euro Disney. Jesuthasan's acting career started in 2011 when he wrote and starred in Sengadal (The Dead Sea), a film about Tamil fishermen struggling to make a living in the largely abandoned village of Dhanushkodi in southern India.
Filmography
Dilemna Dilemma
as The flower seller
Dilemna Dilemma
as The flower seller
Zodi and Téhu: Princes of the Desert
as Kumail
Zodi and Téhu: Princes of the Desert
as Kumail
Woman at Sea
as Jesus
Woman at Sea
as Jesus
Men in Blue
as Vijayan Kumar
Men in Blue
as Vijayan Kumar
Notre-Dame on Fire
as Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
Notre-Dame on Fire
as Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
The Stronghold
as Tamoul (uncredited)
The Stronghold
as Tamoul (uncredited)
Casanova, Last Love
as Jarba
Casanova, Last Love
as Jarba
The Loyal Man
as Monsieur
The Loyal Man
as Monsieur
A Private War
as Tamilselvan
A Private War
as Tamilselvan
Paris Pigalle
as Hakim
Paris Pigalle
as Hakim
Roobha
as Anthony
Roobha
as Anthony
Little Jaffna
as Sathya
Little Jaffna
as Sathya
The Sunshine
The Sunshine
Dheepan
as Dheepan
Dheepan
as Dheepan
Sengadal
Sengadal