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.
Acting
Movie
The Stronghold
as Tamoul (uncredited)
2021
Movie
A Private War
as Tamilselvan
2018
Movie
Dheepan
as Dheepan
2015
Movie
Notre-Dame on Fire
as Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
2022
Movie
Paris Pigalle
as Hakim
2018
TV
The Coyotes
as Amine
2021
Movie
Casanova, Last Love
as Jarba
2019
Movie
Zodi and Téhu: Princes of the Desert
as Kumail
2023
Movie
Woman at Sea
as Jesus
2023
Movie
Roobha
as Anthony
2017
Movie
Dilemna Dilemma
as The flower seller
2023
Movie
The Sunshine
2017
Movie
Men in Blue
as Vijayan Kumar
2022
Movie
The Loyal Man
as Monsieur
2019
Movie
Sengadal
2011
Movie
Little Jaffna
as Sathya
2017