Rex Kodippili

Rex Kodippili රෙක්ස් කොඩිප්පිලි
Born	Rex Joseph Kodippili (1938-10-06) 6 October 1938 Badulla, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Other names	Rex
Occupation	Actor, Producer, Stunt man
Years active	1968-present
Spouse(s)	Katherine Kodippili (m. 1986)
Children	Prasanna Roshanthi Surekha[1]

Rex Joseph Kodippili (Sinhala:රෙක්ස් කොඩිප්පිලි) is a Sri Lankan film actor and film director. Primarily acted as a villain for the most of his career, Kodippili appeared in more than 130 films and produced two films.

Personal life

Rex Joseph Kodippili is born on 6 October 1938 in Badulla. His father Don Henry Kodippili was a surveyor.^[2] His mother was Ethan Kodippili. His father died when he was 18 months old by a flooding occurred in Trincomalee district. Along with his two brothers, he was raised by his mother.^[3] He along with his two brothers completed education from St.Bede's College. Badulla.^[2] Though his brothers left the school early, Rex was boarded in the school. After Ordinary Level, he attended to Sri Siddhartha Central College.^[2]

He married Katherine (? - 2016) with whom he had three children.^[4]

Acting career

Accodring to him, he was very good at singing than acting. He started singing since very little stage and also won Best Singer in Uva Province award from the hands of late prime minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike at the age of seven.^[2] He joined a drama circle named as Rohana Dramatic Society while at the Siddhartha College.^[2] They performed about five stage dramas until he joined Police department.

Kodippili was a physical training instructor in the Military Police.^[3] He finished his police career in 1961. He was then employed as a manager at the Marina Café and Hotel at Pettah, before becoming the manager at Salaka, where he became friends with Oswald Jayasinghe.^[3] In 1969, while he was dropping Jayasinghe off at a film location in Nugegoda, the film's director, K. A. W. Perera, approached him and cast him in the role of a pick-pocket in the film Kathuru Muwath.^[3]

Film career (as an actor)

Film career (as a producer)

References

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