Trivia

On 1 September 2018, de Silva's autobiography was launched at Tharangani Hall. The book is titled Ada Siyawasaka Sadadara Roy.

Roy de Silva was a Sri Lankan actor and film director.

After studying at St Sebastians College, Moratuwa and St. Josephs College, Colombo, he has commenced his career from stage plays.

He entered the film industry as an actor in 1964 with Sujage Rahasa directed by Palaniyaandi Neelakantan.

Apart from direction and acting, de Silva also performed as a playback singer on a few occasions, such as in the films Tom Pachaya and Minisun Athara Minisek.

His final actor role was in the film "My Name is Bandu" which was released in 2015. "Its A Matter Of Love" (2011) was the final film directed by him.

De Silva had the ability to remember long dialogues.

On 5 July 2020, de Silva's wife Sumana Amarasinghe organized an alms giving at an old house in Colombo in two year commemoration of his death.

Just after completing school, he started to act in many stage dramas such as Narbona Hee Ranaweera Sebala and Surath Liliya.

De Silva came to the silver screen through Sujage Rahasa directed by P. Neelakantan, a famous South Indian director who accompanied MGR as well. The film was released on 24 December 1964 and received a positive reception from critics. His success was achieved through stylish acting, Tamil Indian actor like personality and fluency in Tamil. This in turn gave him many opportunities to act under many Tamil directors in his early days.