Trivia

As a technician, he worked for Arthur Rank and M.G.M. film productions such as Purple Plain, Elephant Walk, Star of Colombo, and Laughing Anne.

In a career spanning more than three decades, Gunasekera is considered the greatest villain ever to appear in Sinhala cinema after Dommie Jayawardena at the time.

He was educated at Industrial College, Campbell Place and Ananda College, Colombo.

In 1968, he won the Special Awards at 5th Sarasaviya Awards for the film Daru Duka.

His death from alcohol poisoning was a controversial event.

Apart from Sinhala films, he also starred in two English films Kommissar X - Drei gelbe Katzen (The Three Yellow Cats) and The Green Emeralds.

In 1965 at the 2nd United Lanka Fans Society Award Ceremony, he won the award for Best Co Actor for his role in the film Suba Sarana Sapa Sithe.

After school life, he worked as a travel agent of Tram car driver for Trans International and enlisted in the Army during World War II.

Piyadasa Gunasekara was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema.

In 2013, For the first time in the country, the Stamp Bureau has released four stamps of four villain actors including Piyadasa Gunasekera.