Born 1967 (age 59) · Allaippiddi, Sri Lanka
Appears in 16 titles

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

The Stronghold
7.4
The Stronghold
2021
as Tamoul (uncredited)
A Private War
6.8
A Private War
2018
as Tamilselvan
Dheepan
6.9
Dheepan
2015
as Dheepan
Notre-Dame on Fire
6.6
Notre-Dame on Fire
2022
as Jonas, guardian of the cathedral
Paris Pigalle
5.3
Paris Pigalle
2018
as Hakim
Casanova, Last Love
4.8
Casanova, Last Love
2019
as Jarba
Zodi and Téhu: Princes of the Desert
Woman at Sea
5.5
Woman at Sea
2023
as Jesus
Roobha
3.6
Roobha
2017
as Anthony
Dilemna Dilemma
7.0
Dilemna Dilemma
2023
as The flower seller
The Sunshine
The Sunshine
2017
Men in Blue
Men in Blue
2022
as Vijayan Kumar
The Loyal Man
The Loyal Man
2019
as Monsieur
Sengadal
Sengadal
2011
Little Jaffna
Little Jaffna
2017
as Sathya