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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|08|18|df=yes}}

| birth_name = KUSAL MADURANGA

| birth_place = [nawalapitiya], Sri Lanka

| awards = [[Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Actor Award|Most Popular Actor Award, Raigam Tele'es]]

'''Kusal Maduranga''' (born 18 August 1993; {{lang-si|කුසල් මධුරංග}}) is an [[actor]] in [[Sri Lanka]]n theatre<ref name="Drama 361">{{Cite news |title=361 a theatrical exposure of the true face of media |author=<!--not stated--> |work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]] |date=January 22, 2017|url=https://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2017/01/22/art/361-theatrical-exposure-true-face-media |access-date=March 27, 2022 }}</ref> and television, who began his television career with his role in the television series, [[Paara Dige]]<ref name="Drama Pem Yuwalak">{{Cite news |title=Udayasiri Wickremaratne's 'Pem Yuwalak' returns to the stage. |work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]] |author=<!--not stated--> |url=https://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2022/01/23/montage/udayasiri-wickremaratne%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98pem-yuwalak%E2%80%99-returns-stage |date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=March 27, 2022 }}</ref> in 2021. He won the [[Raigam Tele'es Most Popular Actor Award|Most Popular Actor Award]] at [[Raigam Tele'es]], in 2022.<ref name="Raigam Award">{{Cite web|date=2022-03-28|title=Raigam Tele'es: Popular actor & actress awards go to Kusal Maduranga and Shalani Tharaka |url=https://divaina.lk/%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%a7%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%93%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b7%85%e0%b7%99/|access-date=2022-03-28|website=[[Divaina|divaina.lk]]|language=si}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Maduranga was born on 18 August 1993, in [[Nuwara Eliya]], and later moved to [[Horana]]. He was sent to Palannoruwa central College for Primary Education and [[Vidyarathna Pirivena]] in Horana for secondary education.<ref name="Sarasaviya">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-30|title=My girlfriend left me because of my passion for drama: The story of Banda from 'Paara Dige' aka Kusal Maduranga |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews-teledramas/2021/12/30/22107/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA-%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80-%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F|access-date=2022-03-28|website=sarasaviya.lk|language=si}}</ref> He attended [[University of the Visual and Performing Arts]] for higher education.

==Filmography==

===Theatre===

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!scope=row|2017

|''361''

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!scope=row|2022

|''Pem Yuwalak One Kara Thibe''

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|2019

|atharamadiya

|nadira

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2022

===Television===

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!scope=row|2021

|''[[Paara Dige]]''

|"Banda" Bandara/Nishantha Bandara/Nilantha Bandara {{efn|name=character|Kusal Maduranga played a single character with two or more names.}}

|One of the lead roles

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=={{anchor|Accolades}}Awards==

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! Award

! Year

! Work

! Category

! Result

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|[[Sumathi Awards]]

|2023

|[[Circus Kaarayo]]

|Top 10 Most Popular Actors

|{{Nominated}}

|-

|[[Raigam Tele'es]]

|2023

|[[Circus Kaarayo]]

|Most Popular Actor

|{{Nominated}}

|-

|[[Raigam Tele'es]]

|2022

|[[Paara Dige]]

|Most Popular Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[National Drama Festival]]

|2022

|[[Sanduda Watenne Sikuradata]]

|Best Actor

|{{Nominated}}

|-

|[[National Youth Drama Festival]]

|2019

|[[Atharamediya]]

|Best Supporting Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[National Youth Drama Festival]]

|2019

|[[Kepanam]]

|Best Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[State Drama Festival]]

|2016

|[[Tap (2016 film)|Tap]]

|Merit Award for Acting

|{{won}}

|-

|[[National Youth Drama Competition]]

|2015

|[[Orestas]]

|Merit Award for Acting

|{{won}}

|-

|[[State Children's Drama Festival]]

|2014

|[[The Prince of the Land of Chocolate]]

|Best Supporting Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[State Children's Drama Festival]]

|2013

|[[The Wonderful gift for Bob]]

|Best Supporting Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[Sarathchandra Jayakody Drama Festival]]

|2012

|[[Accelayak Uda]]

|Best Script Writing

|{{won}}

|-

|[[All Island Drama Festival]]

|2010

|[[Exhibition]]

|Best Actor

|{{won}}

|-

|[[All Island Drama Festival]]

|2007

|[[Horagediya]]

|Best Supporting Actor

|{{won}}

|}

== Notes ==

{{notelist}}

[[Category:1993 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:People from Central Province, Sri Lanka]]

[[Category:21st-century Sri Lankan male actors]]