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“Once, when I was drunk, I found an unopened beef jerky bar at Flinders Street Station and I ate that. I don’t think anything that the jungle throws at me will be worse than that moment of shame.”

What makes you so sure, Dilruk?

Hailing from Sri Lanka, Dilruk Jayasinha moved to Melbourne to attend university. Having completed a degree in accounting, he started working for one of the “Big Four”. However, after performing at an open mic night in 2010, that all changed…

Dilruk is now one of the most in demand headliners on the Australian comedy scene, with a reputation for consistently nailing his shows with his positive, upbeat brand of stand-up. Dilruk has been invited to perform all over the country as well as internationally, and in 2017 he completely sold out his run at the Melbourne Comedy Festival with his show The Art of the Dil.

Dilruk has recorded an hour long stand up special for the ABC and is a regular on Network 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem. He also appeared at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Just for Laughs festival.

In 2018, Dilruk received one of the highest accolades in Australian entertainment – the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logie Awards.

This year, Dilruk reprised his role in the fourth season of ABC TV’s award-winning Utopia, performed at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and returned to Edinburgh for the second year running with his new show, Cheat Day(s). He also recorded a stand up special for release globally on Amazon Prime in 2020.

Visit Dilruk's charity, Shake It Up Australia Foundation (Parkinsons).