Dev Patel
Known for: Acting
Born: April 22, 1990 in Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. He began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins (2007). His breakthrough came with the leading role of teenager Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Patel's career expanded with leading roles in the comedy-dramas The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), the science fiction thriller Chappie (2015), and a supporting role in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). For his performance as Saroo Brierley in the drama Lion (2016), Patel won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently starred in the independent films Hotel Mumbai (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and The Green Knight (2021), and made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man (2024).
Known for
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The Last Airbender
Prince Zuko
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
Andrew
Chappie
Deon Wilson
Poison
Supervisor Woods
The Road Within
Alex
Rabbit Trap
Darcy Davenport
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
Lion
Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Hotel Mumbai
Arjun
The Commuter
The Commuter
The Wedding Guest
Jay
The Personal History of David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Monkey Man
Kid
Slumdog Millionaire
Older Jamal
The Green Knight
Gawain
The Journeyman
Bondi Boy
Himself
The Peasant
The Green Knight Documentary
Self
Skins
Anwar Kharral