Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 23, 1990
Place of Birth:
Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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Dev Patel
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rabbit Trap | Darcy Davenport |
| 2025 | Bondi Boy | Himself |
| 2024 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Monkey Man | Kid |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston |
| 2023 | Poison | Supervisor Woods |
| 2021 | The Green Knight | Gawain |
| 2021 | The Green Knight Documentary | Self |
| 2019 | Hotel Mumbai | Arjun |
| 2019 | The Wedding Guest | Jay |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | David Copperfield |
| 2016 | Lion | Saroo Brierley |
| 2016 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Srinivasa Ramanujan |
| 2015 | Chappie | Deon Wilson |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Sonny Kapoor |
| 2014 | The Road Within | Alex |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Sonny Kapoor |
| 2012 | About Cherry | Andrew |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Prince Zuko |
| 2010 | The Commuter | The Commuter |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Older Jamal |
| Chippendales | Steve Banerjee | |
| The Journeyman | ||
| The Peasant |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | India from Above | Narrator |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Joshua |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Neelamani Sampat |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self |
| 2009 | Mister Eleven | Hotel Waiter |
| 2007 | Skins | Anwar Kharral |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Raw | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |