Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 23, 1990
Place of Birth
Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Credits
44 titles
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
Rabbit Trap
Darcy Davenport
Companion
Executive Producer
Bondi Boy
Himself
Monkey Man
Kid
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
To Kill a Tiger
Executive Producer
Poison
Supervisor Woods
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Green Knight Documentary
Self
The Green Knight
Gawain
Roborovski
Writer
India from Above
Narrator
The Personal History of David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Modern Love
Joshua
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Hotel Mumbai
Arjun
The Wedding Guest
Jay
Home Shopper
Director
Lion
Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Chappie
Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Road Within
Alex
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Newsroom
Neelamani Sampat
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
Andrew
The Commuter
The Commuter
The Last Airbender
Prince Zuko
Mister Eleven
Hotel Waiter
Live from Studio Five
Self
Slumdog Millionaire
Older Jamal
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Skins
Anwar Kharral
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Raw
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Peasant
The Journeyman
It's All Going Very Well No Problems at All
Producer