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Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Acting
Born: Apr 23, 1990
From: Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles

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).

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Rabbit Trap Darcy Davenport 2025 5.8
Bondi Boy Himself 2025
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston … 2024 7.5
Monkey Man Kid 2024 6.878
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston 2023 7.247
Poison Supervisor Woods 2023 6.857
The Green Knight Gawain 2021 6.605
The Green Knight Documentary Self 2021
Hotel Mumbai Arjun 2019 7.529
The Wedding Guest Jay 2019 5.6
The Personal History of David Copperfield David Copperfield 2019 6.412
Lion Saroo Brierley 2016 8.039
The Man Who Knew Infinity Srinivasa Ramanujan 2016 7.16
Chappie Deon Wilson 2015 6.788
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Sonny Kapoor 2015 6.429
The Road Within Alex 2014 6.854
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Sonny Kapoor 2012 6.954
About Cherry Andrew 2012 4.6
The Newsroom TV Neelamani Sampat 2012 8.067
The Last Airbender Prince Zuko 2010 4.648
The Commuter The Commuter 2010 5.5
Live from Studio Five TV Self 2009 3.7
Mister Eleven TV Hotel Waiter 2009 4.5
Slumdog Millionaire Older Jamal 2008 7.731
Skins TV Anwar Kharral 2007 8.138
Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Self 2003 5.417
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV Self - Guest 2001 6.074
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV 1992 5.375
The Journeyman
The Peasant
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1990
FromHarrow, Greater London, …