Dev Patel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
The Peasant
Movie
Skins: The Lost Weeks
Movie · as Anwar Kharral
Rabbit Trap
Movie · as Darcy Davenport
Bondi Boy
Movie · as Himself
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie · as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Monkey Man
Movie · as Kid
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Movie · as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
Poison
Movie · as Supervisor Woods
The Green Knight
Movie · as Gawain
The Green Knight Documentary
Movie · as Self
India from Above
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
Hotel Mumbai
Movie · as Arjun
The Wedding Guest
Movie · as Jay
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie · as David Copperfield
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Modern Love
TV · as Joshua · 1 ep
Lion
Movie · as Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie · as Srinivasa Ramanujan
Chappie
Movie · as Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Sonny Kapoor
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Road Within
Movie · as Alex
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
Movie · as Andrew
The Newsroom
TV · as Neelamani Sampat · 25 eps
The Last Airbender
Movie · as Prince Zuko
The Commuter
Movie · as The Commuter
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mister Eleven
TV · as Hotel Waiter · 1 ep
Slumdog Millionaire
Movie · as Older Jamal
Skins
TV · as Anwar Kharral · 19 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Raw
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep