Dev Patel
- Acting
- April 23, 1990 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- It's All Going Very Well No Problems at All · Producer
- Rabbit Trap · Darcy Davenport, Executive producer
- Companion · Executive producer
- Bondi Boy · Self
- Monkey Man · Kid, Screenplay
- 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, Producer
- India from Above · Narrator
- The Personal History of David Copperfield · David Copperfield
- Modern Love · Joshua
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Hotel Mumbai · Arjun, Executive producer
- The Wedding Guest · Jay, Producer
- 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
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 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
- Raw · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Peasant · Director, Writer
- Skins: The Lost Weeks · Anwar Kharral