Dev Patel
Birthday: 1990-04-23 | Place of Birth: Harrow, Greater London, England, UKDev 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
Acting
Role
as Darcy Davenport
as Himself
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
as Kid
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
as Supervisor Woods
as Gawain
as Self
as David Copperfield
as Narrator
as Arjun
as Jay
as Alex
as Saroo Brierley
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
as Deon Wilson
as Sonny Kapoor
as Andrew
as Neelamani Sampat
as Sonny Kapoor
as Prince Zuko
as The Commuter
as Older Jamal
as Steve Banerjee
