Dev Patel
36, from Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
36, from Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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).
It's All Going Very Well...
Producer
Himself
Darcy Davenport
Executive Producer
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Kid
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
Supervisor Woods
Executive Producer
Gawain
Self
Writer
Jay
Arjun
David Copperfield
Director
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Saroo Brierley
Sonny Kapoor
Deon Wilson
Alex
Andrew
Sonny Kapoor
Prince Zuko
The Commuter
The Commuter
Older Jamal
Skins: The Lost Weeks
Anwar Kharral
Producer
Home Shopper
Executive Producer