Dev Patel
Acting
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Raw
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Skins
The Newsroom
Modern Love
Chappie
Slumdog Millionaire
Monkey Man
Lion
The Last Airbender
The Green Knight
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Hotel Mumbai
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Poison
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
About Cherry
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
The Wedding Guest
The Road Within
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