Acting
Dev Patel
EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
23 April 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace
Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Also known as देव पटेल · دِو پَتِل
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
The Peasant
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Skins: The Lost Weeks
Skins: The Lost Weeks
as Anwar Kharral
Rabbit Trap
as Darcy Davenport, Executive Producer
Bondi Boy
as Himself
Companion
Executive Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Monkey Man
as Kid, Screenplay, Story, Director, Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
Poison
as Supervisor Woods
To Kill a Tiger
Executive Producer
The Green Knight
as Gawain
Roborovski
Writer, Producer, Director
Hotel Mumbai
as Arjun, Executive Producer
The Wedding Guest
as Jay, Producer
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as David Copperfield
Home Shopper
Director
Lion
as Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
Chappie
as Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Sonny Kapoor
The Road Within
as Alex
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
as Andrew
The Last Airbender
as Prince Zuko
The Commuter
2010
The Commuter
as The Commuter
Slumdog Millionaire
as Older Jamal