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.
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).
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm2353862
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245075
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Filmography (Movies)
Rabbit Trap
Character:Darcy Davenport
Release Date:12/09/2025
Bondi Boy
Character:Himself
Release Date:20/01/2025
Monkey Man
Character:Kid
Release Date:03/04/2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Character:Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Release Date:14/03/2024
Poison
Character:Supervisor Woods
Release Date:29/09/2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Character:Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
Release Date:20/09/2023
The Green Knight Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/2021
The Green Knight
Character:Gawain
Release Date:29/07/2021
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Character:David Copperfield
Release Date:07/11/2019
Hotel Mumbai
Character:Arjun
Release Date:14/03/2019
The Wedding Guest
Character:Jay
Release Date:01/03/2019
Lion
Character:Saroo Brierley
Release Date:24/11/2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Character:Srinivasa Ramanujan
Release Date:08/04/2016
Chappie
Character:Deon Wilson
Release Date:04/03/2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Sonny Kapoor
Release Date:26/02/2015
The Road Within
Character:Alex
Release Date:24/10/2014
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Sonny Kapoor
Release Date:23/02/2012
About Cherry
Character:Andrew
Release Date:14/02/2012
The Commuter
Character:The Commuter
Release Date:26/10/2010
The Last Airbender
Character:Prince Zuko
Release Date:30/06/2010
Slumdog Millionaire
Character:Older Jamal
Release Date:12/11/2008
Television Appearances
India from Above
Character:Narrator
Modern Love
Character:Joshua
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
The Newsroom
Character:Neelamani Sampat
Mister Eleven
Character:Hotel Waiter
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Skins
Character:Anwar Kharral
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self - Guest
Raw
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
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