Dev Patel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 23, 1990 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
- Credits
- 39
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
Rabbit Trap
2025Movie
Darcy Davenport
Bondi Boy
2025Movie
Himself
Monkey Man
2024Movie
Kid
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024Movie
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Poison
2023Movie
Supervisor Woods
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023Movie
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Green Knight Documentary
2021Movie
Self
The Green Knight
2021Movie
Gawain
India from Above
2020TV
Narrator
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019Movie
David Copperfield
Modern Love
2019TV
Joshua
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Hotel Mumbai
2019Movie
Arjun
The Wedding Guest
2019Movie
Jay
Lion
2016Movie
Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016Movie
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
Chappie
2015Movie
Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015Movie
Sonny Kapoor
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
The Road Within
2014Movie
Alex
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Newsroom
2012TV
Neelamani Sampat
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012Movie
Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
2012Movie
Andrew
The Commuter
2010Movie
The Commuter
The Last Airbender
2010Movie
Prince Zuko
Mister Eleven
2009TV
Hotel Waiter
Live from Studio Five
2009TV
Self
Slumdog Millionaire
2008Movie
Older Jamal
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Skins
2007TV
Anwar Kharral
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self - Guest
Raw
1993TV
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
The Peasant
Movie
The Journeyman
Movie