Dev Patel
Acting
Born: 1990-04-23 in Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Biography
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
Self - Guest
Raw
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Skins
Anwar Kharral
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Newsroom
Neelamani Sampat
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Chappie
Deon Wilson
The Last Airbender
Prince Zuko
Lion
Saroo Brierley
Slumdog Millionaire
Older Jamal
Monkey Man
Kid
The Green Knight
Gawain
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Modern Love
Joshua
The Personal History of David Copperfield
David Copperfield
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
Hotel Mumbai
Arjun
Poison
Supervisor Woods
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
About Cherry
Andrew
Rabbit Trap
Darcy Davenport
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
The Wedding Guest
Jay
Bondi Boy
Himself
The Peasant
The Road Within
Alex
India from Above
Narrator
Live from Studio Five
Self
The Green Knight Documentary
Self