Dev Patel
ActingAlso Known As
데브 파텔, דב פאטל, देव पटेल, دِو پَتِل
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).
Movies
(23 total)
Slumdog Millionaire
as Older Jamal
Chappie
as Deon Wilson
Lion
as Saroo Brierley
The Last Airbender
as Prince Zuko
The Green Knight
as Gawain
Hotel Mumbai
as Arjun
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Sonny Kapoor
Monkey Man
as Kid
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Sonny Kapoor
Poison
as Supervisor Woods
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as David Copperfield
The Road Within
as Alex
About Cherry
as Andrew
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
The Wedding Guest
as Jay
Rabbit Trap
as Darcy Davenport
Bondi Boy
as Himself
TV Shows
(16 total)
Skins
as Anwar Kharral
The Newsroom
as Neelamani Sampat
Modern Love
as Joshua
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Raw
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
as Self
India from Above
as Narrator