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Dev Patel
Born · April 23, 1990 (34 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Bio
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).
Rabbit Trap
Darcy Davenport
0.0
2025
Monkey Man
Kid
6.9
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods
7.4
2024
Poison
Supervisor Woods
6.9
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
7.2
2023
The Green Knight
Gawain
6.6
2021
India from Above
Narrator · (2 episodes)
6.0
2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
David Copperfield
6.4
2019
Modern Love
Joshua · (1 episode)
7.3
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
Hotel Mumbai
Arjun
7.5
2019
The Wedding Guest
Jay
5.7
2019
Lion
Saroo Brierley
8.1
2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Srinivasa Ramanujan
7.2
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
Chappie
Deon Wilson
6.8
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
6.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
The Road Within
Alex
6.9
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
5.8
2014
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Sonny Kapoor
6.9
2012
About Cherry
Andrew
4.6
2012
The Last Airbender
Prince Zuko
4.6
2010
Wicker
0.0
The Commuter
The Commuter
5.5
2010
Chippendales
Steve Banerjee
0.0
The Newsroom
Neelamani Sampat · (25 episodes)
8.1
2012
Mister Eleven
Hotel Waiter · (1 episode)
4.5
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
3.3
2009
Slumdog Millionaire
Older Jamal
7.7
2008
Flash Crash
0.0
The Journeyman
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
7.2
2007
Skins
Anwar Kharral · (26 episodes)
8.1
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.9
2001
WWE Raw
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.7
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
5.4
1992