Dev Patel
Acting
1990-04-23 · Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Rabbit Trap
2025 · Movie
Companion
2025 · Movie
Bondi Boy
2025 · Movie
Monkey Man
2024 · Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Movie
To Kill a Tiger
2023 · Movie
Poison
2023 · Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023 · Movie
The Green Knight Documentary
2021 · Movie
The Green Knight
2021 · Movie
Roborovski
2020 · Movie
India from Above
2020 · Series
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Movie
Modern Love
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Hotel Mumbai
2019 · Movie
The Wedding Guest
2019 · Movie
Home Shopper
2018 · Movie
Lion
2016 · Movie
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016 · Movie
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Chappie
2015 · Movie
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
The Road Within
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The Newsroom
2012 · Series
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Movie
About Cherry
2012 · Movie
The Commuter
2010 · Movie
The Last Airbender
2010 · Movie
Mister Eleven
2009 · Series
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Series
Slumdog Millionaire
2008 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Skins
2007 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Series
Raw
1993 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
The Peasant
Movie
The Journeyman
Movie
It's All Going Very Well No Problems at All
Movie