Dev Patel
Known for Acting · 39 credits
- Born
- 1990-04-23 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
- Also 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).
Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Raw
1993
as Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Skins
2007
as Anwar Kharral
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Newsroom
2012
as Neelamani Sampat
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
Modern Love
2019
as Joshua
Mister Eleven
2009
as Hotel Waiter
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
India from Above
2020
as Narrator
Movies (23)
Chappie
2015
as Deon Wilson
The Last Airbender
2010
as Prince Zuko
Slumdog Millionaire
2008
as Older Jamal
The Green Knight
2021
as Gawain
Monkey Man
2024
as Kid
Lion
2016
as Saroo Brierley
Hotel Mumbai
2019
as Arjun
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
About Cherry
2012
as Andrew
Poison
2023
as Supervisor Woods
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as David Copperfield
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Sonny Kapoor
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Sonny Kapoor
Rabbit Trap
2025
as Darcy Davenport
The Wedding Guest
2019
as Jay
The Road Within
2014
as Alex
The Commuter
2010
as The Commuter
Bondi Boy
2025
as Himself
The Peasant
The Journeyman
The Green Knight Documentary
2021
as Self
About Dev Patel
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… With 39 credits spanning from 1992 to 2025, Dev Patel has appeared in 23 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dev Patel Movies
- Chappie (2015) — as Deon Wilson
- The Last Airbender (2010) — as Prince Zuko
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008) — as Older Jamal
- The Green Knight (2021) — as Gawain
- Monkey Man (2024) — as Kid
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