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 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).
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Movies (29)
It's All Going Very Well...
2027 · Producer
Rabbit Trap
2025 · Darcy Davenport, Executive Producer
Companion
2025 · Executive Producer
Bondi Boy
2025 · Himself
Monkey Man: El Despertar De La Bestia
2024 · Kid, Screenplay, Story, Director, Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Matar a un tigre
2023 · Executive Producer
Veneno
2023 · Supervisor Woods
La maravillosa historia de Henry Sugar
2023 · Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Green Knight Documentary
2021 · Self
La Leyenda del Caballero Verde
2021 · Gawain
Roborovski
2020 · Writer, Producer, Director
La historia de David Copperfield
2019 · David Copperfield
Atentado en el Hotel Mumbai
2019 · Arjun, Executive Producer
The Wedding Guest
2019 · Jay, Producer
Home Shopper
2018 · Director
Un camino a casa
2016 · Saroo Brierley
El hombre que conocía el infinito
2016 · Srinivasa Ramanujan
Chappie
2015 · Deon Wilson
El exótico Hotel Marigold 2
2015 · Sonny Kapoor
The Road Within
2014 · Alex
El exótico Hotel Marigold
2012 · Sonny Kapoor
Todo sobre Cherry
2012 · Andrew
The Commuter
2010 · The Commuter
El último maestro del aire
2010 · Prince Zuko
Quisiera Ser Millonario
2008 · Older Jamal
The Peasant
· Director, Writer, Producer
Skins: The Lost Weeks
· Anwar Kharral
Home Shopper
· Executive Producer
TV shows (16)
India from Above
2020 · Narrator
Modern Love
2019 · Joshua
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
The Newsroom
2012 · Neelamani Sampat
Mister Eleven
2009 · Hotel Waiter
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Skins
2007 · Anwar Kharral
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Raw
1993 · Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992