Dev Patel

Acting·Apr 23, 1990·Harrow, Greater London, England, UK

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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).

Film	Credit
Rabbit Trap2025 · Darcy Davenport	Darcy Davenport
Bondi Boy2025 · Himself	Himself
Monkey Man2024 · Kid, Screenplay, Director, Producer	Kid, Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More2024 · Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)	Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Poison2023 · Supervisor Woods	Supervisor Woods
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar2023 · Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston	Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Green Knight Documentary2021 · Self	Self
The Green Knight2021 · Gawain	Gawain
Roborovski2020 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Personal History of David Copperfield2019 · David Copperfield	David Copperfield
Hotel Mumbai2019 · Arjun	Arjun
The Wedding Guest2019 · Jay, Producer	Jay, Producer
Home Shopper2018 · Director	Director
Lion2016 · Saroo Brierley	Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity2016 · Srinivasa Ramanujan	Srinivasa Ramanujan
Chappie2015 · Deon Wilson	Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2015 · Sonny Kapoor	Sonny Kapoor
The Road Within2014 · Alex	Alex
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2012 · Sonny Kapoor	Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry2012 · Andrew	Andrew
TThe Commuter2010 · The Commuter	The Commuter
The Last Airbender2010 · Prince Zuko	Prince Zuko
Slumdog Millionaire2008 · Older Jamal	Older Jamal
TThe JourneymanActor	Actor
The PeasantActor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
IIt's All Going Very Well No Problems at AllProducer	Producer