Dev Patel
Actor, Producer, Director
April 23, 1990 (36 years)
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).
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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Filmography
| 2025 | Rabbit Trap · as Darcy Davenport |
| 2024 | Monkey Man · as Kid |
| 2024 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More · as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Poison · as Supervisor Woods |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston |
| 2021 | The Green Knight · as Gawain |
| 2020 | India from Above · as Narrator |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield · as David Copperfield |
| 2019 | I Lost My Body · as Naoufel |
| 2019 | Modern Love · as Joshua |
| 2018 | Hotel Mumbai · as ArjunOn Plex |
| 2018 | The Wedding Guest · as Jay |
| 2016 | Lion · as Saroo Brierley |
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity · as Srinivasa RamanujanOn Plex |
| 2015 | Chappie · as Deon Wilson |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Sonny Kapoor |
| 2014 | The Road Within · as AlexOn Plex |
| 2012 | About Cherry · as Andrew |
| 2012 | The Newsroom (2012) · as Neelamani Sampat |
| 2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Sonny Kapoor |
| 2010 | The Commuter · as The Commuter |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender · as Prince Zuko |
| 2009 | Mister Eleven · as Hotel Waiter |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire · as Older Jamal |
| 2007 | Skins · as Anwar Kharral |
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| 2027 | |
| 2025 | Rabbit Trap · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Companion · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | To Kill a Tiger · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Hotel Mumbai · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 2018 |
| 2024 | |
| 2018 |
| 2024 | Monkey Man · as Story |