Dev Patel

Known for ActingBorn 1990-04-23 (age 36)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Home Shopper

The Newsroom

Skins

Lion

Slumdog Millionaire

To Kill a Tiger

Hotel Mumbai

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Modern Love

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Graham Norton Show

Monkey Man

Poison

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Road Within

Chappie

The Green Knight

Raw

The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Kelly Clarkson Show

India from Above

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Rabbit Trap

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Wedding Guest

The Commuter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Companion

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Last Airbender

About Cherry

Mister Eleven

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Live from Studio Five

It's All Going Very Well No Problems at All

Bondi Boy

The Green Knight Documentary

Roborovski

The Journeyman

The Peasant