Dev Patel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1990
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
- Home Shopper
Home Shopper TBA
Executive Producer
- Skins: The Lost Weeks
Skins: The Lost Weeks TBA
as Anwar Kharral
The Peasant TBA
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
- It's All Going Very Well...
It's All Going Very Well... 2027
Producer
Rabbit Trap 2025
as Darcy Davenport, Executive Producer
Companion 2025
Executive Producer
Bondi Boy 2025
as Himself
Monkey Man 2024
as Kid, Screenplay, Story, Director, Producer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More 2024
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
To Kill a Tiger 2023
Executive Producer
Poison 2023
as Supervisor Woods
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Green Knight Documentary 2021
as Self
The Green Knight 2021
as Gawain
Roborovski 2020
Writer, Producer, Director
The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019
as David Copperfield
Hotel Mumbai 2019
as Arjun, Executive Producer
The Wedding Guest 2019
as Jay, Producer
Home Shopper 2018
Director
Lion 2016
as Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity 2016
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
Chappie 2015
as Deon Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015
as Sonny Kapoor
The Road Within 2014
as Alex
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012
as Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry 2012
as Andrew
- The Commuter
The Commuter 2010
as The Commuter
The Last Airbender 2010
as Prince Zuko
Slumdog Millionaire 2008
as Older Jamal
Credits from TMDB.