Dev Patel
Biography
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).
TV Shows(16)
India from Above
Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Modern Love
Joshua
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Newsroom
Neelamani Sampat
Live from Studio Five
Self
Mister Eleven
Hotel Waiter
Skins
Anwar Kharral
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Raw
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno