Dev Patel
Date of birth: 1990-04-23
Place of birth: Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 데브 파텔, דב פאטל, देव पटेल, دِو پَتِل
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).
Movie Credits
The Last Airbender
2010-06-30
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023-09-20
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill i
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012-02-23
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel
About Cherry
2012-02-14
A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in po
Chappie
2015-03-04
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, speci
Poison
2023-09-29
When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor ra
The Road Within
2014-10-24
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashe
Rabbit Trap
2025-09-12
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015-02-26
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament
Lion
2016-11-24
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016-04-08
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge Universi
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024-03-14
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stori
Hotel Mumbai
2019-03-14
Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city,
The Commuter
2010-10-26
Dev battles a killer Traffic Warden, a blind ninja, parkour bankers and comes face-to-face with Pame
The Wedding Guest
2019-03-01
Jay is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding—armed with duct
Chippendales
Several partners turn an idea for a male strip revue catering to ladies into a wildly successful ven
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019-11-07
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal His
Monkey Man
2024-04-03
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night
Slumdog Millionaire
2008-11-12
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants
The Green Knight
2021-07-29
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story o
The Journeyman
A struggling pro tennis player is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family and
Bondi Boy
2025-01-20
Radhesh, a high school student in Sydney’s affluent Bondi, betrays close relationships and his own s
The Peasant
The film follows a shepherd in the 1300s who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of me
The Green Knight Documentary
2021-09-28
An hour-long journey behind the scenes of The Green Knight set in Ireland: Come for a look at Dev Pa