Dev Patel
Acting • Born 1990-04-23
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).
Filmography
39 credits
The Last Airbender
Movie • 2010
Prince Zuko
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Movie • 2023
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2012
Sonny Kapoor
About Cherry
Movie • 2012
Andrew
Chappie
Movie • 2015
Deon Wilson
Poison
Movie • 2023
Supervisor Woods
The Road Within
Movie • 2014
Alex
Rabbit Trap
Movie • 2025
Darcy Davenport
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2015
Sonny Kapoor
Lion
Movie • 2016
Saroo Brierley
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie • 2016
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie • 2024
Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
Hotel Mumbai
Movie • 2019
Arjun
The Commuter
Movie • 2010
The Commuter
The Wedding Guest
Movie • 2019
Jay
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie • 2019
David Copperfield
Monkey Man
Movie • 2024
Kid
Slumdog Millionaire
Movie • 2008
Older Jamal
The Green Knight
Movie • 2021
Gawain
The Journeyman
Movie
Bondi Boy
Movie • 2025
Himself
The Peasant
Movie
The Green Knight Documentary
Movie • 2021
Self
Skins
TV • 2007
Anwar Kharral
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Neelamani Sampat
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Mister Eleven
TV • 2009
Hotel Waiter
Raw
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Joshua
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
India from Above
TV • 2020
Narrator
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self