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Dev Patel

Acting Born Apr 23, 1990 Harrow, Greater London, England, UK 24 credits

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).

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Raw

as Self (archive footage)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Modern Love

as Joshua
Film

Monkey Man

as Kid
Film

Lion

as Saroo Brierley
Film

The Green Knight

as Gawain

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Raw (1993) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • Skins (2007) as Anwar Kharral
  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Newsroom (2012) as Neelamani Sampat
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
  • Modern Love (2019) as Joshua
  • Chappie (2015) as Deon Wilson
  • The Last Airbender (2010) as Prince Zuko
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self - Guest
  • Slumdog Millionaire (2008) as Older Jamal
  • Monkey Man (2024) as Kid
  • Lion (2016) as Saroo Brierley
  • The Green Knight (2021) as Gawain
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) as Srinivasa Ramanujan
  • Hotel Mumbai (2019) as Arjun
  • About Cherry (2012) as Andrew
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) as Sonny Kapoor