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Dev Patel

Acting

Dev Patel

Dev Patel is an actor born on April 23, 1990 in Harrow, Greater London, England, UK. He is known for Slumdog Millionaire, Chappie and Lion. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
April 23, 1990
Place of birth
Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
Also known as
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).

Filmography

  1. 2027It's All Going Very Well No Problems at AllProducer
  2. 2025Rabbit Trapas Darcy Davenport · Executive producer
  3. 2025CompanionExecutive producer
  4. 2025Bondi Boyas Himself
  5. 2024Monkey Manas Kid · Story · Screenplay · Director · Producer
  6. 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three Moreas Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
  7. 2023To Kill a TigerExecutive producer
  8. 2023Poisonas Supervisor Woods
  9. 2023The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugaras Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
  10. 2021The Green Knight Documentaryas Self
  11. 2021The Green Knightas Gawain
  12. 2020RoborovskiDirector · Writer · Producer
  13. 2020India from Aboveas Narrator · 2 episodes
  14. 2019The Personal History of David Copperfieldas David Copperfield
  15. 2019Modern Loveas Joshua · 1 episode
  16. 2019Hotel Mumbaias Arjun · Executive producer
  17. 2019The Wedding Guestas Jay · Producer
  18. 2018Home ShopperDirector
  19. 2016Lionas Saroo Brierley
  20. 2016The Man Who Knew Infinityas Srinivasa Ramanujan
  21. 2015Chappieas Deon Wilson
  22. 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotelas Sonny Kapoor
  23. 2014The Road Withinas Alex
  24. 2012The Newsroomas Neelamani Sampat · 25 episodes
  25. 2012The Best Exotic Marigold Hotelas Sonny Kapoor
  26. 2012About Cherryas Andrew
  27. 2010The Commuteras The Commuter
  28. 2010The Last Airbenderas Prince Zuko
  29. 2009Mister Elevenas Hotel Waiter · 1 episode
  30. 2008Slumdog Millionaireas Older Jamal
  31. 2007Skinsas Anwar Kharral · 19 episodes
  32. 1993Rawas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode