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).
21 movies · 16 shows
Rabbit Trap
2025·5.6
Bondi Boy
2025·0.0
Monkey Man
2024·6.9
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024·7.4
Poison
2023·6.9
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023·7.3
The Green Knight Documentary
2021·0.0
The Green Knight
2021·6.6
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019·6.4
Hotel Mumbai
2019·7.5
The Wedding Guest
2019·5.7
Lion
2016·8.0
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016·7.2
Chappie
2015·6.8
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015·6.4
The Road Within
2014·6.8
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012·7.0
About Cherry
2012·4.6
The Commuter
2010·5.5
The Last Airbender
2010·4.6
Slumdog Millionaire
2008·7.7