Acting · Harrow, Greater London, England, UK · Born April 23, 1990
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).
MovieRabbit Trap
2025
as Darcy Davenport
MovieBondi Boy
2025
as Himself
MovieMonkey Man
2024
as Kid
MovieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
MoviePoison
2023
as Supervisor Woods
MovieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
MovieThe Green Knight Documentary
2021
as Self
MovieThe Green Knight
2021
as Gawain
TVIndia from Above
2020
as Narrator
MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as David Copperfield
TVModern Love
2019
as Joshua
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieHotel Mumbai
2019
as Arjun
MovieThe Wedding Guest
2019
as Jay
MovieLion
2016
as Saroo Brierley
MovieThe Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as Srinivasa Ramanujan
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieChappie
2015
as Deon Wilson
MovieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Sonny Kapoor
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieThe Road Within
2014
as Alex
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Newsroom
2012
as Neelamani Sampat
MovieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Sonny Kapoor
MovieAbout Cherry
2012
as Andrew
The Commuter
2010
as The Commuter
MovieThe Last Airbender
2010
as Prince Zuko
Mister Eleven
2009
as Hotel Waiter
TVLive from Studio Five
2009
as Self
MovieSlumdog Millionaire
2008
as Older Jamal
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVSkins
2007
as Anwar Kharral
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
TVRaw
1993
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Journeyman
MovieThe Peasant
