Dev Patel
Acting
1990-04-23 · Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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
as Darcy Davenport · 2025 · 5.8
movieBondi Boy
as Himself · 2025 · 0.0
movieMonkey Man
as Kid · 2024 · 6.9
movieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage) · 2024 · 7.5
moviePoison
as Supervisor Woods · 2023 · 6.9
movieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston · 2023 · 7.2
movieThe Green Knight Documentary
as Self · 2021 · 0.0
movieThe Green Knight
as Gawain · 2021 · 6.6
tvIndia from Above
as Narrator · 2020 · 6.2
movieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
as David Copperfield · 2019 · 6.4
tvModern Love
as Joshua · 2019 · 7.4
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019 · 6.4
movieHotel Mumbai
as Arjun · 2019 · 7.5
movieThe Wedding Guest
as Jay · 2019 · 5.7
movieLion
as Saroo Brierley · 2016 · 8.0
movieThe Man Who Knew Infinity
as Srinivasa Ramanujan · 2016 · 7.2
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015 · 6.2
movieChappie
as Deon Wilson · 2015 · 6.8
movieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Sonny Kapoor · 2015 · 6.4
tvVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014 · 4.2
movieThe Road Within
as Alex · 2014 · 6.8
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014 · 5.2
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014 · 5.8
tvThe Newsroom
as Neelamani Sampat · 2012 · 8.1