Dev Patel

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1990-04-23 (34 years old)

Place of Birth Harrow, Greater London, England, UK

Also Known As 데브 파텔, דב פאטל, देव पटेल

Dev Patel

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).

Known For

Actor

Chippendales

as Steve Banerjee

2025
Rabbit Trap

as Darcy Davenport

2024
Monkey Man

as Kid

2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods

2023
Poison

as Supervisor Woods

2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston

2021
2020
India from Above

as Narrator

2019
Hotel Mumbai

as Arjun

2019
Modern Love

as Joshua

2016
Lion

as Saroo Brierley

2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity

as Srinivasa Ramanujan

2015
Chappie

as Deon Wilson

2014
2012
2012
About Cherry

as Andrew

2012
The Newsroom

as Neelamani Sampat

2010
The Commuter

as The Commuter

2010
The Last Airbender

as Prince Zuko

2009
Mister Eleven

as Hotel Waiter

2008
Slumdog Millionaire

as Older Jamal

2007
Skins

as Anwar Kharral

1993
WWE Raw

as Self (archive footage)

Producer

Flash Crash

as Executive Producer

2025
Rabbit Trap

as Executive Producer

2024
Monkey Man

as Producer

2023
Companion

as Executive Producer

2023
To Kill a Tiger

as Executive Producer

2020
Roborovski

as Producer

2019
Hotel Mumbai

as Executive Producer

2019
The Wedding Guest

as Producer

Writer

2024
Monkey Man

as Screenplay

2024
Monkey Man

as Story

2020
Roborovski

as Writer

Director

2024
Monkey Man

as Director

2020
Roborovski

as Director

2018
Home Shopper

as Director