Acting
Dev Patel
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
Rabbit Trap
Film · 2025
Bondi Boy
Film · 2025
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Film · 2024
Monkey Man
Film · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Film · 2023
Poison
Film · 2023
The Green Knight
Film · 2021
The Green Knight Documentary
Film · 2021
India from Above
Series · 2020
Hotel Mumbai
Film · 2019
The Wedding Guest
Film · 2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Modern Love
Series · 2019
Lion
Film · 2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Film · 2016
Chappie
Film · 2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Road Within
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2012
About Cherry
Film · 2012
The Newsroom
Series · 2012
The Last Airbender
Film · 2010
The Commuter
Film · 2010
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
Mister Eleven
Series · 2009
Slumdog Millionaire
Film · 2008
Skins
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Series · 2001
Raw
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
The Journeyman
Film
The Peasant
Film