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Dev Patel
Acting · follow into films and chains
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).
Notable films
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The Green Knight
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Slumdog Millionaire
As Older Jamal
The Last Airbender
As Prince Zuko
Lion
As Saroo Brierley
The Personal History of David Copperfield
As David Copperfield
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As Sonny Kapoor
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As Sonny Kapoor
Chains
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The Green Knight
2021 · Gawain
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · David Copperfield
Lion
2016 · Saroo Brierley
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Sonny Kapoor
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Sonny Kapoor
The Last Airbender
2010 · Prince Zuko
Slumdog Millionaire
2008 · Older Jamal