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Acting
April 23, 1990
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).

Darcy Davenport
2025

Himself
2025

Kid
2024

Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
2024

Supervisor Woods
2023

Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
2023

Self
2021

Gawain
2021

Narrator
2020

David Copperfield
2019

as Darcy Davenport

as Himself

as Kid

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)

as Supervisor Woods

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston

as Self

as Gawain

as Narrator

as David Copperfield

as Joshua

as Self

as Arjun

as Jay

as Saroo Brierley

as Srinivasa Ramanujan

as Self

as Deon Wilson

as Sonny Kapoor

as Self

as Alex

as Self

as Self - Guest

as Neelamani Sampat

as Sonny Kapoor

as Andrew
as The Commuter

as Prince Zuko
as Hotel Waiter

as Self

as Older Jamal

as Self

as Anwar Kharral

as Self

as Self - Guest

as Self (archive footage)

