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Dev Patel
Known for: ActingDev 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 19
The Newsroom
+3
as Neelamani Sampat 
Chappie
+4
as Deon Wilson 
The Green Knight
+6
as Gawain 
Monkey Man
+3
as Kid 
The Last Airbender
+10
as Prince Zuko 
Slumdog Millionaire
as Older Jamal 
Rabbit Trap
+12
as Darcy Davenport 
Lion
+4
as Saroo Brierley 
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston 
Hotel Mumbai
+7
as Arjun 
The Man Who Knew Infinity
+11
as Srinivasa Ramanujan 
The Personal History of David Copperfield
+5
as David Copperfield 
About Cherry
+7
as Andrew 
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
+2
as Sonny Kapoor 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
+4
as Sonny Kapoor 
Poison
as Supervisor Woods 
The Wedding Guest
+9
as Jay 
The Road Within
+17
as Alex 
Home Shopper
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