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Dev Patel
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 teen…
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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).
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2027
It's All Going Very Well No Problems at All
Movie Producer
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2025
Rabbit Trap
Movie Darcy Davenport
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2025
Companion
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Bondi Boy
Movie Himself
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2024
Monkey Man
Movie Kid
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2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)
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2023
To Kill a Tiger
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Poison
Movie Supervisor Woods
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2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Movie Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston
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2021
The Green Knight Documentary
Movie Self
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2021
The Green Knight
Movie Gawain
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2020
Roborovski
Movie Director
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2020
India from Above
TV show Narrator
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2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie David Copperfield
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2019
Modern Love
TV show Joshua
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
The Wedding Guest
Movie Jay
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2018
Hotel Mumbai
Movie Arjun
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2018
Home Shopper
Movie Director
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2016
Lion
Movie Saroo Brierley
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2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie Srinivasa Ramanujan
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Chappie
Movie Deon Wilson
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2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie Sonny Kapoor
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
The Road Within
Movie Alex
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2012
The Newsroom
TV show Neelamani Sampat
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2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie Sonny Kapoor
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2012
About Cherry
Movie Andrew
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2010
The Commuter
Movie The Commuter
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2010
The Last Airbender
Movie Prince Zuko
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2009
Mister Eleven
TV show Hotel Waiter
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2009
Live from Studio Five
TV show Self
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2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Movie Older Jamal
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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2007
Skins
TV show Anwar Kharral
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self
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2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV show Self - Guest
