Biography
Dev Patel is a British actor and filmmaker. Born on 23 April 1990 in Harrow, Greater London, he began his career in the E4 series Skins (2007) as Anwar Kharral.
His breakthrough came with the lead role of Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire (2008). He later starred in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Chappie (2015), Lion (2016) as Saroo Brierley, Hotel Mumbai (2019) and The Green Knight (2021). For Lion he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received an Academy Award nomination.
Patel made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man (2024), in which he also starred as Kid and co-wrote the screenplay and story.
