Dev Patel

Dev Patel (lahir 23 April 1990) adalah aktor Inggris. Ia memulai karirnya sebagai Anwar Kharral dalam drama remaja E4 Skins (2007). Terobosannya datang dengan peran utama remaja Jamal Malik dalam drama Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire (2008), yang mana Patel dinominasikan untuk Penghargaan BAFTA untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Peran Utama. Karier Patel berkembang dengan peran utama dalam drama komedi The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) dan The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), film thriller fiksi ilmiah Chappie (2015), dan peran pendukung dalam serial HBO The Newsroom (2012–2014). Atas penampilannya sebagai Saroo Brierley dalam drama Lion (2016), Patel memenangkan BAFTA Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dan dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik. Dia kemudian membintangi film independen Hotel Mumbai (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) dan The Green Knight (2021), dan memulai debut penyutradaraannya dengan film aksi Monkey Man (2024).

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).