- Born
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Dev Patel was born in London's Harrow district to Anita, a caregiver, and Raj, who works in IT; hailing from Nairobi, Kenya, they are both of Gujarati-Indian descent. Patel secured his first professional acting gig playing Anwar on the cult hit television series Skins (2007), where he starred for two seasons. His mainstream breakout came soon thereafter, when he was cast as Jamal in Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor.
Subsequent film projects have included The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Chappie (2015), Hotel Mumbai (2018), and The Green Knight (2021). For his portrayal of real-life Australian businessman Saroo Brierley in Lion (2016), where he co-starred with Nicole Kidman, Patel received glowing reviews and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His directorial debut was the critically lauded Monkey Man (2024), in which he also starred.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tammy Newpage, RCT, and R.N.
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsAnita PatelRaj Patel
- For his part in Lion (2016), he had to develop a new physique and spent many hours in the gym to achieve it. He also grew a beard and acquired an Australian accent. In total, he spent eight months preparing for the role.
- Received an A* for GCSE drama, after moving his examiner to tears with a performance of a child in the Beslan school siege.
- He's skilled in martial arts and has a black belt in tae kwan do.
- Awarded Best Director for a Feature Film for "Monkey Man" at the 2024 International Film Festival Australia Awards.
- Studied at Longfield Middle School & Whitmore High School in Harrow.
- I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.
- I visit India a lot.
- I have a Blackberry which I use, but I am one of those people who can only type on it with one hand.
- I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account.
- But I'm tone deaf - window-shattering tone deaf. I can't sing for the life of me. I can't sing or dance, so no remake of 'Grease' for me!
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