Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990 in London, England) is an actor.
Dave Patel was born in Harrow, London, England, to Indian parents, a caregiver mother and it consultant father. Elementary school in Longfield. He began learning taekwondo at the age of 10 and received a black belt at the age of 16 and participated in several international competitions, winning 37 medals. After that, he enrolled in Whitemore in high school, where he studied drama.
In 2007, he began to enter the show business circle, and his first work was the British e4 TV series "Skin Bag", in which he played a British Pakistani teenager Anwar Kharral.
In 2008, he starred as the actor of the film "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by British director Danny Boyle, and won the Best Newcomer Award at the British Independent Film Festival and the Most Promising Actor Award at the 21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
In 2010, he joined the cast of the film version of "Skin Bag" with Nicholas Holt. In the same year, he starred in the film "The Last Son of the Wind" by Hollywood Indian director M. Knight Shyamalan, and played the role of the evil prince Zuko.
In 2011, he starred in the film "The Great Hotel" directed by John Madden and adapted from Borah McGock's novel These Stupid Things.
In 2012, he joined the Oscar-winning best screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and HBO to co-create the TV series "Newsroom".
In 2017, Dave Patel was nominated for the 89th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film The Lion.
In 2018, he starred in the film "Hotel Mumbai" with Amy Hammer.
Representative works: Slumdog Millionaire, Newsroom, Mumbai Hotel