Dev Patel Biography

Dev Patel became a household name as Jamal Malik in the award winning Slumdog Millionaire.

Basics on Dev Patel

Dev Patel was born on 23rd April 1990 in Harrow, London to a Gujarati family. His parents are Anita Patel and Raj Patel who is an IT Consultant.

He studies at the Longfield Primary School and Whitmore High School. He got graded a C in GSCE Drama.

Dev worked towards a blackbelt at the Rayners Lane Academy of Taekwondo and won the bronze medal at the Taekwondo World Championship held in Dublin, Ireland.

His career as an actor took off in E4 channel’s Skins on British teens. He played a British Pakistani teen Anwar Kharral.

Dev Patel’s Movies

Dev Patel’s debut in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was a big break as it skyrocketed to international fame, winning several awards on the way. It was Boyle’s daughter Caitlin who felt he’d be a good fit for the role of Jamal after seeing him in Skins. As part of his preparation he visited slums, worked in a call center and even washed dishes in a hotel in Mumbai.All the work paid off as he won the British Independent Film Award for Most promising New Comer, National Board of Review of Motions Picture Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Most Promising Performer, Black Reel Awards for Best Actor, Critics Choice Award for Best Young Performer.