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Dev Patel

English actor (born )

Dev Patel (;[1] born 23 April ) is an English actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Patel was included in Time's list of the most influential people in the world in

Patel began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins ().

His breakthrough role in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire ()[2] earned Patel a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[3] His career expanded with leading roles in the comedy-dramas The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel () and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (), the science fiction thriller Chappie (), and a supporting role in the HBO series The Newsroom (–).

For his performance as Saroo Brierley in the drama Lion (), 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 (), The Personal History of David Copperfield () and The Green Knight (), and made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man ().

Early life and background

Dev Patel was born on 23 April in Harrow, North West London[4][5] to Indian parents; Anita Patel, a care worker, and Raju Patel, an IT consultant.[6][7] His parents are Gujaratis,[8] though they were both born in Nairobi in British Kenya, where there is a significant Indian diaspora.

They immigrated to the United Kingdom separately in their teens, and first met in London.[6][9] Patel was raised in the Hindu faith.[10] He speaks some Gujarati.[11] His ancestors came from Jamnagar and Unjha in Gujarat.[12]

As a child, Patel was a fan of action movies after he snuck downstairs and saw scenes from a Bruce Lee film on his parents' TV set.[13] Patel grew up in the Rayners Lane district of Harrow and attended Longfield Primary School and Whitmore High School.

Patel had his first acting role as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the school's production of Twelfth Night.[6] At Whitmore High, he received an A* in GCSE Drama for his "self-penned portrayal of a child in the Beslan school siege." His drama teacher Niamh Wright said, "Dev was a gifted student, who quickly impressed me with his innate ability to communicate a wide variety of characters imaginatively and creatively.

He was awarded full marks for his GCSE performance to a live audience, and the visiting examiner was moved to tears by his honest portrayal."[14] He completed his A Levels in PE, Biology, History, and Drama in at Whitmore High School while working on Skins.

Patel said that he was "bloody energetic" as a child, and used to get in trouble because of it.

He started training at the Rayners Lane Academy of Taekwondo in [15] He competed regularly in both national and international championships, including the AIMAA (Action International Martial Arts Association) World Championships in Dublin, where he won a bronze medal.[9][16][17] The World Championships took place in October , when he competed as a red belt in the junior division against other red and black belts.

He made it to the semi-finals, where he lost to an Irish black belt, named Niall Fitzmaurice, in "a&#;very close and tough fight" and ended up winning a bronze medal.[16] Later, in March , he earned a 1st dan black belt.[18]

Career

– Early work

In , Patel's professional acting career began when he auditioned for the E4teen drama television series Skins.

His mother saw the casting advertisement in Metro and took him to the audition, even though he had a science exam the next day.[6][19] After two auditions, he was cast in the role of Anwar Kharral, a British PakistaniMuslim teenager.[6] The characterisation of Anwar was partly based on Patel's own personality, as the role was developed specifically for him once he was cast in Skins.[20] With no prior professional acting experience, recalled that, on "the first day of shooting, I didn't really know what to do."[6]

The first series of the show aired in January and went on to win the Rose d'Or for Drama in and receive a nomination for Best Drama Series at the BAFTA Television Awards.[21][22] Patel reprised his role as Anwar for the second series of Skins, which aired in February The second series of Skins won the Philips Audience Award at the BAFTA Television Awards.[23]

– Career breakthrough

Patel made his feature film debut when he was cast in the role of Jamal Malik, the central character in Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire.[24] The Jamal Malik character is an Indian Muslim boy born and brought up in the poverty of Bombay, India.[25] Boyle considered hundreds of young male actors, but found that Bollywood leads were generally "strong, handsome hero-types", not the personality he was looking for.[26] Boyle's year-old daughter Caitlin pointed him to Skins.[26][27]

After five auditions for the role,[28] Patel was eventually cast in August [29] The film's producer found the original choice for the lead role, Ruslaan Mumtaz, too good-looking for the role.[30] Boyle said, "I&#;wanted a guy who didn't look like a potential hero; I&#;wanted him to earn that in the film."[6] To prepare for the role, Patel went along with Boyle while scouting for filming locations, where he was able to observe the Dharavi slums for himself.

He also worked at a call-center for a day and in a hotel, where he washed dishes.[31][32]

After the release of Slumdog Millionaire at the end of , Patel went on to receive a number of awards for his performance, including a British Independent Film Award,[33]National Board of Review (NBR) Award,[34]Chicago Film Critics Association Award,[35] and two Black Reel Awards for Best Actor and Best Breakthrough Performance.[36] Patel was also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

The award eventually went posthumously to Heath Ledger for his performance in The Dark Knight, though Patel did win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which he shared with ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.[37][38] On 8 January , Patel won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer.[39] He was also nominated for two London Critics Circle Film Awards,[40] the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor,[41] the BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor,[42] and European Film Award for Best Actor.[43] The film itself won four Golden Globes,[42] including Best Drama Film, and eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[44]

Patel played Zuko in M.

Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, a feature film adaptation of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender,[45][46][47] which was released on 1 July to extremely negative reviews. Despite being a commercial success, the film was a critical failure and Patel even received a Razzie Award nomination as Worst Supporting Actor that year, although his role was well received, and was considered by many to be one of the film's positive aspects.[48]

Patel later starred in the short film The Commuter,[49] which was directed by McHenry Brothers to promote the Nokia N8 smartphone in the UK[50] Fans who won a Nokia UK run competition starred alongside Dev Patel in the short film.[51][52]

– Career progression

Patel co-starred in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (), (and subsequently in its sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) directed by John Madden, which received positive reviews[53] and was a box office success, grossing $ million.[54] For the role, he had to take lessons in perfecting an Indian-English accent.[55]

From to , Patel had a supporting role in the HBO television series The Newsroom as Neal Sampat, blogger for news anchor Will McAvoy.[56] He also appeared alongside James Franco and Heather Graham in About Cherry, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In , Patel starred alongside Robert Sheehan and Zoë Kravitz in the film, The Road Within, about three unlikely friends with various disabilities who go on a road trip. The film received generally mixed reviews. Variety had positive words for the "bristling and committed performances by Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel and Zoe Kravitz" while noting that "there remains a nagging tidiness to the whole endeavor that leaves a strained, cloying aftertaste" that kept the movie from truly succeeding.[57]

In , Patel acted in Chappie as an engineer who helps design police robots and as the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in the biopic The Man Who Knew Infinity.

In , Patel starred as Saroo Brierley in the biographical film Lion, directed by Garth Davis and co-starring Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, which premiered to rave reviews and "Oscar buzz" at the Toronto International Film Festival.[58][59][60][61] The film is based on Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home.[62] Patel was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role at the 70th British Academy Film Awards and the 89th Academy Awards, winning at the former.

He is the third actor of Indian descent to receive an Oscar nomination.[63][64]

In , Patel starred in the action-thriller Hotel Mumbai and The Wedding Guest. In , Patel starred as the titular character in Armando Iannucci's adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Personal History of David Copperfield, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[65][66] He also returned to television in an episode of the Amazon Prime anthology Modern Love, for which he received an Emmy nomination.

–present: Career expansion

In , Patel starred in The Green Knight, based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, directed by David Lowery.[67][68] In April of that year, he signed a deal to "produce, develop and create projects" with ShivHans Pictures.[69] Towards the end of , Patel established his own production company, Minor Realm.[70]

In , Patel appeared in Wes Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, an adaptation of a short story by Roald Dahl, starring opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley.[71]

Patel made his directorial debut with the action thriller film Monkey Man, as announced in In addition to directing, Patel stars in the film, and is credited as a co-writer and producer.[72][73] The film was initially set to be distributed by Netflix,[74] but Jordan Peele, having seen the film, felt that it deserved a theatrical release instead, so he acquired it from Netflix under his Monkeypaw Productions banner.[75]Monkey Man had its world premiere at South by Southwest on 11 March [76] It had its Sydney premiere on 2 April ,[77] and was released in Australian cinemas on 4 April [78] It was released by Universal Pictures in the US on 5 April [76]

Patel will executive produce and star in the Miramax miniseries The Key Man as disgraced businessman Arif Naqvi,[79] and will join Olivia Colman in Wicker.[80]

Personal life

Patel began dating his Slumdog Millionaire co-star Freida Pinto in [81] On 10 December , the couple announced that they had split after nearly six years of dating.[82]

In March , Patel's relationship with Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey became public.

They met nine months earlier on the set of Hotel Mumbai.[83] In April they moved to Cobham-Hervey's home town, Adelaide.[84] In August , Patel featured in the local news after he broke up a fight in Gouger Street in Adelaide city centre.[85] The couple posed for photographs together for the first time on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of Patel's debut feature as a director, Monkey Man, on 2 April [86]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
– SkinsAnwar Kharral18 episodes
Mister ElevenHotel Waiter Episode ""
– The NewsroomNeal Sampat Main role; 3 seasons
Modern LoveJoshua Episode: "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist"
India From AboveNarrator 2 episodes

Video games

See also

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