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My Take
Dev Patel is my favorite kind of actor: the one who refuses to be frozen at the moment of his breakthrough. The kid from Harrow who once trained in taekwondo could have spent a career replaying his early fame, but instead he kept choosing harder rooms, winning a BAFTA for his supporting work in 2017 and then stepping behind the camera as a director. There is a gentleness to his screen presence that conceals real steel, and that contrast is what makes him magnetic. He strikes me as a performer still accelerating, and I genuinely believe his most defining work is ahead of him.
Overview
Dev Patel ( DEV pə-TEL; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Patel was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024. Patel began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins (2007).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dev Patel
- Name (Japanese)
- デーヴ・パテール
- Reading
- でーゔ・ぱてーる
- Born
- April 23, 1990 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Harrow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / taekwondo athlete / film actor / television actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Whitmore High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2017 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.