Dev Patel

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.

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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)

Origin

Harrow, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / taekwondo athlete / film actor / television actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

High school

Whitmore High School

Awards & achievements

• 2017 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev%20Patel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245075

Tags

• actor
• taekwondo athlete
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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