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Dev Patel (/ ˈ d ɛ v p ə ˈ t ɛ l /; [1] born 23 April 1990) 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 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden.The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, is based on the 2004 novel These Foolish Things by novelist Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble cast consisting of Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners ...
Around 2014, Dev Patel conceived the image of a man wearing a rubber monkey mask in a wrestling ring in "the armpit of India" and wrote down the words "Monkey Man". [13] On October 29, 2018, it was reported that Patel would make his directorial debut with an action thriller film titled Monkey Man, which he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, and was set to star in. [14] [15] [16 ...
Patel went on to star in the universally panned 2010 fantasy film The Last Airbender, followed by the commercially successful romantic comedy and surprise box-office hit, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)—the former earned him a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor nomination.
The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons.
Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman were cast in the film in October 2014. [7] Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Priyanka Bose , Tannishtha Chatterjee , and Deepti Naval joined the cast in January 2015; [ 8 ] Rooney Mara , David Wenham , and Divian Ladwa were cast in April; [ 9 ] and Pallavi Sharda joined the cast in August.
Dev Patel stars and also acts as executive producer alongside Wiser Film’s Benjamin Kramer, Carte Blanche’s Kyle Stroud, Tom Ogden, Bankside Films’ Stephen Kelliher and Sophie Green. [ 4 ] Lucrecia Dalt acts as composer on the project, alongside sound designer Graham Reznick and sound supervisor Brent Kiser.
Dev Patel as Jamal Malik, a boy born and raised in the poverty of Bombay/Mumbai. [13] Boyle considered hundreds of young male actors, and he found that Indian film leads were generally "strong, handsome hero-types". Boyle's daughter pointed out Dev Patel from his role in the British television ensemble drama Skins. [14] [15]