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Acting

Dev Patel

Career

Active from 2008 to 2025, busiest in 2012 and 2019 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dev Patel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Nostalgia
    3.0, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Survival 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Second Chances 2
  • Gritty Urban Realism 2
  • Coming-of-Age Journey 2
  • Roald Dahl Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Skins: The Lost Weeks
Skins: The Lost Weeks

as Anwar Kharral

The Peasant
The Peasant

Writer, Director

2020s

11 titles · average score 74
It's All Going Very Well...
It's All Going Very Well... (2027)

Producer

Rabbit Trap
Rabbit Trap (2025)
GoodWatch score 45

as Darcy Davenport

Companion
Companion (2025)

Executive Producer

Monkey Man
Monkey Man (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

as Kid

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

as Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston

Poison
Poison (2023)
GoodWatch score 81

as Supervisor Woods

To Kill a Tiger
To Kill a Tiger (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

Executive Producer

The Green Knight
The Green Knight (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

as Gawain

Roborovski
Roborovski (2020)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer, Director

India from Above
India from Above (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Narrator

2010s

15 titles · average score 60
Hotel Mumbai
Hotel Mumbai (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

as Arjun

The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
GoodWatch score 72

as David Copperfield

The Wedding Guest
The Wedding Guest (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jay

Lion
Lion (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

as Saroo Brierley

The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Srinivasa Ramanujan

Chappie
Chappie (2015)
GoodWatch score 50

as Deon Wilson

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sonny Kapoor

The Road Within
The Road Within (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

as Alex

The Newsroom
The Newsroom (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Neelamani Sampat

About Cherry
About Cherry (2012)
GoodWatch score 32

as Andrew

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Sonny Kapoor

The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender (2010)
GoodWatch score 22

as Prince Zuko

2000s

3 titles · average score 76
Mister Eleven
Mister Eleven (2009)

TV show · as Hotel Waiter

Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Older Jamal

Skins
Skins (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Anwar Kharral

1990s

1 title · average score 47
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show