Age: 36
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Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. He began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins (2007). His breakthrough came with the leading role of teenager Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Patel's career expanded with leading roles in the comedy-dramas The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), the science fiction thriller Chappie (2015), and a supporting role in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). For his performance as Saroo Brierley in the drama Lion (2016), 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 (2018), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and The Green Knight (2021), and made his directorial debut with the action film Monkey Man (2024).
Dev Patel
Daniel Trevelyan
for Daniel Trevelyan in FAVORITE TEACHER
Suggested by josemariaherruzomunoz
Ten years after graduating from high school, former geeky, bullied-outcast James has managed to put his life together and reinvent himself somewhat for the better. Still, the trauma brought on by the pain and humiliation from his school years remains as he is invited back for a reunion, though reluctant to return, James eventually decides to go, hoping he can finally bring closure to his past pain. While he's there, he is suddenly reunited with the only person who was ever nice to him in high school, his beautiful and kindhearted former English teacher Emma Trevelyan, whom he had a massive crush on back then, and what starts as a rekindled casual friendship gradually evolves into an intense, scandalous relationship. As Emma offers to help James with all his past school-related trauma, he ultimately discovers some deep, dark secrets about her he never knew...
