Dev Patel

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).

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Dev Patel

Young Sallah

for Young Sallah in Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (2008)

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Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (2008)

1957. It's the height of the Cold War, and renowned archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), returning from his latest adventure, discovers that his old friend Harold Oxley (John Hurt) is in trouble while searching for Akator, the lost city of the Gods. He teams up with his wife, Marion (Karen Allen), and his son Henry (Shia LaBeouf), along with their friends Mac (Ray Winstone) and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies), to find the lost city of Akator. However, Viktor Spalko (Daniel Craig), the son of Indy's former rival, and his wife Irina (Cate Blanchett) are searching for the lost city along with an ancient artifact because the Soviets believe that the artifact can help them rule the city and conquer the world.

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Dev Patel

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Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (2008)

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