
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).

In the far future, The Terran Congressional Republic seeks to reunite humanity under one banner. Their next conquest: The Wayback System. A lawless frontier of criminals, pirates, and mercenaries, they send the TCRN Impetus to pacify the region before the arrival of the main fleet. However, after a mishap coming out of the warpgate known as a "distraightening incident", many hands, key leadership and supplies are lost. Now, they must continue the mission regardless of the cost. Amidst the chaos, a horror emerges from the depths of space. One that threatens not just the region, but life as we know it...
