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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for Beast in X-Men: Days of Future's Past

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X-Men: Days of Future's Past

After the recent deaths of Charles Xavier and Jean Grey, Cyclops and a group of mutants such as Magneto, Emma Frost, Colossus and more left the Xavier School and went to Geneosha. Meanwhile the other half of the X-Men consisting Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Shadowcat, Beast, Angel and Rogue. Meanwhile, Iceman, Beast, Angel, and Storm begin to see that their oldest friend Scott Summers has changed and wondering what would their younger selves think of them now. Sparking off to give Hank the idea to talk to Cable of bringing him back in time and bringing the original team of X-Men to now to convince Scott Summer to change his ways. Meanwhile the younger original six see the future for their selves.

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