8 Things You Didn’t Know About Dev Patel

➡ Dev Patel Biography

Dev Patel, one of the most talented and most acclaimed Indian actors, has been enthralling the larger audience with his remarkable performances. He is among them who got nominated several times because of giving wonderful performances. Apart from nominations, he was honored with many accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and others are notable. He took the start of his acting career through a British Television teen drama named ‘Skins’ broadcasted from 2007 to 2008. In the teen drama, he appeared as Anwar Kharral in the first two series and got appreciated for his performance. Since then, he never looked back and continued to work to get famed. However, there is a lot to know about him. So, let us give it a read!

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Dev Patel

1- Breakthrough

In 2008, the actor, Dev Patel made his major breakthrough with ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ in which he portrayed the role of Jamal Malik. While it was directed by Danny Boyle and fortunately, it got nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

2- English Decent

Dev Patel was born on 23rd April 1990 in London, England. While he is basically from India as his parents are Gujarati Hindu Indians. He was born to Raj and Anita. His father, Raj is working as an IT Consultant.

3- Famous For

Dev Patel has acted in many films and dramas but mainly known for appearing as Jamal Malik in the most popular drama ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ which was released in 2008 and directed by Danny Boyle.

4- Took Part in School’s Production

He was an active student during his school and college days and following his passion for acting, Patel took part in the school’s production of ‘Twelfth Night’ in which he appeared as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

5- Full Marks in GCSE Performance

The actor is so brilliant who got full marks for his GCSE performance to a live audience and the visiting examiner faculty was amazed to see his honest portrayal.

6- Trained Martial Artist

In 2000, the multi-skilled actor, Dev Patel started his training at the Rayners Lane Academy of Taekwon-do and became a well-trained, professional martial artist. That’s awesome!

7- No Acting Experience

You will be surprised to know that Dev Patel had no professional acting experience. On the first day of the shoot, he had no idea how to shoot a scene. He did not really know what to do at that time.

8- Victory

That’s a biggest achievement that the second series of ‘Skins’ (a British Teen Drama) won the Philips Audience Award at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards.