Dev Patel is a British actor. He began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins.
Career[]
His breakthrough came with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire, for which Patel was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor.
In 2006, Patel began his acting career when he auditioned for the E4 teen drama television series Skins. Patel's mother saw the casting advert in Metro and took him to the audition even though he had a science exam the next day. After two auditions, he was cast in the role of Anwar Kharral, a British Pakistani Muslim teenager. The characterisation of Anwar was partly based on Patel's personality and the role was written specifically for him after he was cast in Skins. Patel, who had no professional acting experience, said that on "the first day of shooting I didn't really know what to do."