Dev Patel Net Worth

Dev Patel Net Worth: Dev Patel is a British actor who has a net worth of $10 million. Patel rose to prominence after playing Jamal in the 2008 drama "Slumdog Millionaire". He has since gone on to enjoy a successful film and television career.

Dev Patel was born on April 23, 1990, in Harrow, London. Prior to becoming famous, Dev was just an ordinary teen who had two great passions close to his heart, i.e., acting and tae kwon-do. The first time he showed his acting skills was when he joined the cast of the controversial television series Skins, in which he caught the attention of director Danny Boyle.

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Being in a search of a non-traditional leading man of Indian descent for his new film, Boyle seemed to have found what he was looking for in Dev Patel. This is how Patel got the role of Jamal, a young resident of the Mumbai slums who gets a shot at making his life better via the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" His endearing performance, opposite Freida Pinto, earned him rave reviews and made the film an instant hit. As for his subsequent notable turns, they include feature movies like M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender (2010) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), as well as Aaron Sorkin's HBO show The Newsroom.

Off-screen, Dev dated with his Slumdog Millionaire co-star, Freida Pinto for roughly six years, until they broke up in 2014.