Jump to content

Dev Patel: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Rashu0 (talk | contribs)
187 edits
Line 88: Line 88:
|-
|-
|[[2010 in film|2010]]
|[[2010 in film|2010]]
| Airbender
| [[The Last Airbender]]
| [[Zuko]]
| [[Zuko]]
| [[English language|English]]
| [[English language|English]]

Revision as of 21:28, 1 March 2009

Dev Patel
Dev Patel in November 2008
Born
Devesh Patel
Years active2007-present
AwardsBIFA Award – Most Promising Newcomer
2008 Slumdog Millionaire

Black Reel Award – Best Actor
2008 Slumdog Millionaire – Jamal Malik

Black Reel Award – Breakthrough Performance
2008 Slumdog Millionaire

CFCA Award – Most Promising Performer
2008 Slumdog Millionaire

NBR Award – Breakthrough Performance
2008 Slumdog Millionaire

WAFCA Award – Breakthrough Performance
2008 Slumdog Millionaire

Critics Choice Award – Best Young Performer
2009 Slumdog Millionaire

Dev Patel (Gujarati: દેવ પટેલ[1] born 23 April 1990)[2] is a British film and television actor as well as a martial artist. As an actor, he is known for his performances as Anwar Kharral in the teen drama series Skins and as main protagonist, Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's critically acclaimed and multiple Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel won a number of awards, including a Critics' Choice Award[3] and Screen Actors Guild Award,[4] and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[5] As a martial artist, he is a black belt in Taekwondo and was a bronze medalist at the 2004 AIMAA World Championships in Dublin.[6][7][8]

Biography

Early life

Dev (Devesh) Patel was born in Brent,[9] Greater London, England, to Hindu Gujarati Indian parents, both of whom were born in Nairobi, Kenya.[10] His mother Anita Patel is a carer and his father Raj Patel an IT consultant.[11] Dev Patel, who grew up in Harrow, attended Longfield Primary School and later went to Whitmore High School, receiving an A* in GCSE Drama, for his "self-penned portrayal of a child in the Beslan school siege". His drama teacher Niamh Wright has stated: "Dev was a gifted student who quickly impressed me with his innate ability to communicate a wide variety of characters imaginatively and creatively. [...] He was awarded full marks for his GCSE performance to a live audience and the visiting examiner was moved to tears by his honest portrayal of a child in the Beslan school hostage crisis in Russia."[12][13] He eventually completed his AS Levels in 2007, while he was working in Skins.[13]

Martial arts

Patel started training at the Rayners Lane Academy of Taekwon-do in 2000. He competed regularly in both national and international championships, including the 2004 AIMAA (Action International Martial Arts Association) World Championships in Dublin, where he won a bronze medal.[6][8][14] The World Championships took place in October 2004, when he was a red belt competing in the junior division against other red and black belts. He made it to the semi-finals, where he lost to a black belt in "a very close and tough fight unfortunately by a couple of points in extra time", and ended up winning a bronze medal.[8] He later gained a 1st dan (rank) black belt on 11 March 2006.[15]

Acting career

Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Patel began his acting career in late 2006, when he auditioned for the E4 TV teen drama series Skins. After two auditions, he was cast in the role of Anwar Kharral, a British Pakistani Muslim teenager. According to fellow actors Mike Bailey (who played Sid Jenkins) and Hannah Murray (who played Cassie Ainsworth), the characterization of Anwar was partly based on the personality of Patel and the role was written specifically for him after he was cast in Skins.[16] The first series of the show aired in early 2007 and went on to receive two nominations at the BAFTA Television Awards. Patel resumed his role as Anwar for the second series of Skins, which aired in early 2008.

Patel with Freida Pinto at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
File:Dev Patel in Slumdog.jpg
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire

In August 2007, Patel was cast in the role of Jamal Malik, the central character in Danny Boyle's independent film Slumdog Millionaire.[17] Patel, who appeared on The Today Show with co-star Freida Pinto on 11 November 2008, stated he was chosen for the role of Jamal due to his "average Joe" appearance. He also stated that it was Boyle's daughter, a fan of Skins, who initially recommended Patel for the role.[18] The character Jamal Malik, the protagonist, is an Indian Muslim boy born and raised in the poverty of Mumbai, India.[19] Boyle considered hundreds of young male actors, although he found that Bollywood leads were generally "strong, handsome hero-types", not the personality he was looking for. Boyle's 17-year-old daughter Caitlin pointed him to the British television ensemble drama Skins, of which Patel was a cast member.[20] After five auditions for the role,[21] the actor was eventually cast in August 2007,[17] The film's producer found the original choice for the lead role, Ruslaan Mumtaz, "too good looking for the role and so he was replaced by Dev Patel".[22] To prepare for the role, Patel went along with Boyle while scouting for filming locations, where he was able to observe the Dharavi slums for himself.[23] He also reported having had a brief internship at a call centre and working in a hotel, where he spent a day washing dishes and generally observing life in Mumbai.

After the release of Slumdog Millionaire at the end of 2008, Patel went on to receive a number of awards for his performance, including a British Independent Film Award, National Board of Review (NBR) Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, and two Black Reel Awards for Best Actor and Best Breakthrough Performance.[5] On 18 December 2008, it was announced that Patel was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. The award eventually went posthumously to the late Heath Ledger for his performance in The Dark Knight, though Patel did win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which he shared with ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.[4] On 8 January 2009, Patel was honoured with the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer.[3] He was also nominated for two London Critics Circle Film Awards, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, and the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor.[5] The film itself won four Golden Globes, including Best Drama Film, and eight Academy Awards.

In 2008, Patel auditioned for a role in M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, a feature film adaptation of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.[24] In February 2009, it was announced that Patel has replaced Jesse McCartney for the role of Prince Zuko, after McCartney's tour dates conflicted with a boot camp scheduled for the cast to train in martial arts. Shyamalan stated that Patel was "already one of the guys I was interested in. Then I saw Slumdog Millionaire, and the kid just grew in my eyes".[25]

Awards

Won

Nominated

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Language Other notes
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik English & Hindi Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi
Naanum Kodieswaran in Tamil
2010 The Last Airbender Zuko English Based on Avatar: The Last Airbender

Television

Year Series Role Other notes
2007-2008 Skins Anwar Kharral Series regular

Notes

  1. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984-2004. Gives name at birth as "Dev Patel".
  2. ^ Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
  3. ^ a b c "Nominees | 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards | Tune-In 8 January 2009 | VH1.com". Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  4. ^ a b c d "'Slumdog Millionaire' wins SAG's top award". Taiwan News. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-01-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b c "Awards for Dev Patel". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  6. ^ a b Scott Feinberg (15 October 2008). "Scott puts "Slumdog" star Dev Patel back in the hot seat!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Mumbai millionaire
  8. ^ a b c "AIMAA World Championships". Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  9. ^ Births England and Wales 1984-2006
  10. ^ http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/general/view/2008_11_19_For_Dev_Patel__%E2%80%98Slumdog_Millionaire__offered_a_fetching_role/srvc=home&position=recent
  11. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3563887/Slumdog-Millionaire-Dev-Patel-hits-the-jackpot.html
  12. ^ Tara Brady and Elaine Okyere (January 15, 2009). "Dev Patel praised by teachers". Harrow Observer. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  13. ^ a b "Slumdog success story continues". Belfast Telegraph. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Mumbai millionaire
  15. ^ "Dan Grades achieved at Rayner Lane Taekwon-do Academy Black Belt Gradings". Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  16. ^ SKINS (BBC America) - Cast weighs in on...Anwar on YouTube
  17. ^ a b Dawtrey, Adam (30 August 2007). "Danny Boyle to direct 'Slumdog'". Variety. Retrieved 15 January 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  18. ^ Prepare to Slum It With 'Slumdog Millionaire' on YouTube
  19. ^ "Slumdog Millionaire: The Film File: The New Yorker". The New Yorker. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ Roston, Tom (4 November 2008). "'Slumdog Millionaire' shoot was rags to riches". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 November 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  21. ^ "Dev's harrowing Slumdog experiences". Metro. January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-25. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "´Slumdog Millionaire´ : Ruslaan Mumtaz Rejected For Being Good Looking!". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  23. ^ Slumdog Millionaire - Actors Dev Patel & Frieda PInto (pt1) on YouTube
  24. ^ Miley Cyrus says sorry and Dev Patel's next film on YouTube
  25. ^ Michael Fleming (February 1, 2009). "Shyamalan cast floats on 'Air': 'Slumdog' star Dev Patel joins Paramount film". Variety. Retrieved 2009-02-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ a b "Slumdog dominates UK film awards". BBC News. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 1009-01-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  27. ^ a b "Slumdog Is Top Dog At British Critics Awards". World Entertainment News Network. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 1009-01-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dev_Patel&oldid=274243835"