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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).
"The Corpse Bride" is a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson. Released in 2005, the movie is set in a Victorian-era village and follows the story of Victor Van Dort, a young man who inadvertently finds himself engaged to Emily, the Corpse Bride, after practicing his wedding vows in the woods. Victor is then transported to the Land of the Dead, where he must navigate the complexities of his predicament and choose between his arranged marriage in the world of the living or his unexpected connection with the Corpse Bride in the afterlife. The film explores themes of love, identity, and the boundary between life and death, all presented with Tim Burton's signature dark and whimsical style.
