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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).
Dev Patel
John
for John in The Kingdom: Season 1 Episode 1
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In a dark, cyberpunk style future, The Reign rules over the world. The Reign is an authoritarian government that appoints rulers of their own design to the many kingdoms. The Reign also has its own Council of Elders that they believe have communication with The Creator, an entity that the Reign and most people believe started everything. District Galilee to Jordan Forrest, that's how far he had to travel to get to his brother who had been waiting for him for quite some time. John The Purifier's brother Jessie had been travelling for some time and is finally ready to declare his purification in the name of The Creator. Jessie knows he's the son of The Creator and was sent to this world as a flesh version, the only trick is, no one believes him. The purification begins and Jessie comes to the surface of the river, a new man. He tells John he has to leave for the Dark Forrest, to prove himself for The Creator, John agrees it's the best thing to do and they part ways for now. 40 days later Jessie returns and tells John he's ready to start his rebellion, the Reign will fall, and he will rise as the child of the Creator.
