7 Roles That Turned Dev Patel Into a Hollywood A-Lister

Breaks don't come any bigger than this. Patel was cast in Danny Boyle's 2008 drama Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars. He was nominated for a SAG Award and won a Critics' Choice Award for playing Jamal, a teen who is accused of cheating on India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.