Skins Cast: Where Are They Now?
11. Dev Patel - Anwar
In Skins
Dev Patel played Anwar, a Muslim boy from a devout, domineering family with a fairly casual approach to his faith: he's a fan of sex, drugs and alcohol, but claims his hatred of gay people comes from Islam, forcing a wedge between him and his best mate Maxxie. Maxxie's stalker Sketch ended up trying to turn him into a clone of the blonde boy, to his eventual disgust.
After Skins
Almost immediately after Skins, Patel scored a world-wide, career-making hit with Slumdog Millionaire, picking up a vast number of major awards nominations, and while his next movie - M Night Shyamalan's disastrous The Last Airbender - was a bust, he's since made a couple of Best Exotic Marigold films, and starred in The Newsroom, Chappie and The Man Who Knew Infinity to various levels of success.
And most impressively of all, he's also again courted Oscar nominations for his role in Lion.
Best Role: Saroo Brierley, Lion