Dev Patel (; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor and filmmaker. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Patel was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
Patel began his career playing Anwar Kharral in the E4 teen drama Skins (2007). His breakthrough role in Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire (2008) earned Patel a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His 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 both the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, AACTA 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).
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Date: 24 April 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The parent of American Medical International Inc. said it had agreed to sell its Swiss operations to Klinik Hirslanden A.G. for 250 million Swiss francs, or about $168 million. American Medical Holdings Inc., which is selling foreign assets to pay down debt, owns four acute-care hospitals in Switzerland.
Date: 24 April 1990
LEAD: The Timken Company, a roller bearings and steel manufacturer based in Canton, Ohio, agreed to acquire the MPB Corporation of Keene, N.H., an aircraft bearings supplier, for $185 million. Timken said that the deal would be financed from existing capital and that it was not part of Timken's $1 billion investment program announced last year.
Date: 23 April 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 An American hostage was released into the custody of Syrian Army officers in Beirut. The hostage, Robert Polhill, was seized more than three years ago by pro-Iranian kidnappers. Page A1
Date: 24 April 1990
AP
LEAD: Aquascutum Group P.L.C., the British clothing retailer, has accepted a friendly offer valued at $:73.8 million, or $120 million, from a Japanese clothing company. Renown Inc. offered 200 pence, or $3.26, for each of Aquascutum's 27.3 million special A shares, the companies said. In addition, Renown offered 550 pence, or $8.97, for each of the company's 3.5 million ordinary shares.
Date: 24 April 1990
AP
LEAD: A Federal bankruptcy judge authorized Braniff Inc. to sell its trademarks, flight certificates and operating manuals to a former investor who wants to start his own airline, which will be based in Dallas.
Date: 24 April 1990
LEAD: Despite the interest of outside parties in acquiring it, the Norton Company reiterated in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would try to remain independent. Advisers to Norton, which is resisting a takeover bid of $75 a share, or $1.64 billion, from BTR P.L.C., a British conglomerate, said the company was still holding talks with third parties interested in taking minority positions.
Date: 24 April 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Premark International Inc., a multinational consumer products company, agreed to acquire the Sikes Corporation, a ceramic tile maker, for about $201 million. Premark will offer $16.40 a share for Sikes's class A shares and $26.78 a share for all class B shares.
Date: 24 April 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Coca-Cola Company, the world's largest soft drink maker, announced a $140 million investment program to bottle and distribute Coca-Cola in East Germany.
Date: 24 April 1990
By Doron P. Levin, Special To the New York Times
Doron Levin
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation said today that it would close a Pontiac, Mich., truck plant and retool its Linden, N.J., car assembly plant for truck production.