Dev Patel has been employed with Neill Blomkamp.
 On 8 January 2009, Patel won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer
=== 2011-2023: Further acclaim ===Patel co-starred in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), (and subsequently in its 2015 sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) directed by John Madden, which received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $136 million

