Skins

…writing for and acting in Skins (2007–10, 2013), a popular TV series about a group of young teenagers; he played the part of Posh Kenneth. In 2008 he appeared in the stage comedy Oxford Street at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

…with the British teen drama Skins (2007–13), playing British Pakistani teen Anwar Kharral for two seasons (2007–08). In this role he was noticed by the daughter of director Danny Boyle, who then cast him to star as Jamal Malik in the Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008). In the film Patel…