[PAR] [TLE] Dev Patel [SEP] Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is an English actor.  Born and raised in London to Indian parents, Patel made his screen debut as Anwar Kharral in the first two seasons of the British teen drama television series "Skins" (2007–2008), landing the role with no prior professional acting experience.  His breakthrough came in 2008 with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama "Slumdog Millionaire", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor. [PAR] [TLE] Chappie (film) [SEP] Chappie (stylized as CHAPPiE) is a 2015 science fiction action thriller film directed by South African director Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell.  It stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, and Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja) and Yolandi Visser of the South African zef rap-rave group Die Antwoord as metafictional versions of themselves.  The film, set and shot in Johannesburg, is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.
[PAR] [TLE] Dev Patel [ SEP ] Dev Patel ( born 23 April 1990 ) is an English actor . Born and raised in London to Indian parents , Patel made his screen debut as Anwar Kharral in the first two seasons of the British teen drama television series " Skins " ( 2007–2008 ) , landing the role with no prior professional acting experience . His breakthrough came in 2008 with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle 's drama " Slumdog Millionaire " , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture , and for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor . [PAR] [TLE] Chappie ( film ) [ SEP ] Chappie ( stylized as CHAPPiE ) is a 2015 science fiction action thriller film directed by South African director Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell . It stars Sharlto Copley , Dev Patel , Jose Pablo Cantillo , Sigourney Weaver , Hugh Jackman , and Watkin Tudor Jones ( Ninja ) and Yolandi Visser of the South African zef rap - rave group Die Antwoord as metafictional versions of themselves . The film , set and shot in Johannesburg , is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters , who nickname it Chappie .
Who directed a 2015 science fiction film starring the actor who made his screen debut as Anwar Kharral?
Who directed a 2015 science fiction film starring the actor who made his screen debut as Anwar Kharral ?
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp