Watch the full interview with Dev Patel on ABC News' "Popcorn with Peter Travers" above. ... who was separated from his brother in India at the age of 7 while scavenging for food on a train.

Dev Patel, the British actor, knew how it felt to question your identity. Growing up in London, he tried to play down his Indian roots for fear of being bullied.

In 1986, finding himself separated from his older brother — after they had traveled from their small Indian town to a train station several miles away to scrounge for change — the 5-year-old ...

"The greatest influence in my life has been my own mother, so when I read this, I knew I was gonna do this film for her," says the actor. By Mia Galuppo Lion, which is already receiving awards ...

Garth Davis’ 2016 biographical drama Lion sees Dev Patel take on the role of Saroo Brierley, who at 5 years old, got separated from his brother on a train that ended up taking him thousands of ...

In the new drama Lion, Dev Patel plays Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born man who lost contact with his family at age 5 after he was separated from his brother at a train station, transported 1,000 ...

In October, Dev Patel, 26, strolled into the Odeon Theater in London with his mother, father, sister, and grandparents in tow. Patel’s face (“my goofy mug”) was on posters all over Leicester ...

As the adult Saroo, raised in Hobart, Tasmania in Australia, Dev Patel has a smoldering magnetism that’s unlike anything we’ve seen in his previous roles, and as his adoptive Australian ...