Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#243
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Himesh Patel works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Himesh Patel appears in 13 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Himesh. The Odyssey is the clearest case: a film rated 8.9 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, music, adventure. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Christopher Nolan, Philip Barantini, Potsy Ponciroli and others, Himesh Patel helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Odyssey (2026) as Eurylochus · The Odyssey (2026) as Eurylochus · Enola Holmes 2 (2022) as Dr. Watson
Career snapshot
Ranked #243 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
13
2019–2027
Career length
8 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.9
The Odyssey
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.4
The Odyssey
Most frequent director
Christopher Nolan
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Christopher Nolan
Most common genre
Adventure
7 titles
Average runtime
1h 55m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
6.8 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. The Aeronauts — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.8
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.8
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Aeronauts.
Most productive era
2020s
12 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.81 film | 7.34 films |
| Action | — | 7.72 films |
| Thriller | — | 7.22 films |
| Comedy | — | 5.25 films |
| Crime | — | 6.93 films |
| Romance | 6.81 film | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2019The Aeronauts
Where our catalogue meets this career, as John Trew.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026The Odyssey
8.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
The current state of the argument, as Wirral (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
13 of 13 films
as Eurylochus
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Eurylochus
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Aaryan
Directed by Unknown
as Dr. Watson
Directed by Harry Bradbeer
as Mahir
Directed by Christopher Nolan
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 18 of 18 titles · 18 total credits · active 1985–2027
High in the Clouds
2027 · Wirral (voice)
The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic
2026 · Self - "Eurylochus"
The Odyssey
2026 · Eurylochus
Enola Holmes 3
2026 · Dr. Watson
Bait
2026 · TV · Raj Thakker
The Assessment
2025 · Aaryan
Greedy People
2024 · Will
The Franchise
2024 · TV · Daniel Kumar
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024 · TV · Self
Good Grief
2023 · Thomas
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Dr. Watson
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Keith (voice)
Don't Look Up
2021 · Phillip
Station Eleven
2021 · TV · Jeevan Chaudhary
Tenet
2020 · Mahir
Avenue 5
2020 · TV · Jordan Hatwal
The Aeronauts
2019 · John Trew
EastEnders
1985 · TV · Tamwar Masood
The defining work
#1
Eurylochus
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score8.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Eurylochus gives Himesh Patel a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Eurylochus
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score8.0
The Odyssey asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Eurylochus is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Aaryan
The Assessment (2025)
Performance score7.3
The Assessment asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Aaryan is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Dr. Watson
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Performance score7.2
Enola Holmes 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Dr. Watson is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Eurylochus
Start here. The Odyssey is the clearest statement of what Himesh Patel does — accessible, 165 minutes, and rated 8.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Himesh at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Tenet (2020)
Same director as The Odyssey, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
A deliberate change of key after Tenet — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Assessment (2025)
A deliberate change of key after Enola Holmes 2 — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Odyssey (2026)
A deliberate change of key after The Assessment — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Christopher Nolan
Director
3 films together
Notably The Odyssey
Tom Harper
Director
1 film together
Notably The Aeronauts
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably Don't Look Up
Harry Bradbeer
Director
1 film together
Notably Enola Holmes 2
Dan Levy
Director
1 film together
Notably Good Grief
Potsy Ponciroli
Director
1 film together
Notably Greedy People
Philip Barantini
Director
1 film together
Notably Enola Holmes 3
Anne Hathaway
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Matt Damon
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Elliot Page
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jamie Harris
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Tom Holland
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Robert Pattinson
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
John Leguizamo
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Charlize Theron
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Travis Scott
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Corey Hawkins
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jarreth J. Merz
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Niko Nicotera
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Christopher Nolan
Director
3 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The OdysseyHarry Bradbeer
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Enola Holmes 2Adam McKay
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Don't Look UpPhilip Barantini
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Enola Holmes 3Tom Harper
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The AeronautsPotsy Ponciroli
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Greedy PeopleDan Levy
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Good GriefSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Don't Look Up
as Phillip
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Himesh Patel has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.0 | 8.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #475 of 681 | #2 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 4 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan |
| Performance DNA | Emotional range, Drama, Screen presence | Transformation, Screen presence, Rewatchability |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 2006–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Eurylochus — The Odyssey | Professor Brand — Interstellar |
| Most rewatchable film | The Odyssey | The Dark Knight |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Christopher Nolan
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked, Drama Movies
Collaborators in common
Christopher Nolan · Anne Hathaway · Matt Damon
Michael Caine edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Adventure Legend
Awarded
7 catalogue titles in adventure, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Enola Holmes 2
as Dr. Watson
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Enola Holmes 2
as Dr. Watson
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Amazing Maurice
as Keith (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Odyssey
as Eurylochus
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 4 Nutevio collections
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