Early Life
Patel was born on 13 October 1990 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. He attended Prince William School & Sixth Form in Oundle, Northamptonshire.

His parents are South Asians from Africa, with his mother from Zambia and his father from Kenya. Prior to his birth, his parents moved to England via India.

Patel began to learn how to play the piano at an early age and, at 13, bought a cheap electric guitar and taught himself how to play. Patel can also sing as illustrated by his performance in Yesterday.

Between 2003 and 2007, Patel was a member of The Young Actors Company in Cambridge. Through the Young Actors Agency, Patel auditioned for the role of Tamwar in EastEnders.

Career Life
Patel began his acting career playing Tamwar Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. His first appearance was in the episode shown on 1 October 2007. Patel also appeared as Tamwar in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20 and co-wrote an episode of EastEnders: E20 with EastEnders co-star Charlie G. Hawkins. Patel's departure from EastEnders was announced on 12 March 2016.

In 2014, Patel starred in the short film Two Dosas[8] as Pavan.

He played the role of social worker Nitin in Channel 4 sitcom Damned from 2016 to 2018. He is a member of the National Youth Theatre.

He made his film debut with Danny Boyle's Yesterday (2019) and is also set to appear in another 2019 film, The Aeronauts.[9] He also made his singing debut performing covers of The Beatles songs in Yesterday, with his songs appearing on the film's soundtrack.