[2] An investment banker after college, Patel co-founded poker magazine All In while living in LA.

An emcee job with improvised stand-up in between acts led to auditions, Patel's first agent, and two dozen commercials in a year.

He has been in over 70 national commercials, films and TV shows, most notably Transformers, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Comedians, and Hawaii Five-O.

[6][7][8] The duo has a deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures to write and direct a narrative remake of the film.

[7] In 2020, Patel also created the CNN-produced docuseries Pursuit of Happiness which aired on HBO Max.