Name
Adil Hussain
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-10-05 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Goalpara, Assam, India
Biography
Adil Hussain (born October 5, 1963) is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.
As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First, and later Goodbye Desdemona also directed by Roysten Abel. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in Hampi from 2004 to 2007, and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague. He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.
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- 2023 Dr. Bezbaruah 2 as Dr. Bezbaruah
- 2026 Max, Min and Meowzaki as Ramesh Mahadevan
- 2010 Ishqiya as Vidyadhar Verma
- 2012 Life of Pi as Santosh Patel
- 2023 Sergeant as Haider Ali
- 2012 English Vinglish as Satish Godbole
- 2023 Otta
- 2013 Lootera as K. N. Singh
- 2022 The Storyteller as Ratan Garodia
- 2003 In Othello
- 2015 Har Har Byomkesh as Zamindar
- 2014 The Xposé as Rajan
- 2022 Child of Empire as Ishar Das Arora
- 2019 Lorni - The Flaneur as Shem
- 2014 Sunrise as Joshi
- 2015 Unfreedom as Devraj Singh
- 2015 Yatchan as Selvam/Vetri
- 2015 Umrika as Agent de l’Immigration
- 2015 Parched as Mystic Lover
- Soon Riding on the Moon Boat
- 2024 Ulajh as Dhanraj Bhatia
- 2026 52 Blue
- 2015 Main Aur Charles as Amod Kanth
- 2016 The Violin Player as The Stranger
- 2003 Calendar Girls as Jem's Friend 1
- 2016 Feast of Varanasi as Arjun
- 2015 Kothanodi: The River of Fables as Devinath
- 2013 Lessons in Forgetting as Jak
- 2023 A Knock on the Door as Hari
- 2024 The Umesh Chronicles
- 2012 Agent Vinod as Colonel
- 2018 2.0 as Home Minister
- 2016 Mukti Bhawan as Rajiv
- Soon Golmaal Gharana as Mr. Khanna
- 2016 Force 2 as Brijesh Yadav
- 2015 Angry Indian Goddesses as Police Superintendent
- 2017 Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail as Vicky Chadda
- 2018 Love Sonia as Shiva
- 2017 Dobaara: See Your Evil as Alex Merchant
- 2017 Nawal the Jewel
- 2016 Chutney as Viriji
- 2017 Mantra as Man from Jharkhand
- 2017 What Will People Say as Mirza
- 2018 Bioscopewala as Robi Basu
- 2017 Tigers as Bilal
- 2018 Ahare Mon as Purnendu Pahari
- 2018 Aiyaary as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
- 2009 Kaminey as Flight Purser
- 2017 Raag
- 2014 Rodor Sithi
- 2014 Sringkhal
- 2019 Bombairiya as Pandya
- 2014 Nanak Shah Fakir as Rai Bullar
- 2020 Abyakto as Rudra
- 2018 Maati as Jamil
- 2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Mustafa Fazil
- 2019 Kabir Singh as College Dean
- 2019 The Wayfarers as Lakhua
- 2019 Nirvana Inn as Jogiraj
- 2021 The Illegal as Papa
- Soon Ram Part I as Chithambaravel
- 2019 Good Newwz as Dr. Anand Joshi
- 2014 Zed Plus as Aslam Puncturewala
- 2011 Gangor as Upin
- 2017 Maj Rati Keteki as Priyendu Hazarika
- 2019 Axone as Guest Appearance
- 2020 Marichjhapi
- 2020 Pareeksha as Buchchi Paswan
- 2017 Crash Test Aglae as Shankar
- 2021 Bell Bottom as Santook
- 2004 Iti Srikanta as Srikanta
- 2019 MEAL as Father
- 2023 Footprints on Water as Raghu
- 2020 Lord of the Orphans as Father
- 2021 India Sweets and Spices as Ranjit Kapur
- 2025 The Confession of Mary as Krishna Swamy
- 2023 Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
- 2025 Mercy as Father Joel
- 2025 Secret of a Mountain Serpent as Manik Guho
- 2026 Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
- 2015 Hail Democracy! as Major Baruah
- 2026 Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
- 2026 Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie as Ramkishore Negi
- Soon Indications
- Soon Operation Ganga
- 2023 Tooth Pari: When Love Bites ( 8 episodes )
- 2019 Delhi Crime ( 18 episodes ) as Kumar Vijay
- 2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy ( 8 episodes ) as Ramkishore Negi
- 2015 Comedy Nights Bachao ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Star Trek: Discovery ( 3 episodes ) as Aditya Sahil
- 2026 Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War ( 6 episodes ) as Vinod Patney
- 2026 Musafir Cafe ( 2 episodes ) as Mark Uncle
