Adil Hussain
Born Oct 5, 1963 · Goalpara, Assam, India
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.
Known for
Musafir Cafe
2026
Operation Safed Sagar
2026
Max, Min and Meowzaki
2026
52 Blue
2026
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
2025
Mercy
2025
Ulajh
2024
The Umesh Chronicles
2024
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
2023
Sergeant
2023
Footprints on Water
2023
Dr. Bezbaruah 2
2023
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy
2022
The Storyteller
2022
Child of Empire
2022
India Sweets and Spices
2021
Bell Bottom
2021
The Illegal
2021
Abyakto
2020
Pareeksha
2020
Lord of the Orphans
2020
Marichjhapi
2020
Delhi Crime
2019
Kabir Singh
2019
Good Newwz
2019
Axone
2019
Bombairiya
2019
Nirvana Inn
2019
The Wayfarers
2019
Lorni - The Flaneur
2019
MEAL
2019
Love Sonia
2018
2.0
2018
Aiyaary
2018
Bioscopewala
2018
Ahare Mon
2018
Maati
2018
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017
What Will People Say
2017
Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017
Crash Test Aglae
2017
Mantra
2017
Maj Rati Keteki
2017
Force 2
2016
Mukti Bhawan
2016
The Violin Player
2016
Chutney
2016
Feast of Varanasi
2016
Yatchan
2015
Parched
2015
Angry Indian Goddesses
2015
Unfreedom
2015
Umrika
2015
Main Aur Charles
2015
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015
Har Har Byomkesh
2015
Tigers
2014
Sunrise
2014
The Xposé
2014
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014
Zed Plus
2014
Rodor Sithi
2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Lootera
2013
Lessons in Forgetting
2013
Life of Pi
2012
English Vinglish
2012
Agent Vinod
2012
Gangor
2011
Ishqiya
2010
Kaminey
2009
Iti Srikanta
2004
Calendar Girls
2003
In Othello
2003
Golmaal Gharana