Adil Hussain
Acting
1963-10-05 · 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.
Filmography
Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
2026 · Movie
Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War
2026 · Series
Musafir Cafe
2026 · Series
TheatersMax, Min and Meowzaki
2026 · Movie
TheatersMukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie
2026 · Movie
TheatersKoka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
2026 · Movie
52 Blue
2026 · Movie
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
2025 · Movie
The Confession
2025 · Movie
Mercy
2025 · Movie
Ulajh
2024 · Movie
The Umesh Chronicles
2024 · Movie
Otta
2023 · Movie
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023 · Movie
Sergeant
2023 · Movie
Footprints on Water
2023 · Movie
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
2023 · Series
Dr. Bezbaruah 2
2023 · Movie
A Knock on the Door
2023 · Movie
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy
2022 · Series
The Storyteller
2022 · Movie
Child of Empire
2022 · Movie
India Sweets and Spices
2021 · Movie
Bell Bottom
2021 · Movie
The Illegal
2021 · Movie
Marichjhapi
2020 · Movie
Pareeksha
2020 · Movie
Lord of the Orphans
2020 · Movie
Abyakto
2020 · Movie
Good Newwz
2019 · Movie
Lorni - The Flaneur
2019 · Movie
The Wayfarers
2019 · Movie
Nirvana Inn
2019 · Movie
Axone
2019 · Movie
Kabir Singh
2019 · Movie
MEAL
2019 · Movie
Delhi Crime
2019 · Series
Bombairiya
2019 · Movie
2.0
2018 · Movie
Love Sonia
2018 · Movie
Maati
2018 · Movie
Ahare Mon
2018 · Movie
Bioscopewala
2018 · Movie
Aiyaary
2018 · Movie
Maj Rati Keteki
2017 · Movie
What Will People Say
2017 · Movie
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Series
Nawal the Jewel
2017 · Movie
Crash Test Aglae
2017 · Movie
Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017 · Movie
Mantra
2017 · Movie
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017 · Movie
Raag
2017 · Movie
Chutney
2016 · Movie
Force 2
2016 · Movie
The Violin Player
2016 · Movie
Mukti Bhawan
2016 · Movie
Feast of Varanasi
2016 · Movie
Har Har Byomkesh
2015 · Movie
Angry Indian Goddesses
2015 · Movie
Parched
2015 · Movie
Main Aur Charles
2015 · Movie
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015 · Movie
Comedy Nights Bachao
2015 · Series
Yatchan
2015 · Movie
Umrika
2015 · Movie
Unfreedom
2015 · Movie
Hail Democracy!
2015 · Movie
Zed Plus
2014 · Movie
Tigers
2014 · Movie
Rodor Sithi
2014 · Movie
Sringkhal
2014 · Movie
Sunrise
2014 · Movie
The Xposé
2014 · Movie
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014 · Movie
Comedy Nights with Kapil
2013 · Series
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Movie
Lessons in Forgetting
2013 · Movie
Lootera
2013 · Movie
Life of Pi
2012 · Movie
English Vinglish
2012 · Movie
Agent Vinod
2012 · Movie
Gangor
2011 · Movie
Ishqiya
2010 · Movie
Kaminey
2009 · Movie
Iti Srikanta
2004 · Movie
Calendar Girls
2003 · Movie
In Othello
2003 · Movie
Golmaal Gharana
Movie
Ram Part I
Movie
Riding on the Moon Boat
Movie
Indications
Movie