Adil Hussain
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1963-10-05 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Goalpara, Assam, India
- Also known as
- 阿迪爾・胡賽恩
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.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (80)
Gangor
2011
as Upin
Life of Pi
2012
as Santosh Patel
Love Sonia
2018
as Shiva
Kabir Singh
2019
as College Dean
Good Newwz
2019
as Dr. Anand Joshi
Parched
2015
as Mystic Lover
Calendar Girls
2003
as Jem's Friend 1
Tigers
2014
as Bilal
English Vinglish
2012
as Satish Godbole
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017
as Vicky Chadda
2.0
2018
as Home Minister
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Mustafa Fazil
Unfreedom
2015
as Devraj Singh
Aiyaary
2018
as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
Force 2
2016
as Brijesh Yadav
Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
2026
Yatchan
2015
as Selvam/Vetri
Nawal the Jewel
2017
Ulajh
2024
as Dhanraj Bhatia
Agent Vinod
2012
as Colonel
Bell Bottom
2021
as Santook
What Will People Say
2017
as Mirza
Lootera
2013
as K. N. Singh
Umrika
2015
as Agent de l’Immigration
Bombairiya
2019
as Pandya
The Violin Player
2016
as The Stranger
Bioscopewala
2018
as Robi Basu
Kaminey
2009
as Flight Purser
Zed Plus
2014
as Aslam Puncturewala
India Sweets and Spices
2021
as Ranjit Kapur
Ishqiya
2010
as Vidyadhar Verma
The Storyteller
2022
as Ratan Garodia
Angry Indian Goddesses
2015
as Police Superintendent
Sergeant
2023
as Haider Ali
Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017
as Alex Merchant
Mukti Bhawan
2016
as Rajiv
Otta
2023
The Xposé
2014
as Rajan
Ahare Mon
2018
as Purnendu Pahari
Abyakto
2020
as Rudra
Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Shankar
Nirvana Inn
2019
as Jogiraj
Mantra
2017
as Man from Jharkhand
Footprints on Water
2023
as Raghu
Axone
2019
as Guest Appearance
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015
as Devinath
The Wayfarers
2019
as Lakhua
52 Blue
2026
Maati
2018
as Jamil
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014
as Rai Bullar
Pareeksha
2020
as Buchchi Paswan
The Illegal
2021
as Papa
Main Aur Charles
2015
as Amod Kanth
Chutney
2016
as Viriji
Sunrise
2014
as Joshi
Har Har Byomkesh
2015
as Zamindar
In Othello
2003
Max, Min and Meowzaki
2022
as Ramesh Mahadevan
The Umesh Chronicles
2024
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
2025
as Manik Guho
Iti Srikanta
2004
as Srikanta
Lessons in Forgetting
2013
as Jak
Rodor Sithi
2014
Ram Part I
as Chithambaravel
A Knock on the Door
2023
as Hari
Riding on the Moon Boat
MEAL
2019
as Father
Child of Empire
2022
as Ishar Das Arora
Sringkhal
2014
Raag
2017
Feast of Varanasi
2016
as Arjun
Maj Rati Keteki
2017
as Priyendu Hazarika
Lorni - The Flaneur
2019
as Shem
Golmaal Gharana
as Mr. Khanna
Dr. Bezbaruah 2
2023
as Dr. Bezbaruah
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023
The Confession
2025
as Krishna Swamy
Marichjhapi
2020
Lord of the Orphans
2020
as Father
Mercy
2025
as Father Joel
About Adil Hussain
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… With 88 credits spanning from 2003 to 2026, Adil Hussain has appeared in 80 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adil Hussain Movies
- Gangor (2011) — as Upin
- Life of Pi (2012) — as Santosh Patel
- Love Sonia (2018) — as Shiva
- Kabir Singh (2019) — as College Dean
- Good Newwz (2019) — as Dr. Anand Joshi
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