Adil Hussain
Acting
Born: October 5, 1963 (age 62) · Goalpara, Assam, India
Highest Rated
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
Life of Pi
2012
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Calendar Girls
2003
English Vinglish
2012
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
What Will People Say
2017
Kabir Singh
2019
2.0
2018
Delhi Crime
2019
Kaminey
2009
Parched
2015
Good Newwz
2019
Photos (2)
Movies (77)
Life of Pi
Santosh Patel
Gangor
Upin
Calendar Girls
Jem's Friend 1
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mustafa Fazil
2.0
Home Minister
Love Sonia
Shiva
Parched
Mystic Lover
Yatchan
Selvam/Vetri
Angry Indian Goddesses
Police Superintendent
English Vinglish
Satish Godbole
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
Manik Guho
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
Vicky Chadda
What Will People Say
Mirza
Bell Bottom
Santook
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie
Ramkishore Negi
Kabir Singh
College Dean
Ulajh
Dhanraj Bhatia
Crash Test Aglae
Shankar
Force 2
Brijesh Yadav
Unfreedom
Devraj Singh
Good Newwz
Dr. Anand Joshi
52 Blue
2026
Aiyaary
Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
Umrika
Agent de l’Immigration
India Sweets and Spices
Ranjit Kapur
Footprints on Water
Raghu
The Xposé
Rajan
Mukti Bhawan
Rajiv
The Illegal
Papa
Abyakto
Rudra
The Storyteller
Ratan Garodia
Agent Vinod
Colonel
Kaminey
Flight Purser
Dobaara: See Your Evil
Alex Merchant
Bioscopewala
Robi Basu
Tigers
Bilal
The Umesh Chronicles
2024
Lootera
K. N. Singh
Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
2026
Nawal the Jewel
2017
Axone
Guest Appearance
Nanak Shah Fakir
Rai Bullar
Zed Plus
Aslam Puncturewala
Ishqiya
Vidyadhar Verma
Max, Min and Meowzaki
Ramesh Mahadevan
Har Har Byomkesh
Zamindar
Sergeant
Haider Ali
Main Aur Charles
Amod Kanth
Chutney
Viriji
Bombairiya
Pandya
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023
MEAL
Father
Nirvana Inn
Jogiraj
Sunrise
Joshi
Sringkhal
2014
Maati
Jamil
Ahare Mon
Purnendu Pahari
The Violin Player
The Stranger
Otta
2023
The Wayfarers
Lakhua
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
Devinath
Feast of Varanasi
Arjun
Iti Srikanta
Srikanta
Pareeksha
Buchchi Paswan
Mantra
Man from Jharkhand
Rodor Sithi
2014
Lorni - The Flaneur
Shem
Lord of the Orphans
Father
Maj Rati Keteki
Priyendu Hazarika
Dr. Bezbaruah 2
Dr. Bezbaruah
In Othello
2003
A Knock on the Door
Hari
Mercy
Father Joel
Raag
2017
Lessons in Forgetting
Jak
Marichjhapi
2020
Child of Empire
Ishar Das Arora
TV Shows (6)
Star Trek: Discovery
Aditya Sahil · 3 eps
Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War
Vinod Patney · 6 eps
Musafir Cafe
Mark Uncle · 2 eps
Delhi Crime
Kumar Vijay · 18 eps
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy
Ramkishore Negi · 8 eps
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
8 eps
