Adil Hussain

Birthday: 1963-10-05
Birthplace: Goalpara, Assam, India
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Riding on the Moon Boat
Golmaal Gharana Mr. Khanna
Ram Part I Chithambaravel
2026-11-06 Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
2026-04-19 52 Blue
2025-08-28 Secret of a Mountain Serpent Manik Guho
2025-05-23 The Confession Krishna Swamy
2025-05-05 Mercy Father Joel
2024-08-02 Ulajh Dhanraj Bhatia
2024-06-02 The Umesh Chronicles
2023-10-27 Otta
2023-09-22 Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023-06-30 Sergeant Haider Ali
2023-05-13 Footprints on Water Raghu
2023-02-03 Dr. Bezbaruah 2 Dr. Bezbaruah
2023-01-25 A Knock on the Door Hari
2022-10-10 Max, Min and Meowzaki Ramesh Mahadevan
2022-10-08 The Storyteller Ratan Garodia
2022-06-15 Child of Empire Ishar Das Arora
2021-11-19 India Sweets and Spices Ranjit Kapur
2021-08-19 Bell Bottom Santook
2021-03-23 The Illegal Papa
2020-12-31 Marichjhapi
2020-07-26 Pareeksha Buchchi Paswan
2020-07-17 Lord of the Orphans Father
2020-01-31 Abyakto Rudra
2019-12-27 Good Newwz Dr. Anand Joshi
2019-11-20 Lorni - The Flaneur Shem
2019-10-07 The Wayfarers Lakhua
2019-10-06 Nirvana Inn Jogiraj
2019-10-02 Axone Guest Appearance
2019-06-20 Kabir Singh College Dean
2019-04-27 MEAL Father
2019-01-11 Bombairiya Pandya
2018-11-29 2.0 Home Minister
2018-09-14 Love Sonia Shiva
2018-07-13 Maati Jamil
2018-06-22 Ahare Mon Purnendu Pahari
2018-05-25 Bioscopewala Robi Basu
2018-02-16 Aiyaary Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
2017-10-27 Maj Rati Keteki Priyendu Hazarika
2017-10-06 What Will People Say Mirza
2017-08-18 Nawal the Jewel
2017-08-02 Crash Test Aglae Shankar
2017-05-19 Dobaara: See Your Evil Alex Merchant
2017-03-17 Mantra Man from Jharkhand
2017-03-02 Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail Vicky Chadda
2017-02-07 Raag
2016-11-28 Chutney Viriji
2016-11-18 Force 2 Brijesh Yadav
2016-09-26 The Violin Player The Stranger
2016-09-02 Mukti Bhawan Rajiv
2016-03-11 Feast of Varanasi Arjun
2015-12-18 Har Har Byomkesh Zamindar
2015-12-04 Angry Indian Goddesses Police Superintendent
2015-11-14 Parched Mystic Lover
2015-10-30 Main Aur Charles Amod Kanth
2015-10-10 Kothanodi: The River of Fables Devinath
2015-09-11 Yatchan Selvam/Vetri
2015-07-29 Umrika Agent de l’Immigration
2015-05-29 Unfreedom Devraj Singh
2015-04-25 Hail Democracy! Major Baruah
2014-11-28 Zed Plus Aslam Puncturewala
2014-11-08 Tigers Bilal
2014-11-07 Rodor Sithi
2014-10-17 Sringkhal
2014-10-03 Sunrise Joshi
2014-05-16 The Xposé Rajan
2014-05-14 Nanak Shah Fakir Rai Bullar
2013-04-24 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mustafa Fazil
2013-04-19 Lessons in Forgetting Jak
2013-04-04 Lootera K. N. Singh
2012-11-20 Life of Pi Santosh Patel
2012-09-21 English Vinglish Satish Godbole
2012-03-23 Agent Vinod Colonel
2011-01-01 Gangor Upin
2010-01-29 Ishqiya Vidyadhar Verma
2009-08-14 Kaminey Flight Purser
2004-06-04 Iti Srikanta Srikanta
2003-09-02 Calendar Girls Jem's Friend 1
2003-06-05 In Othello