Adil Hussain
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
Star Trek: Discovery
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Gangor
Life of Pi
Delhi Crime
Comedy Nights Bachao
Kabir Singh
Love Sonia
All Movies (81)
- Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business2026
- 52 Blue2026
- Secret of a Mountain Serpent2025 · as Manik Guho
- The Confession2025 · as Krishna Swamy
- Mercy2025 · as Father Joel
- Ulajh2024 · as Dhanraj Bhatia
- The Umesh Chronicles2024
- Otta2023
- Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein2023
- Sergeant2023 · as Haider Ali
- Footprints on Water2023 · as Raghu
- Dr. Bezbaruah 22023 · as Dr. Bezbaruah
- A Knock on the Door2023 · as Hari
- Max, Min and Meowzaki2022 · as Ramesh Mahadevan
- The Storyteller2022 · as Ratan Garodia
- Child of Empire2022 · as Ishar Das Arora
- India Sweets and Spices2021 · as Ranjit Kapur
- Bell Bottom2021 · as Santook
- The Illegal2021 · as Papa
- Marichjhapi2020
- Pareeksha2020 · as Buchchi Paswan
- Lord of the Orphans2020 · as Father
- Abyakto2020 · as Rudra
- Good Newwz2019 · as Dr. Anand Joshi
- Lorni - The Flaneur2019 · as Shem
- The Wayfarers2019 · as Lakhua
- Nirvana Inn2019 · as Jogiraj
- Axone2019 · as Guest Appearance
- Kabir Singh2019 · as College Dean
- MEAL2019 · as Father
- Bombairiya2019 · as Pandya
- 2.02018 · as Home Minister
- Love Sonia2018 · as Shiva
- Maati2018 · as Jamil
- Ahare Mon2018 · as Purnendu Pahari
- Bioscopewala2018 · as Robi Basu
- Aiyaary2018 · as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
- Maj Rati Keteki2017 · as Priyendu Hazarika
- What Will People Say2017 · as Mirza
- Nawal the Jewel2017
- Crash Test Aglae2017 · as Shankar
- Dobaara: See Your Evil2017 · as Alex Merchant
- Mantra2017 · as Man from Jharkhand
- Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail2017 · as Vicky Chadda
- Raag2017
- Chutney2016 · as Viriji
- Force 22016 · as Brijesh Yadav
- The Violin Player2016 · as The Stranger
- Mukti Bhawan2016 · as Rajiv
- Feast of Varanasi2016 · as Arjun
- Har Har Byomkesh2015 · as Zamindar
- Angry Indian Goddesses2015 · as Police Superintendent
- Parched2015 · as Mystic Lover
- Main Aur Charles2015 · as Amod Kanth
- Kothanodi: The River of Fables2015 · as Devinath
- Yatchan2015 · as Selvam/Vetri
- Umrika2015 · as Agent de l’Immigration
- Unfreedom2015 · as Devraj Singh
- Hail Democracy!2015 · as Major Baruah
- Zed Plus2014 · as Aslam Puncturewala
- Tigers2014 · as Bilal
- Rodor Sithi2014
- Sringkhal2014
- Sunrise2014 · as Joshi
- The Xposé2014 · as Rajan
- Nanak Shah Fakir2014 · as Rai Bullar
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Mustafa Fazil
- Lessons in Forgetting2013 · as Jak
- Lootera2013 · as K. N. Singh
- Life of Pi2012 · as Santosh Patel
- English Vinglish2012 · as Satish Godbole
- Agent Vinod2012 · as Colonel
- Gangor2011 · as Upin
- Ishqiya2010 · as Vidyadhar Verma
- Kaminey2009 · as Flight Purser
- Iti Srikanta2004 · as Srikanta
- Calendar Girls2003 · as Jem's Friend 1
- In Othello2003
- Riding on the Moon Boat—
- Golmaal Gharana— · as Mr. Khanna
- Ram Part I— · as Chithambaravel
All TV Shows (8)
- Tooth Pari: When Love Bites2023
- Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy2022 · as Ramkishore Negi
- Delhi Crime2019 · as Kumar Vijay
- Star Trek: Discovery2017 · as Aditya Sahil
- Comedy Nights Bachao2015 · as Self
- Comedy Nights with Kapil2013 · as Self
- Operation Safed Sagar—
- Musafir Cafe—