Adil Hussain
Born October 5, 1963 · Goalpara, Assam, India
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.
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Selected Filmography
- Musafir Cafe(2026)TV Series · 2 epsas Mark Uncle
- Star Trek: Discovery(2017)TV Series · 3 epsas Aditya Sahil
- Life of Pi(2012)as Santosh Patel
- Comedy Nights with Kapil(2013)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Gangor(2011)as Upin
- Delhi Crime(2019)TV Series · 18 epsas Kumar Vijay
- Comedy Nights Bachao(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie(2026)as Ramkishore Negi
- Operation Safed Sagar(2026)TV Series · 1 ep
- Love Sonia(2018)as Shiva
- Calendar Girls(2003)as Jem's Friend 1
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist(2013)as Mustafa Fazil
- Angry Indian Goddesses(2015)as Police Superintendent
- Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy(2022)TV Series · 8 epsas Ramkishore Negi
- Yatchan(2015)as Selvam/Vetri
- Secret of a Mountain Serpent(2025)as Manik Guho
- Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2(2026)
- Tooth Pari: When Love Bites(2023)TV Series · 8 eps
- Unfreedom(2015)as Devraj Singh
- Parched(2015)as Mystic Lover