Adil Hussain

Born October 5, 1963 · Goalpara, Assam, India

Adil Hussain is an Indian actor born on October 5, 1963. He has worked in various languages including English, Hindi, and others, appearing in films such as Life of Pi and Hotel Salvation. He received a National Film Award for his work in these films.

Films reviewed

6.9

Avg. rating

English Vinglish

Best-reviewed

2012–2018

Years active

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.