Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Riding on the Moon Boat

Riding on the Moon Boat

Movie

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Golmaal Gharana poster

Golmaal Gharana

Movie · as Mr. Khanna

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Ram Part I poster

Ram Part I

Movie · as Chithambaravel

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Indications poster

Indications

Movie

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Operation Ganga poster

Operation Ganga

Movie

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The Method

The Method

Movie · as Rishi

2026
Max, Min and Meowzaki poster

Max, Min and Meowzaki

Movie · as Ramesh Mahadevan

2026
52 Blue poster

52 Blue

Movie

2026
Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business poster

Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business

Movie

2026
Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2 poster

Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2

Movie

2026
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie poster

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie

Movie · as Ramkishore Negi

2026
Reporting Live poster

Reporting Live

Movie

2026
Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War poster

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War

TV · as Vinod Patney · 6 eps

2026
Musafir Cafe poster

Musafir Cafe

TV · as Mark Uncle · 2 eps

2025
The Confession of Mary

The Confession of Mary

Movie · as Krishna Swamy

2025
Mercy poster

Mercy

Movie · as Father Joel

2025
Secret of a Mountain Serpent poster

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

Movie · as Manik Guho

2024
Ulajh poster

Ulajh

Movie · as Dhanraj Bhatia

2024
The Umesh Chronicles poster

The Umesh Chronicles

Movie

2023
Dr. Bezbaruah 2 poster

Dr. Bezbaruah 2

Movie · as Dr. Bezbaruah

2023
Sergeant poster

Sergeant

Movie · as Haider Ali

2023
Otta poster

Otta

Movie

2023
A Knock on the Door poster

A Knock on the Door

Movie · as Hari

2023
Footprints on Water poster

Footprints on Water

Movie · as Raghu

2023
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein poster

Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein

Movie

2023
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites poster

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

TV · 8 eps

2022
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

Movie · as Ratan Garodia

2022
Child of Empire poster

Child of Empire

Movie · as Ishar Das Arora

2022
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy poster

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

TV · as Ramkishore Negi · 8 eps

2021
The Illegal poster

The Illegal

Movie · as Papa

2021
Bell Bottom poster

Bell Bottom

Movie · as Santook

2021
India Sweets and Spices poster

India Sweets and Spices

Movie · as Ranjit Kapur

2020
Abyakto poster

Abyakto

Movie · as Rudra

2020
Marichjhapi poster

Marichjhapi

Movie

2020
Pareeksha poster

Pareeksha

Movie · as Buchchi Paswan

2020
Lord of the Orphans poster

Lord of the Orphans

Movie · as Father

2019
Lorni - The Flaneur poster

Lorni - The Flaneur

Movie · as Shem

2019
Bombairiya poster

Bombairiya

Movie · as Pandya

2019
Kabir Singh poster

Kabir Singh

Movie · as College Dean

2019
The Wayfarers poster

The Wayfarers

Movie · as Lakhua

2019
Nirvana Inn poster

Nirvana Inn

Movie · as Jogiraj

2019
Good Newwz poster

Good Newwz

Movie · as Dr. Anand Joshi

2019
Axone poster

Axone

Movie · as Guest Appearance

2019
MEAL poster

MEAL

Movie · as Father

2019
Delhi Crime poster

Delhi Crime

TV · as Kumar Vijay · 18 eps

2018
2.0 poster

2.0

Movie · as Home Minister

2018
Love Sonia poster

Love Sonia

Movie · as Shiva

2018
Bioscopewala poster

Bioscopewala

Movie · as Robi Basu

2018
Ahare Mon poster

Ahare Mon

Movie · as Purnendu Pahari

2018
Aiyaary poster

Aiyaary

Movie · as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor

2018
Maati poster

Maati

Movie · as Jamil

2017
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail poster

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

Movie · as Vicky Chadda

2017
Dobaara: See Your Evil poster

Dobaara: See Your Evil

Movie · as Alex Merchant

2017
Nawal the Jewel poster

Nawal the Jewel

Movie

2017
Mantra poster

Mantra

Movie · as Man from Jharkhand

2017
What Will People Say poster

What Will People Say

Movie · as Mirza

2017
Tigers poster

Tigers

Movie · as Bilal

2017
Raag poster

Raag

Movie

2017
Maj Rati Keteki poster

Maj Rati Keteki

Movie · as Priyendu Hazarika

2017
Crash Test Aglae poster

Crash Test Aglae

Movie · as Shankar

2017
Star Trek: Discovery poster

Star Trek: Discovery

TV · as Aditya Sahil · 3 eps

2016
The Violin Player poster

The Violin Player

Movie · as The Stranger

2016
Feast of Varanasi poster

Feast of Varanasi

Movie · as Arjun

2016
Mukti Bhawan poster

Mukti Bhawan

Movie · as Rajiv

2016
Force 2 poster

Force 2

Movie · as Brijesh Yadav

2016
Chutney poster

Chutney

Movie · as Viriji

2015
Har Har Byomkesh poster

Har Har Byomkesh

Movie · as Zamindar

2015
Sunrise poster

Sunrise

Movie · as Joshi

2015
Unfreedom poster

Unfreedom

Movie · as Devraj Singh

2015
Yatchan poster

Yatchan

Movie · as Selvam/Vetri

2015
Umrika poster

Umrika

Movie · as Agent de l’Immigration

2015
Parched poster

Parched

Movie · as Mystic Lover

2015
Main Aur Charles poster

Main Aur Charles

Movie · as Amod Kanth

2015
Kothanodi: The River of Fables poster

Kothanodi: The River of Fables

Movie · as Devinath

2015
Angry Indian Goddesses poster

Angry Indian Goddesses

Movie · as Police Superintendent

2015
Hail Democracy!

Hail Democracy!

Movie · as Major Baruah

2015
Comedy Nights Bachao poster

Comedy Nights Bachao

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Xposé poster

The Xposé

Movie · as Rajan

2014
Sringkhal poster

Sringkhal

Movie

2014
Rodor Sithi poster

Rodor Sithi

Movie

2014
Nanak Shah Fakir poster

Nanak Shah Fakir

Movie · as Rai Bullar

2014
Zed Plus poster

Zed Plus

Movie · as Aslam Puncturewala

2013
Lootera poster

Lootera

Movie · as K. N. Singh

2013
Lessons in Forgetting poster

Lessons in Forgetting

Movie · as Jak

2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Movie · as Mustafa Fazil

2013
Comedy Nights with Kapil poster

Comedy Nights with Kapil

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Life of Pi poster

Life of Pi

Movie · as Santosh Patel

2012
English Vinglish poster

English Vinglish

Movie · as Satish Godbole

2012
Agent Vinod poster

Agent Vinod

Movie · as Colonel

2011
Gangor poster

Gangor

Movie · as Upin

2010
Ishqiya poster

Ishqiya

Movie · as Vidyadhar Verma

2009
Kaminey poster

Kaminey

Movie · as Flight Purser

2004
Iti Srikanta poster

Iti Srikanta

Movie · as Srikanta

2003
In Othello poster

In Othello

Movie

2003
Calendar Girls poster

Calendar Girls

Movie · as Jem's Friend 1