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Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

Birthday: 1963-10-05 | Place of Birth: Goalpara, Assam, India

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Confession

as    Krishna Swamy

2024
Ulajh

as    Dhanraj Bhatia

2023
Dr. Bezbaruah 2

as    Dr. Bezbaruah

2023
Sergeant

as    Haider Ali

2023
A Knock on the Door

as    Hari

2023
Footprints on Water

as    Raghu

2022
Child of Empire

as    Ishar Das Arora

2022
Max, Min and Meowzaki

as    Ramesh Mahadevan

2022
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

as    Ramkishore Negi

2022
The Storyteller

as    Ratan Garodia

2021
The Illegal

as    Papa

2021
India Sweets and Spices

as    Ranjit Kapur

2021
Bell Bottom

as    Santook

2020
Pareeksha

as    Buchchi Paswan

2020
Abyakto

as    Rudra

2019
Kabir Singh

as    College Dean

2019
Good Newwz

as    Dr. Anand Joshi

2019
Axone

as    Guest Appearance

2019
Nirvana Inn

as    Jogiraj

2019
Delhi Crime

as    Kumar Vijay

2019
The Wayfarers

as    Lakhua

2019
Bombairiya

as    Pandya

2018
2.0

as    Home Minister