Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

October 5, 1963 (62 years old) in 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.

Known For

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War
Star Trek: Discovery Star Trek: Discovery
Musafir Cafe Musafir Cafe
Life of Pi Life of Pi
Comedy Nights with Kapil Comedy Nights with Kapil

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