Adil Hussain
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
Credits
- 2026 · Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business as
- 2025 · Secret of a Mountain Serpent as Manik Guho
- 2024 · Ulajh as Dhanraj Bhatia
- 2024 · The Umesh Chronicles as
- 2023 · Tooth Pari: When Love Bites as
- 2022 · Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy as Ramkishore Negi
- 2021 · India Sweets and Spices as Ranjit Kapur
- 2021 · Bell Bottom as Santook
- 2019 · Good Newwz as Dr. Anand Joshi
- 2019 · Nirvana Inn as Jogiraj
- 2019 · Axone as Guest Appearance
- 2019 · Kabir Singh as College Dean
- 2019 · Delhi Crime as Kumar Vijay
- 2018 · 2.0 as Home Minister
- 2018 · Love Sonia as Shiva
- 2018 · Bioscopewala as Robi Basu
- 2018 · Aiyaary as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
- 2017 · What Will People Say as Mirza
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Aditya Sahil
- 2017 · Nawal the Jewel as
- 2017 · Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail as Vicky Chadda
- 2016 · Chutney as Viriji
- 2016 · Force 2 as Brijesh Yadav
- 2016 · The Violin Player as The Stranger
- 2016 · Mukti Bhawan as Rajiv
- 2015 · Angry Indian Goddesses as Police Superintendent
- 2015 · Parched as Mystic Lover
- 2015 · Comedy Nights Bachao as Self
- 2015 · Yatchan as Selvam/Vetri
- 2015 · Umrika as Agent de l’Immigration
- 2015 · Unfreedom as Devraj Singh
- 2014 · Tigers as Bilal
- 2014 · The Xposé as Rajan
- 2013 · Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
- 2013 · The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Mustafa Fazil
- 2013 · Lootera as K. N. Singh
- 2012 · Life of Pi as Santosh Patel
- 2012 · English Vinglish as Satish Godbole
- 2012 · Agent Vinod as Colonel
- 2011 · Gangor as Upin
- 2010 · Ishqiya as Vidyadhar Verma
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Jem's Friend 1
- Future · Musafir Cafe as
- 2009 · Kaminey as Flight Purser
- Future · Operation Safed Sagar as
- 2026 · 52 Blue as
- 2025 · The Confession as Krishna Swamy
- 2025 · Mercy as Father Joel
- 2023 · Otta as
- 2023 · Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein as
- 2023 · Sergeant as Haider Ali
- 2023 · Footprints on Water as Raghu
- 2023 · Dr. Bezbaruah 2 as Dr. Bezbaruah
- 2023 · A Knock on the Door as Hari
- 2022 · Max, Min and Meowzaki as Ramesh Mahadevan
- 2022 · The Storyteller as Ratan Garodia
- 2022 · Child of Empire as Ishar Das Arora
- 2021 · The Illegal as Papa
- 2020 · Marichjhapi as
- 2020 · Pareeksha as Buchchi Paswan
- 2020 · Lord of the Orphans as Father
- 2020 · Abyakto as Rudra
- 2019 · Lorni - The Flaneur as Shem
- 2019 · The Wayfarers as Lakhua
- 2019 · MEAL as Father
- 2019 · Bombairiya as Pandya
- 2018 · Maati as Jamil
- 2018 · Ahare Mon as Purnendu Pahari
- 2017 · Maj Rati Keteki as Priyendu Hazarika
- 2017 · Crash Test Aglae as Shankar
- 2017 · Dobaara: See Your Evil as Alex Merchant
- 2017 · Mantra as Man from Jharkhand
- 2017 · Raag as
- 2016 · Feast of Varanasi as Arjun
- 2015 · Har Har Byomkesh as Zamindar
- 2015 · Main Aur Charles as Amod Kanth
- 2015 · Kothanodi: The River of Fables as Devinath
- 2015 · Hail Democracy! as Major Baruah
- 2014 · Zed Plus as Aslam Puncturewala
- 2014 · Rodor Sithi as
- 2014 · Sringkhal as
- 2014 · Sunrise as Joshi
- 2014 · Nanak Shah Fakir as Rai Bullar
- 2004 · Iti Srikanta as Srikanta
- 2003 · In Othello as
- Future · Ram Part I as Chithambaravel
- Future · Riding on the Moon Boat as
- 2013 · Lessons in Forgetting as Jak
- Future · Golmaal Gharana as Mr. Khanna