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