Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

Born 1963-10-05 (age 62) Goalpara, Assam, India
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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.

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Known For

Life of Pi
Life of Pi

2012

as Santosh Patel

Gangor
Gangor

2011

as Upin

Love Sonia
Love Sonia

2018

as Shiva

Kabir Singh
Kabir Singh

2019

as College Dean

Parched
Parched

2015

as Mystic Lover

Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls

2003

as Jem's Friend 1

2.0
2.0

2018

as Home Minister

Force 2
Force 2

2016

as Brijesh Yadav

Lootera
Lootera

2013

as K. N. Singh

Good Newwz
Good Newwz

2019

as Dr. Anand Joshi

English Vinglish
English Vinglish

2012

as Satish Godbole

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

as Mustafa Fazil

Unfreedom
Unfreedom

2015

as Devraj Singh

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
Aiyaary
Aiyaary

2018

as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor

Ulajh
Ulajh

2024

as Dhanraj Bhatia

Ishqiya
Ishqiya

2010

as Vidyadhar Verma

Kaminey
Kaminey

2009

as Flight Purser

Bell Bottom
Bell Bottom

2021

as Santook

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