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