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
- Acting
- Born
- 1963-10-05 · Goalpara, Assam, India
Known for
- Life of Pi (2012) — Santosh Patel
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017) — Aditya Sahil
- Calendar Girls (2003) — Jem's Friend 1
- English Vinglish (2012) — Satish Godbole
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) — Mustafa Fazil
- What Will People Say (2017) — Mirza
- 2.0 (2018) — Home Minister
- Kabir Singh (2019) — College Dean
- Delhi Crime (2019) — Kumar Vijay
- Kaminey (2009) — Flight Purser
- Good Newwz (2019) — Dr. Anand Joshi
- Parched (2015) — Mystic Lover
- Lootera (2013) — K. N. Singh
- Crash Test Aglae (2017) — Shankar
- Ishqiya (2010) — Vidyadhar Verma
- Agent Vinod (2012) — Colonel