Adil Hussain
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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Full filmography
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017) as Aditya Sahil
- Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) as Self
- Gangor (2011) as Upin
- Life of Pi (2012) as Santosh Patel
- Delhi Crime (2019) as Kumar Vijay
- Love Sonia (2018) as Shiva
- Kabir Singh (2019) as College Dean
- Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) as Self
- Parched (2015) as Mystic Lover
- Force 2 (2016) as Brijesh Yadav
- 2.0 (2018) as Home Minister
- Good Newwz (2019) as Dr. Anand Joshi
- Calendar Girls (2003) as Jem's Friend 1
- English Vinglish (2012) as Satish Godbole
- Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy (2022) as Ramkishore Negi
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) as Mustafa Fazil
- Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail (2017) as Vicky Chadda
- Unfreedom (2015) as Devraj Singh
- Bell Bottom (2021) as Santook
- Aiyaary (2018) as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
- Operation Safed Sagar
- Ulajh (2024) as Dhanraj Bhatia
- Tooth Pari: When Love Bites (2023)
- Kaminey (2009) as Flight Purser