
Adil Hussain
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1963-10-05 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Goalpara, Assam, India
- Also known as
- 阿迪爾・胡賽恩
Biography
Adil Hussain 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.
Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children.
In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots.
Hussain acted in school plays.
He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (80)

Gangor
2011
as Upin

Life of Pi
2012
as Santosh Patel

Love Sonia
2018
as Shiva

Kabir Singh
2019
as College Dean

Parched
2015
as Mystic Lover

Calendar Girls
2003
as Jem's Friend 1

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017
as Vicky Chadda

Good Newwz
2019
as Dr. Anand Joshi

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Mustafa Fazil

English Vinglish
2012
as Satish Godbole

2.0
2018
as Home Minister

Tigers
2014
as Bilal

Unfreedom
2015
as Devraj Singh
Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
2026

Agent Vinod
2012
as Colonel

Bell Bottom
2021
as Santook

Aiyaary
2018
as Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor

Force 2
2016
as Brijesh Yadav

Lootera
2013
as K. N. Singh

Nawal the Jewel
2017

Yatchan
2015
as Selvam/Vetri

Ulajh
2024
as Dhanraj Bhatia

Kaminey
2009
as Flight Purser

India Sweets and Spices
2021
as Ranjit Kapur

What Will People Say
2017
as Mirza

Angry Indian Goddesses
2015
as Police Superintendent

Umrika
2015
as Agent de l’Immigration

Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Shankar

Ishqiya
2010
as Vidyadhar Verma

The Storyteller
2022
as Ratan Garodia

Sergeant
2023
as Haider Ali

Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017
as Alex Merchant

Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015
as Devinath

Ahare Mon
2018
as Purnendu Pahari

Footprints on Water
2023
as Raghu

Max, Min and Meowzaki
2022
as Ramesh Mahadevan
52 Blue
2026

Abyakto
2020
as Rudra

The Xposé
2014
as Rajan

Otta
2023

The Violin Player
2016
as The Stranger

Maati
2018
as Jamil

Axone
2019
as Guest Appearance

Mukti Bhawan
2016
as Rajiv

Mantra
2017
as Man from Jharkhand

The Illegal
2021
as Papa

Bombairiya
2019
as Pandya

Nirvana Inn
2019
as Jogiraj

Zed Plus
2014
as Aslam Puncturewala

Main Aur Charles
2015
as Amod Kanth

Iti Srikanta
2004
as Srikanta

Ram Part I
as Chithambaravel

Bioscopewala
2018
as Robi Basu

Har Har Byomkesh
2015
as Zamindar

The Umesh Chronicles
2024

Chutney
2016
as Viriji

Pareeksha
2020
as Buchchi Paswan

Sunrise
2014
as Joshi

Secret of a Mountain Serpent
2025
as Manik Guho

Nanak Shah Fakir
2014
as Rai Bullar

Child of Empire
2022
as Ishar Das Arora

A Knock on the Door
2023
as Hari

In Othello
2003

Lessons in Forgetting
2013
as Jak

The Wayfarers
2019
as Lakhua

MEAL
2019
as Father

Sringkhal
2014

Maj Rati Keteki
2017
as Priyendu Hazarika

Rodor Sithi
2014

Raag
2017

Golmaal Gharana
as Mr. Khanna

Feast of Varanasi
2016
as Arjun

Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023
Riding on the Moon Boat

Mercy
2025
as Father Joel

Dr. Bezbaruah 2
2023
as Dr. Bezbaruah

Lorni - The Flaneur
2019
as Shem

Marichjhapi
2020
The Confession
2025
as Krishna Swamy

Lord of the Orphans
2020
as Father
About Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain 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. Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary schoo… With 88 credits spanning from 2003 to 2026, Adil Hussain has appeared in 80 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adil Hussain Movies
- Gangor (2011) — as Upin
- Life of Pi (2012) — as Santosh Patel
- Love Sonia (2018) — as Shiva
- Kabir Singh (2019) — as College Dean
- Parched (2015) — as Mystic Lover
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