Adil Hussain
Known for: Acting
Born: October 5, 1963
Place of birth: Goalpara, Assam, India
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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Filmography
84 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
2026
6.7
Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War
2026
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Max, Min and Meowzaki
2026
7.3
Musafir Cafe
2026
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Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie
2026
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Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
2026
5.0
52 Blue
2026
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Secret of a Mountain Serpent
2025NR
The Confession
2025
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Mercy
2025
5.8
Ulajh
2024
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The Umesh Chronicles
2024
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Otta
2023
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Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
2023
2.0
Sergeant
2023
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Footprints on Water
2023
6.4
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
2023
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Dr. Bezbaruah 2
2023
2.0
A Knock on the Door
2023
6.6
Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy
2022
7.3
The Storyteller
2022
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Child of Empire
2022
5.7
India Sweets and Spices
2021
6.2
Bell Bottom
2021
10.0
The Illegal
2021
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Marichjhapi
2020
5.8
Pareeksha
2020
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Lord of the Orphans
2020
9.0
Abyakto
2020
6.5
Good Newwz
2019
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Lorni - The Flaneur
2019
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The Wayfarers
2019
6.0
Nirvana Inn
2019
6.0
Axone
2019
6.4
Kabir Singh
2019
8.0
MEAL
2019
7.8
Delhi Crime
2019
7.0
Bombairiya
2019
5.8
2.0
2018
7.2
Love Sonia
2018
9.0
Maati
2018
6.0
Ahare Mon
2018
7.0
Bioscopewala
2018
5.8
Aiyaary
2018
7.0
Maj Rati Keteki
2017
7.3
What Will People Say
2017
6.9
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
5.5
Nawal the Jewel
2017
6.1
Crash Test Aglae
2017
4.7
Dobaara: See Your Evil
2017
6.8
Mantra
2017
5.9
Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail
2017
5.0
Raag
2017
6.2
Chutney
2016
6.7
Force 2
2016
5.4
The Violin Player
2016
6.9
Mukti Bhawan
2016
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Feast of Varanasi
2016
6.3
Har Har Byomkesh
2015
6.8
Angry Indian Goddesses
2015
7.3
Parched
2015
4.6
Main Aur Charles
2015
7.8
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
2015
6.3
Comedy Nights Bachao
2015
6.3
Yatchan
2015
6.0
Umrika
2015
5.2
Unfreedom
20155.0
Hail Democracy!
2015
6.8
Zed Plus
2014
7.1
Tigers
2014
4.0
Rodor Sithi
2014
5.0
Sringkhal
2014
6.2
Sunrise
2014
4.5
The Xposé
2014
8.0
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014
6.8
Comedy Nights with Kapil
2013
6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
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Lessons in Forgetting
2013
7.0
Lootera
2013
7.4
Life of Pi
2012
7.2
English Vinglish
2012
5.5
Agent Vinod
2012
5.5
Gangor
2011
6.5
Ishqiya
2010
6.8
Kaminey
2009
9.7
Iti Srikanta
2004
6.5
Calendar Girls
2003
9.0
In Othello
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Riding on the Moon Boat
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Golmaal Gharana
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Ram Part I
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Indications
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