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.

Filmography

• 202652 Blue
• 2026Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2
• 2026Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business
• 2026Max, Min and Meowzaki — Ramesh Mahadevan
• 2026Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie — Ramkishore Negi
• Musafir Cafe — Mark Uncle
• Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War — Vinod Patney
• 2026Reporting Live
• 2025Mercy — Father Joel
• 2025Secret of a Mountain Serpent — Manik Guho
• 2025The Confession of Mary — Krishna Swamy
• 2024The Umesh Chronicles
• 2024Ulajh — Dhanraj Bhatia
• 2023A Knock on the Door — Hari
• 2023Dr. Bezbaruah 2 — Dr. Bezbaruah
• 2023Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
• 2023Footprints on Water — Raghu
• 2023Otta
• 2023Sergeant — Haider Ali
• Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
• 2022Child of Empire — Ishar Das Arora
• Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy — Ramkishore Negi
• 2022The Storyteller — Ratan Garodia
• 2021Bell Bottom — Santook
• 2021India Sweets and Spices — Ranjit Kapur
• 2021The Illegal — Papa
• 2020Abyakto — Rudra
• 2020Lord of the Orphans — Father
• 2020Marichjhapi
• 2020Pareeksha — Buchchi Paswan
• 2019Axone — Guest Appearance
• 2019Bombairiya — Pandya
• Delhi Crime — Kumar Vijay
• 2019Good Newwz — Dr. Anand Joshi
• 2019Kabir Singh — College Dean
• 2019Lorni - The Flaneur — Shem
• 2019MEAL — Father
• 2019Nirvana Inn — Jogiraj
• 2019The Wayfarers — Lakhua
• 20182.0 — Home Minister
• 2018Ahare Mon — Purnendu Pahari
• 2018Aiyaary — Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor
• 2018Bioscopewala — Robi Basu
• 2018Love Sonia — Shiva
• 2018Maati — Jamil
• 2017Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail — Vicky Chadda
• 2017Crash Test Aglae — Shankar
• 2017Dobaara: See Your Evil — Alex Merchant
• 2017Maj Rati Keteki — Priyendu Hazarika
• 2017Mantra — Man from Jharkhand
• 2017Nawal the Jewel
• 2017Raag
• Star Trek: Discovery — Aditya Sahil
• 2017Tigers — Bilal
• 2017What Will People Say — Mirza
• 2016Chutney — Viriji
• 2016Feast of Varanasi — Arjun
• 2016Force 2 — Brijesh Yadav
• 2016Mukti Bhawan — Rajiv
• 2016The Violin Player — The Stranger
• 2015Angry Indian Goddesses — Police Superintendent
• 2015Hail Democracy! — Major Baruah
• 2015Har Har Byomkesh — Zamindar
• 2015Kothanodi: The River of Fables — Devinath
• 2015Main Aur Charles — Amod Kanth
• 2015Parched — Mystic Lover
• 2015Umrika — Agent de l’Immigration
• 2015Unfreedom — Devraj Singh
• 2015Yatchan — Selvam/Vetri
• 2014Nanak Shah Fakir — Rai Bullar
• 2014Rodor Sithi
• 2014Sringkhal
• 2014Sunrise — Joshi
• 2014The Xposé — Rajan
• 2014Zed Plus — Aslam Puncturewala
• 2013Lessons in Forgetting — Jak
• 2013Lootera — K. N. Singh
• 2013The Reluctant Fundamentalist — Mustafa Fazil
• 2012Agent Vinod — Colonel
• 2012English Vinglish — Satish Godbole
• 2012Life of Pi — Santosh Patel, Production Office Assistant
• 2011Gangor — Upin
• 2010Ishqiya — Vidyadhar Verma
• 2009Kaminey — Flight Purser
• 2004Iti Srikanta — Srikanta
• 2003Calendar Girls — Jem's Friend 1
• 2003In Othello
• Golmaal Gharana — Mr. Khanna
• Indications
• Operation Ganga
• Ram Part I — Chithambaravel
• Riding on the Moon Boat

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Comedy Nights Bachao — Self
• Comedy Nights with Kapil — Self