Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain is a prominent Indian television, film and stage actor who predominantly works in the Hindi and art house cinema. He was born on October 5, 1963 in Goalpara, Assam in India, where he was also brought up by his father, who works as a teacher. He used to join school plays and left home when he was eighteen years old to take philosophy course at B. Borooah College in Guwahati. Adil started acting in plays as a stand-up comedian. He used to mimic well-known Bollywood actors in between the Bhaya Mama Group’s (a local stand-up comedian group) performances. He has been a stand-up comedian for six years until he participated in a mobile theatre and worked in some local cinemas. After that, he moved to Delhi and studied at the National School of Drama from the year 1990 to 1993. He had been under the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship when he attended the Drama Studio London in Ealing. 

When he returned to India in the year 1994, he worked with the Hengul Theatre in Assam for three years, before he shifted to Delhi. From there, he started his stage career while continuing his training under Khalid Tyabji Khalid Tyabji is a well-known actor in television >> Read More... . Later, he was also trained by Shaupon Boshu before starting his training under the popular casting director Dilip Shankar Dilip Shankar was born on 29th October 1970 in New >> Read More... , in Delhi. Initially, he was acclaimed for his brilliant performance in Roysten Abel’s Othello: A Play in Black and White in the year 1999 and Goodbye Desdemona. 

From the year 2004 to 2007, Adil stayed as the trainer and artistic director of the Society for Arts and Performers, which was based in Hampi. Besides being the visiting faculty in the National School of Drama, he works the same at the Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts in Hague. 

He made his Bengali debut through the period drama film Iti Srikanta, along with Soha Ali Khan Soha Ali Khan was born into a royal family. She is >> Read More... in the lead role. He also made his debut in the television through the detective mystery series, Jasoos Vijay Jasoos Vijay is an Indian detective television sho >> Read More... on DD National from the year 2002 to 2003. Even though he worked in few Assamese movies and had done small roles in the carper thriller film Kaminey and For Real in 2009, Adil’s role in the black comedy thriller Ishqiya, helmed by Abhishek Chaubey Abhishek Chaubey, an Indian Film Director was born >> Read More... , made him popular in the Bollywood cinema. After this, he acted in a multilingual Bengali film Gangor in 2010. 

He bagged his first major role in the early 2012 through the Bollywood action spy film Agent Vinod Click to look into! >> Read More... , alongside Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actress  >> Read More... and Kareena Kapoor. In the same year, he acted in Mira Nair’s box-office English political thriller drama film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. He played as the father of Pi (played by Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More... ) in the American adventure film Life of Pi. Adil was also seen in Gauri Shinde’s blockbuster hit film, English Vinglish Click to look into! >> Read More... . He was critically acclaimed for his role in Taimoor Khan’s Lessons in Forgetting and received the Best Actor Award at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest in New Jersey in the year 2012. The film also won the Best Feature Film in English at the 60th National Film Award. 

This was followed by several Hindi films including Lootera, Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, Kaanchi: The Unbreakable, The Xpose Click to look into! >> Read More... , Tigers and many more. His first leading role in Bollywood was the 2014 drama film Zed Plus Click to look into! >> Read More... , helmed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi Chandra Prakash Dwivedi is an Indian film script w >> Read More... . He also acted in several Assamese films and made his first lead role in the Assamese film Raag: The Rhythm of Love in 2014. 

This year, he was starred in the upcoming Bollywood drama film Main Aur Charles Click to look into! >> Read More... , which was inspired by real-life events. Adil will also be seen in a French film entitled Crash test Aglae. Recently, he made his Tamil debut in the Arya-starrer Yatchan. He is also set to make his debut in the Marathi film industry through the film Sunrise. 

Adil was married to Kristen Jain and they have a son. He is the uncle of Prem Khan Prem Khan debuted through the film 'Prem Ratan >> Read More... , who also works as an actor.