Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain is known for his critically acclaimed performances in award winning theater and film. "Othello- A Play in Black and White" directed by Roysten Abel received international acclaim and was awarded the Fringe First in Edinburgh. His role in this play received rave reviews from "The Scotsman" and "The Independent" in the UK. This play was performed across Western Europe, Africa and India for 10 years. Having acted in more than 80 films, he is known for his work in films such as Ang Lee's Oscar winning 'Life of Pi', Subhashish Bhutiani's 'Hotel Salvation/Mukti Bhavan', Iram Haq's 'What Will People Say', Prakash Jha's 'Pareeksha', Gautam Ghosh's 'The Wayfarer', Danis Tanovic's 'Tigers', Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', Pan Nalin's 'Angry Indian Goddesses', Partho Sen-Gupta's 'Sunrise', Italo Spinelli's 'Gangor', Prashant Nair's 'Umrika', Leena Yadav's 'Parched' and Bauddhayan Mukherji's 'The Violin Player' . For his lead role in 'Hotel Salvation' and 'Maj Rati Ketaki', he received a National Award in India in 2017. He also received the Kanon Prisen award in Norway for Best Supporting actor for his work in What Will People Say in 2018 as well as the Norweigian National Award, the 'Amanda', in the Best Actor Category. For 'Mukti Bhavan' which has received over 25 International awards, he has been nominated for numerous Best actor awards and won at the 'Washington DC South Asian Film Festival' and 'Rajasthan International Film Festival' . He received Best Actor Award for his work in 'Lessons in Forgetting' at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest and the Critic's Choice award for Best Actor 2021 for his performance in the short film 'Meal'. He received the London Indian International Film Festival's 'Outstanding Achievement Award 2020' for his contribution to global cinema. He also has been acknowledged by his home state in receiving 'Best Assamese Person of the Year Award 2015' by Newslive Tv Channel and 'Global Icon Award 2021' by the Prag Television Channel. His is widely known for his roles in 'English Vinglish', 'Lootera', 'Main aur Charles', 'Dobaara', 'Aiyaary' etc. and has acted in numerous independent as well as commercial films in the Hindi, Bengali , Assamese, Malayali, Tamil film industries as well as in many Indo-European art house films. He also played 'Jasoos Vijay' in the well known BBC World Service Trust television series by the same name. His latest work portraying Lt. Aditya Sahil in 'Star Trek' the iconic international science fiction series has received unprecedented admiration from the Star Trek global fandom. He also was one the main actors in the Netflix series 'Delhi Crime' which was the first ever Indian production to receive an international Emmy award. Born in Goalpara in the the mid 60's, Adil started his adventure in acting as a young stand up comedian as one of the founding members of the Bhaya Mama Group and performed political satires for 6 years all across Assam. During this period he also acted in several Assamese TV Films and Series, Street and Radio plays and video films. He then received a scholarship to study acting at the National School of Drama from 1990-1993 after which he took a short course at the Drama Studio London as a recipient of the Charles Wallace Trust Scholarship. Following this he performed for one year in the Hengul theater in Assam and then for another 2 years with the International Danstheater in Amsterdam. After years of work on the stage spanning dozens of productions and thousands of performances, Adil undertook his own personal research into the craft of acting when he spent two and a half years on a river island in Karnataka researching the craft of acting with a international group of performing artists. He has taught acting at the National School of Drama, Film and Television Institute Pune, Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts in the Hague, and Drama School Amsterdam.
Adil Ray

Adil Ray

Adil Ray OBE is best known as the star and creator of the hit BBC1 sitcom Citizen Khan. After five series, the show has become one of Britain's much-loved sitcoms. In 2016 the show hit the road with a Citizen Khan tour and the publication of a book - Citizen Khan's Guide to Britain. Adil is developing a Citizen Khan film. Adil has received four Royal Television Society Awards for Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance as well as Best TV Character at the Asian Media Awards. Adil's talent for comedy was first aired on his daily BBC Asian Network Breakfast Show, where he created a number of characters. Comedy legends Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse were listening and asked Adil to join the performance team on BBC2's Bellamy's People. In 2017, as well as writing new projects Adil ventured into drama acting and appeared as Sadiq Nawaz in Channel 4's groundbreaking drama Ackley Bridge. The show is in its second series, due to its popularity and successful ratings. Television and radio presenting has remained a staple throughout Adil's career. Adil has presented across all the major BBC networks, winning the award for Best Radio Show at the Asian Music Awards and is best known for his work on BBC Radio 5Live. It was during the late night slot on 5Live that Adil skillfully exhibited his ability to shift from comedy performer to news broadcaster when breaking stories such as the UK summer riots, phone hacking and the night the UK went to war in Libya. Elsewhere Adil has enjoyed hosting a number of sports shows such as 'Radio 4's Test Match Special' and the legendary football phone in '606'. In 2010 Adil presented the acclaimed BBC3 documentary Exposed: Groomed for Sex. Adil received praise for the way in which he tackled the controversial issue of young girls being groomed by some Pakistani men, creating a thought provoking and brave documentary and picking up a Royal Television Society Award for Best Current Affairs. Adil's earlier BBC3 outing "Is It Coz I Is Black?" exploring political correctness was also RTS nominated whilst on the BBC2 show Explore, Adil visited Argentina and Turkey. Adil also hosted the BBC2 arts show Desi DNA and presented Tales from Europe for BBC4. Adil has co-presented BBC flagship entertainment show 'The One Show' and 'Have I Got News For You'. He has appeared on 'Room 101', 'Would I Lie To You?' and 'Pointless' and holds the record for fastest ever lock in (twice) in The Crystal Maze. In 2016 Adil was honoured in the Queens Birthday List and awarded Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to Media and Broadcasting. Adil is also a patron and supporter of three charities Acorn's Hospice, Parkinson's UK and Karma Nirvana.

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