# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nazir-hussain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:31.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nazir-hussain"
name: "Nazir Hussain"
slug: "nazir-hussain"
description: "Nazir Hussain was an Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi cinema and was a pioneer of Bhojpuri cinema. He acted in almost 500 films, with Dev Anand starring in a large proportion of the films he acted in."
tagline: "Indian film actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Nazir_Hussain_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Nazir_Hussain_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-05-15"
deathDate: "1987-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             2.833471416735708
  historical:           9.458114666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0403827"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Nazir Hussain"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump