Talat Hussain

Talat Hussain Warsi, is a Pakistani actor. He is the son of Altaf Hussain Warsi and Shaista Begum, who was one of the pioneering voices of Radio Pakistan, Karachi.

Hussain has worked in several foreign films, television drama serials and long plays, including Channel Four's television serial Traffik and Family Pride. In 2006, Hussain won the Amanda Award for the Best Supporting Role in Norwegian film Import-export (2005). He also worked in the Indian film Sautan Ki Beti and made a guest appearance in Jinnah (1998 film).

Talat Hussain's career has been recorded by the author Huma Mir in the book Yeh Hain Talat Hussain. In 2014, tributes were paid to him at an event at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi by many television personalities including playwright Haseena Moin, veteran TV actor/playwright of Alif Noon (1982) fame, Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, journalist Mazhar Abbas and veteran TV actor Qazi Wajid.

Hussain is married to Rakhshanda Hussain, a professor of psychology at the University of Karachi. They have three children, two daughters and one son : Tazeen, the eldest daughter, was a television actress before quitting after her wedding, the younger daughter, Roohaina, has a few television plays to her credit, while the son is working at a multinational company after doing an MBA degree and is interested in film-making.

In 2012, he was a faculty member at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in Karachi where he taught acting.

In February 2012, in an interview to a major English-language newspaper of Pakistan, Talat Hussain revealed that he caught a skin allergy in 2010. This skin allergy developed complications due to wrong treatment by a local cosmetologist. "I couldn't even talk properly, let alone walk or sit after the treatment." His hands trembled and it was difficult for him to hold a teacup or light his cigarette back in 2012.