Trivia

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.

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

His eldest daughter, was a television actress before quitting after her wedding.

He was honored with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2021.

Talat Hussain worked in several foreign films, television drama serials and long plays, including Channel Four's television serial Traffik and Family Pride.

Talat Hussain's career was recorded by the author Huma Mir in the book Yeh Hain Talat Hussain.

He received in 1986 the Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film Miss Bangkok (1986).

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.".

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

Hussain won the Amanda Award for the Best Supporting Role in Norwegian film Import-export (2005).