Art Malik
Acting·November 13, 1952 — 73 years old·Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Athar ul-Haque Malik (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant Ivory television serials and films. He is especially remembered for his portrayal of the out-of-place Hari Kumar in The Jewel in the Crown at the outset of his career. He also portrayed Islamic extremist Salim Abu Aziz in True Lies.
Known For
Filmography · 107
—Wild DubaiNarrator—Fortitude2026HamletClaudius2025The Woman in Cabin 10Dr. Robert Mehta2025The Eye of the SunriseSir Lincoln Aubrey2025The Making of 'The Glassworker'Self2024DisclaimerTVJustin2024The GlassworkerExecutive Producer2024Renegade NellTVHenry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow2023The Famous FiveTVSir Lincoln Aubrey2023The Little MermaidSir Grimsby2022The Man Who Fell to EarthTVHenning Khan2020PenanceTVFr. Tom2019The FeedTVPresident Quan2018The Woman in WhiteTVErasmus Nash2017Man Like MobeenTVKhan · Uncle Khan2017BancroftTVDCS Alan Taheeri2017Halal DaddyAmir Aziz2017The EscapeKellan2016MirzyaSuchitra's Father2016The InfiltratorAkbar Bilgrami2015Arthur & GeorgeRev Shapurji Edalji2015Arthur & GeorgeTVReverend Shapurji Edalji2015Indian SummersTV2013DianaSamundar · Samunder2013Bhaag Milkha BhaagSampooran Singh2012John CarterZodangan General2011BorgiaTVFrancesc Gacet2011HomelandTVBunny · Bunny Latif2011Ghosted2011Building Sea CityTVHimself - Narrator2010Upstairs DownstairsTVMr Amanjit Singh2010The NativityTVNicolaus2010SherlockTVPrison Governor2010Sex and the City 2Shiekh Khalid2010Ben HurTVIlderim2010The WolfmanSingh2009HotelShahid Mazari2008Dean SpanleySwami Nala Prash2008FranklynTarrant200810 Days to WarTVAbdul Aziz Al-Hakim2007LewisTVProfessor Hamid Jassim2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsRaj Khanna2006MayoTVMarcus Illingworth2005The English HaremSaaman "Sam" Sahar2005Doctor WhoTVIlin2004Doc MartinTVJohn Rahmanzai2004New TricksTV2003TempoMaldonado2002The British Empire in ColorTVNarrator2002The Knights TemplarTVHimself - Narrator2002The British Empire in ColourNarrator2001MessiahTVDCS Michael Emerson2001Murder in MindTVPaul Asher2001Hotel!Radochek Zeigler2001Fun at the Funeral ParlourTV2000In the BeginningTVRameses II2000Second SightTV1999Life SupportTVDr Kamran Blake1999The Seventh ScrollTVTaita1999CleopatraTVOlympos1999Vicious CircleHarrison1999Holby CityTVZubin Khan1998Colour BlindTVHassan1998Cold FeetTVEddie Zubayr1998Side StreetsBipin Raj1998Unfinished BusinessTV1998Goodness Gracious MeTV1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingRamzi Ahmed Yousef1997Booty CallAkmed (uncredited)1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtLord Belasco1995Clockwork MiceLaney1995UncoveredAlvaro1994The Wimbledon PoisonerTVKarim Jackson1994True LiesAziz1993Age of TreasonPertinax1993Peak PracticeTVMr. Hussain1992HostageKhalim1992Year of the CometNico1992City of JoyAshok Ghatak1992Turtle BeachKanan1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsTVOrpheus1990CluedoTVBernard Kirkbride1989Shadow of the Cobra1989Agatha Christie's PoirotTVSir Bartholomew Strange1988HothouseTVDr. Ved Lahari1987The Living DaylightsKamran Shah1986HaremTarik Pasha1986HaremTVTarik Pasha1986Death Is Part of the ProcessIndres1985UnderworldFluke1985The Black TowerTVJulius Court1984A Passage to IndiaMahmoud Ali1984The Far PavilionsTVZarin1984The Jewel in the CrownTVHari Kumar1983ChessgameTVFarouk1983Natural WorldTVNarrator1981BergeracTVRavi1980Richard's ThingsDr. Mustag1980The Gentle TouchTV1979MinderTVShamy1979Arabian AdventureMamhoud1979The ReaperDave1978Mixed BlessingsTVFred1977The ProfessionalsTVDoctor · Doctor in Hospital1971Upstairs, DownstairsTV1967ITV PlayhouseTVDave