Art Malik
November 13, 1952 (73 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2026 · Hamlet as Claudius
- 2025 · The Woman in Cabin 10 as Dr. Robert Mehta
- 2024 · Disclaimer as Justin
- 2024 · Renegade Nell as Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sir Grimsby
- 2022 · The Man Who Fell to Earth as Henning Khan
- 2020 · Penance as Fr. Tom
- 2019 · The Feed as President Quan
- 2017 · Man Like Mobeen as Khan
- 2017 · Man Like Mobeen as Uncle Khan
- 2017 · Bancroft as DCS Alan Taheeri
- 2015 · Arthur & George as Rev Shapurji Edalji
- 2015 · Indian Summers as
- 2013 · Diana as Samundar
- 2013 · Diana as Samunder
- 2012 · John Carter as Zodangan General
- 2011 · Borgia as Francesc Gacet
- 2011 · Homeland as Bunny
- 2011 · Homeland as Bunny Latif
- 2010 · Upstairs Downstairs as Mr. Amanjit Singh
- 2010 · Sherlock as Prison Governor
- 2010 · Sex and the City 2 as Shiekh Khalid
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Ilderim
- 2010 · The Wolfman as Singh
- 2007 · Lewis as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Ilin
- 2004 · Doc Martin as John Rahmanzai
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2001 · Messiah as DCS Michael Emerson
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Paul Asher
- 1999 · Holby City as Zubin Khan
- 1998 · Cold Feet as Eddie Zubayr
- 1998 · Side Streets as Bipin Raj
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1995 · Clockwork Mice as Laney
- 1994 · True Lies as Salim Abu Aziz
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Mr. Hussain
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Orpheus
- 1990 · Cluedo as Bernard Kirkbride
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir Bartholomew Strange
- 1987 · The Living Daylights as Kamran Shah
- 1986 · Death Is Part of the Process as Indres
- 1984 · A Passage to India as Mahmoud Ali
- 1984 · The Far Pavilions as Zarin
- 1984 · The Jewel in the Crown as Hari Kumar
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1981 · Bergerac as Ravi
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1979 · Minder as Shamy
- 1978 · Mixed Blessings as Fred
- 1977 · The Professionals as Doctor
- 1977 · The Professionals as Doctor in Hospital
- 1971 · Upstairs, Downstairs as
- Future · Fortitude as
- 2025 · The Making of 'The Glassworker' as Self
- 2023 · The Famous Five as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
- 2018 · The Woman in White as Erasmus Nash
- 2017 · Halal Daddy as Amir Aziz
- 2017 · The Escape as Kellan
- 2016 · Mirzya as Suchitra's Father
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Akbar Bilgrami
- 2015 · Arthur & George as Reverend Shapurji Edalji
- 2013 · Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Sampooran Singh
- 2011 · Ghosted as
- 2011 · Building Sea City as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · The Nativity as Nicolaus
- 2009 · Hotel as Shahid Mazari
- 2008 · Dean Spanley as Swami Nala Prash
- 2008 · Franklyn as Tarrant
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
- 2006 · Nina's Heavenly Delights as Raj Khanna
- 2006 · Mayo as Marcus Illingworth
- 2005 · The English Harem as Saaman "Sam" Sahar
- 2003 · Tempo as Maldonado
- 2002 · The British Empire in Color as Narrator
- 2002 · The Knights Templar as Himself - Narrator
- 2002 · The British Empire in Colour as Narrator
- 2001 · Hotel! as Radochek Zeigler
- 2001 · Fun at the Funeral Parlour as
- 2000 · In the Beginning as Rameses II
- 2000 · Second Sight as
- 1999 · Life Support as Dr Kamran Blake
- 1999 · The Seventh Scroll as Taita
- 1999 · Cleopatra as Olympos
- 1999 · Vicious Circle as Harrison
- 1998 · Colour Blind as Hassan
- 1998 · Unfinished Business as
- 1997 · Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
- 1997 · Booty Call as Akmed (uncredited)
- 1996 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1995 · A Kid in King Arthur's Court as Lord Belasco
- 1995 · Uncovered as Alvaro
- 1994 · The Wimbledon Poisoner as Karim Jackson
- 1993 · Age of Treason as Pertinax
- 1992 · Hostage as Khalim
- 1992 · Year of the Comet as Nico
- 1992 · City of Joy as Ashok Ghatak
- 1992 · Turtle Beach as Kanan
- 1989 · Shadow of the Cobra as
- 1988 · Hothouse as Dr. Ved Lahari
- 1986 · Harem as Tarik Pasha
- 1986 · Harem as Tarik Pasha
- 1985 · Transmutations as Fluke
- 1983 · Chessgame as Farouk
- 1980 · Richard's Things as Dr. Mustag
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Mamhoud
- 1979 · The Reaper as Dave
- Future · Wild Dubai as Narrator