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