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Art Malik

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 13, 1952 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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

Acting
2026HamletClaudius
2025The Woman in Cabin 10Dr. Robert Mehta
2025The Making of 'The Glassworker'Self
2025The Eye of the SunriseSir Lincoln Aubrey
2024Renegade NellHenry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
2024DisclaimerJustin
2023The Little MermaidSir Grimsby
2023The Famous FiveSir Lincoln Aubrey
2022The Man Who Fell to EarthHenning Khan
2020PenanceFr. Tom
2019The FeedPresident Quan
2018The Woman in WhiteErasmus Nash
2017Halal DaddyAmir Aziz
2017The EscapeKellan
2017BancroftDCS Alan Taheeri
2017Man Like MobeenKhan
2017Man Like MobeenUncle Khan
2016The InfiltratorAkbar Bilgrami
2016MirzyaSuchitra's Father
2015Arthur & GeorgeRev Shapurji Edalji
2015Arthur & GeorgeReverend Shapurji Edalji
2015Indian Summers
2013Bhaag Milkha BhaagSampooran Singh
2013DianaSamundar
2013DianaSamunder
2012John CarterZodangan General
2011Ghosted
2011Three Act TragedySir Bartholomew Strange
2011BorgiaFrancesc Gacet
2011HomelandBunny
2011Building Sea CityHimself - Narrator
2011HomelandBunny Latif
2010The WolfmanSingh
2010Sex and the City 2Shiekh Khalid
2010Ben HurIlderim
2010Upstairs DownstairsMr. Amanjit Singh
2010SherlockPrison Governor
2010The NativityNicolaus
2009HotelShahid Mazari
2008FranklynTarrant
2008Dean SpanleySwami Nala Prash
200810 Days to WarAbdul Aziz Al-Hakim
2007Lewis
2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsRaj Khanna
2006MayoMarcus Illingworth
2005The English HaremSaaman "Sam" Sahar
2005Doctor WhoIlin
2004New Tricks
2004Doc MartinJohn Rahmanzai
2003TempoMaldonado
2002The British Empire in ColourNarrator
2002The British Empire in ColorNarrator
2002The Knights TemplarHimself - Narrator
2001Hotel!Radochek Zeigler
2001MessiahDCS Michael Emerson
2001Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001Murder in MindPaul Asher
2000Second Sight
2000In the BeginningRameses II
1999Vicious CircleHarrison
1999Life SupportDr Kamran Blake
1999CleopatraOlympos
1999The Seventh ScrollTaita
1999Holby CityZubin Khan
1998Side StreetsBipin Raj
1998Unfinished Business
1998Colour BlindHassan
1998Cold FeetEddie Zubayr
1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingRamzi Ahmed Yousef
1997Booty CallAkmed (uncredited)
1996Goodness Gracious Me
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtLord Belasco
1995Clockwork MiceLaney
1995UncoveredAlvaro
1994True LiesAziz
1994The Wimbledon PoisonerKarim Jackson
1993Age of TreasonPertinax
1993Peak PracticeMr. Hussain
1992City of JoyAshok Ghatak
1992Year of the CometNico
1992HostageKhalim
1992Turtle BeachKanan
1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsOrpheus
1990CluedoBernard Kirkbride
1989Shadow of the Cobra
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSir Bartholomew Strange
1988HothouseDr. Ved Lahari
1987The Living DaylightsKamran Shah
1986HaremTarik Pasha
1986Death Is Part of the ProcessIndres
1986HaremTarik Pasha
1985TransmutationsFluke
1985The Black TowerJulius Court
1984A Passage to IndiaMahmoud Ali
1984The Far PavilionsZarin
1984The Jewel in the CrownHari Kumar
1983Natural WorldNarrator
1983ChessgameFarouk
1981BergeracRavi
1980Richard's ThingsDr. Mustag
1980The Gentle Touch
1979Arabian AdventureMamhoud
1979The ReaperDave
1979MinderShamy
1978Mixed BlessingsFred
1977The ProfessionalsDoctor
1977The ProfessionalsDoctor in Hospital
1971Upstairs, Downstairs
-Wild DubaiNarrator
-Fortitude
Production
2024The GlassworkerExecutive Producer