Art Malik
Known for acting · Born 13 November 1952 · 73 · Bahawalpur, Pakistan
112 credits
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
Holby City
1999
True Lies
1994
The Little Mermaid
2023
The Wolfman
2010
The Living Daylights
1987
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
Borgia
2011
Franklyn
2008
Homeland
2011
The Infiltrator
2016
City of Joy
1992
Acting (111)
2026HamletClaudiusFilm
2025The Woman in Cabin 10Dr. Robert MehtaFilm
2025The Making of 'The Glassworker'SelfFilm
2024DisclaimerJustin · 3 episodesSeries
2024Renegade NellHenry Tuplow / Jeremiah TuplowSeries
2024The Eye of the SunriseSir Lincoln AubreyFilm
2023The Little MermaidSir GrimsbyFilm
2023The Famous FiveSir Lincoln AubreySeries
2022The Man Who Fell to EarthHenning Khan · 4 episodesSeries
2020PenanceFr. Tom · 3 episodesSeries
2019The FeedPresident Quan · 3 episodesSeries
2018The Woman in WhiteErasmus Nash · 5 episodesSeries
2017BancroftDCS Alan Taheeri · 4 episodesSeries
2017Man Like MobeenKhan · 6 episodes, Uncle Khan · 4 episodesSeries
2017Halal DaddyAmir AzizFilm
2017The EscapeKellanFilm
2016The InfiltratorAkbar BilgramiFilm
2016MirzyaSuchitra's FatherFilm
2015Indian Summers · 2 episodesSeries
2015Arthur & GeorgeReverend Shapurji Edalji · 3 episodesSeries
2015Arthur & GeorgeRev Shapurji EdaljiFilm
2013DianaSamundar, SamunderFilm
2013Bhaag Milkha BhaagSampooran SinghFilm
2012John CarterZodangan GeneralFilm
2011HomelandBunny, Bunny Latif · 4 episodesSeries
2011BorgiaFrancesc Gacet · 24 episodesSeries
2011GhostedFilm
2011Building Sea CityHimself - Narrator · 2 episodesSeries
2010SherlockPrison GovernorSeries
2010The WolfmanSinghFilm
2010Sex and the City 2Shiekh KhalidFilm
2010Ben HurIlderim · 2 episodesSeries
2010Upstairs DownstairsMr Amanjit Singh · 9 episodesSeries
2010The NativityNicolaus · 4 episodesSeries
2009HotelShahid MazariFilm
2008FranklynTarrantFilm
2008Dean SpanleySwami Nala PrashFilm
200810 Days to WarAbdul Aziz Al-HakimSeries
2007LewisProfessor Hamid JassimSeries
2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsRaj KhannaFilm
2006MayoMarcus IllingworthSeries
2005Doctor WhoIlinSeries
2005The English HaremSaaman "Sam" SaharFilm
2004Doc MartinJohn RahmanzaiSeries
2004New TricksSeries
2003TempoMaldonadoFilm
2002The British Empire in ColorNarrator · 3 episodesSeries
2002The British Empire in ColourNarratorFilm
2002The Knights TemplarHimself - Narrator · 4 episodesSeries
2001MessiahDCS Michael Emerson · 4 episodesSeries
2001Murder in MindPaul AsherSeries
2001Hotel!Radochek ZeiglerFilm
2001TabloidPhilip RadcliffeFilm
2001Fun at the Funeral ParlourSeries
2000Second Sight · 2 episodesSeries
2000In the BeginningRameses II · 2 episodesSeries
1999CleopatraOlympos · 2 episodesSeries
1999Holby CityZubin Khan · 104 episodesSeries
1999The Seventh ScrollTaita · 2 episodesSeries
1999Vicious CircleHarrisonFilm
1999Life SupportDr Kamran Blake · 6 episodesSeries
1998Cold FeetEddie Zubayr · 8 episodesSeries
1998Goodness Gracious Me · 2 episodesSeries
1998Side StreetsBipin RajFilm
1998Colour BlindHassan · 3 episodesSeries
1998Unfinished Business · 12 episodesSeries
1997Booty CallAkmed (uncredited)Film
1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingRamzi Ahmed YousefFilm
1997Turning WorldShams · 3 episodesSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoeAahil Khan · 2 episodesSeries
1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtLord BelascoFilm
1995UncoveredAlvaroFilm
1995Clockwork MiceLaneyFilm
1994True LiesAzizFilm
1994The Wimbledon PoisonerKarim Jackson · 2 episodesSeries
1993Peak PracticeMr. HussainSeries
1993Age of TreasonPertinaxFilm
1992City of JoyAshok GhatakFilm
1992Year of the CometNicoFilm
1992Turtle BeachKananFilm
1992HostageKhalimFilm
1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsOrpheusSeries
1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & EurydiceOrpheusFilm
1990CluedoBernard KirkbrideSeries
1990StolenSalim · 6 episodesSeries
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSir Bartholomew StrangeSeries
1989Shadow of the CobraFilm
1988HothouseDr. Ved Lahari · 7 episodesSeries
1987The Living DaylightsKamran ShahFilm
1986HaremTarik PashaFilm
1986Death Is Part of the ProcessIndresFilm
1986HaremTarik Pasha · 2 episodesSeries
1985UnderworldFlukeFilm
1985The Black TowerJulius Court · 5 episodesSeries
1984A Passage to IndiaMahmoud AliFilm
1984The Jewel in the CrownHari Kumar · 6 episodesSeries
1984The Far PavilionsZarin · 2 episodesSeries
1983Natural WorldNarratorSeries
1983ChessgameFaroukSeries
1981BergeracRaviSeries
1980Richard's ThingsDr. MustagFilm
1980The Gentle TouchSeries
1979Arabian AdventureMamhoudFilm
1979MinderShamySeries
1979The ReaperDaveFilm
1978Mixed BlessingsFredSeries
1977The ProfessionalsDoctor, Doctor in HospitalSeries
1971Upstairs, DownstairsSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseDaveSeries
—Wild DubaiNarratorFilm
—FortitudeIan FlemingFilm
Production (1)
2024The GlassworkerExecutive ProducerFilm