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.
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Acting History
2025
The Woman in Cabin 10 as Dr. Robert Mehta
2025Hamlet as Claudius
2024Disclaimer as Justin
2024The Making of 'The Glassworker' as Self
2024Renegade Nell as Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
2023The Famous Five as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
2023The Little Mermaid as Sir Grimsby
2022The Man Who Fell to Earth as Henning Khan
2020Penance as Fr. Tom
2019The Feed as President Quan
2018The Woman in White as Erasmus Nash
2017Man Like Mobeen as Khan
2017Man Like Mobeen as Uncle Khan
2017Bancroft as DCS Alan Taheeri
2017Halal Daddy as Amir Aziz
2017The Escape as Kellan
2016Mirzya as Suchitra's Father
2016The Infiltrator as Akbar Bilgrami
2015Arthur & George as Reverend Shapurji Edalji
2015Arthur & George as Rev Shapurji Edalji
2015Indian Summers
2013Diana as Samundar
2013Diana as Samunder
2013Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Sampooran Singh
2012John Carter as Zodangan General
2011Borgia as Francesc Gacet
2011Homeland as Bunny
2011Ghosted
2011Building Sea City as Himself - Narrator
2010Upstairs Downstairs as Mr. Amanjit Singh
2010The Nativity as Nicolaus
2010Sherlock as Prison Governor
2010Sex and the City 2 as Shiekh Khalid
2010Ben Hur as Ilderim
2010The Wolfman as Singh
2009Hotel as Shahid Mazari
2008Dean Spanley as Swami Nala Prash
2008Franklyn as Tarrant
200810 Days to War as Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
2007Lewis
2006Nina's Heavenly Delights as Raj Khanna
2006Mayo as Marcus Illingworth
2005The English Harem as Saaman "Sam" Sahar
2005Doctor Who as Ilin
2004Doc Martin as John Rahmanzai
2004New Tricks
2003Tempo as Maldonado
2002The British Empire in Color as Narrator
2002The Knights Templar as Himself - Narrator
2002The British Empire in Colour as Narrator
2001Messiah as DCS Michael Emerson
2001Murder in Mind as Paul Asher
2001Hotel! as Radochek Zeigler
2001Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2000In the Beginning as Rameses II
2000Second Sight
1999Life Support as Dr Kamran Blake
1999The Seventh Scroll as Taita
1999Cleopatra as Olympos
1999Vicious Circle as Harrison
1999Holby City as Zubin Khan
1998Colour Blind as Hassan
1998Cold Feet as Eddie Zubayr
1998Side Streets as Bipin Raj
1998Unfinished Business
1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
1997Booty Call as Akmed (uncredited)
1996Goodness Gracious Me
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1995A Kid in King Arthur's Court as Lord Belasco
1995Clockwork Mice as Laney
1995Uncovered as Alvaro
1994The Wimbledon Poisoner as Karim Jackson
1994True Lies as Salim Abu Aziz
1993Age of Treason as Pertinax
1993Peak Practice as Mr. Hussain
1992Hostage as Khalim
1992Year of the Comet as Nico
1992City of Joy as Ashok Ghatak
1992Turtle Beach as Kanan
1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Orpheus
1990Cluedo as Bernard Kirkbride
1989Shadow of the Cobra
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir Bartholomew Strange
1988Hothouse as Dr. Ved Lahari
1987The Living Daylights as Kamran Shah
1986Harem as Tarik Pasha
1986Harem as Tarik Pasha
1986Death Is Part of the Process as Indres
1985Transmutations as Fluke
1984A Passage to India as Mahmoud Ali
1984The Far Pavilions as Zarin
1984The Jewel in the Crown as Hari Kumar
1983Chessgame as Farouk
1983Natural World as Narrator
1981Bergerac as Ravi
1980Richard's Things as Dr. Mustag
1980The Gentle Touch
1979Minder as Shamy
1979Arabian Adventure as Mamhoud
1979The Reaper as Dave
1978Mixed Blessings as Fred
1977The Professionals as Doctor
1977The Professionals as Doctor in Hospital
1971Upstairs, Downstairs
—Wild Dubai as Narrator
—Fortitude