Art Malik
Acting1952Bahawalpur, 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 History
Future
Wild Dubai
as Narrator
2026
Hamlet
as Claudius
2025
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Dr. Robert Mehta
2024
Renegade Nell
TVas Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow• 1 eps
Disclaimer
TVas Justin• 3 eps
The Glassworker
Executive Producer
2023
The Little Mermaid
as Sir Grimsby
The Famous Five
TVas Sir Lincoln Aubrey
2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TVas Henning Khan• 4 eps
2020
Penance
TVas Fr. Tom
2019
The Feed
TVas President Quan
2018
Doctor Who
TVas Ilin• 1 eps
The Woman in White
TVas Erasmus Nash
2017
The Escape
as Kellan
Halal Daddy
as Amir Aziz
Doc Martin
TVas John Rahmanzai• 1 eps
Sherlock
TVas Prison Governor• 1 eps
Bancroft
TVas DCS Alan Taheeri
Man Like Mobeen
TVas Khan / Uncle Khan
2016
Mirzya
as Suchitra's Father
The Infiltrator
as Akbar Bilgrami
2015
2014
Homeland
TVas Bunny Latif / Bunny• 4 eps
2013
2012
John Carter
as Zodangan General
2011
2010
Sex and the City 2
as Shiekh Khalid
The Wolfman
as Singh
Ben Hur
TVas Ilderim• 2 eps
Upstairs Downstairs
TVas Mr. Amanjit Singh• 9 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Sir Bartholomew Strange• 1 eps
The Nativity
TVas Nicolaus
2008
2006
2005
The English Harem
as Saaman "Sam" Sahar
2003
Tempo
as Maldonado
2002
The British Empire in Colour
as Narrator
Murder in Mind
TVas Paul Asher• 1 eps
The Knights Templar
TVas Himself - Narrator
The British Empire in Color
TVas Narrator
2001
2000
In the Beginning
TVas Rameses II
1999
Vicious Circle
as Harrison
The Seventh Scroll
TVas Taita
Natural World
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
Holby City
TVas Zubin Khan
Life Support
TVas Dr Kamran Blake
Cleopatra
TVas Olympos
1998
1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
Booty Call
as Akmed (uncredited)
1996
Peak Practice
TVas Mr. Hussain• 1 eps
1995
1994
True Lies
as Salim Abu Aziz
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TVas Karim Jackson
1993
Age of Treason
as Pertinax
1992
1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TVas Orpheus
1990
Cluedo
TVas Bernard Kirkbride
1988
Hothouse
TVas Dr. Ved Lahari• 7 eps
1987
The Living Daylights
as Kamran Shah
1986
1985
Transmutations
as Fluke
1984
A Passage to India
as Mahmoud Ali
The Jewel in the Crown
TVas Hari Kumar
Minder
TVas Shamy• 1 eps
The Far Pavilions
TVas Zarin
1980
Richard's Things
as Dr. Mustag
1979
The Reaper
as Dave
Arabian Adventure
as Mamhoud
1978
The Professionals
TVas Doctor in Hospital• 1 eps
Mixed Blessings
TVas Fred