Art Malik
Acting • Born 1952-11-13
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.
Filmography
109 credits
The Living Daylights
Movie • 1987
Kamran Shah
The Wolfman
Movie • 2010
Singh
Franklyn
Movie • 2008
Tarrant
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Movie • 2006
Raj Khanna
True Lies
Movie • 1994
Salim Abu Aziz
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1995
Lord Belasco
Clockwork Mice
Movie • 1995
Laney
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Movie • 1997
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
Tempo
Movie • 2003
Maldonado
Uncovered
Movie • 1995
Alvaro
City of Joy
Movie • 1992
Ashok Ghatak
Wild Dubai
Movie
Narrator
Side Streets
Movie • 1998
Bipin Raj
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Movie • 2013
Sampooran Singh
Diana
Movie • 2013
Samundar
Hotel!
Movie • 2001
Radochek Zeigler
The English Harem
Movie • 2005
Saaman "Sam" Sahar
Transmutations
Movie • 1985
Fluke
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 2023
Sir Grimsby
Year of the Comet
Movie • 1992
Nico
Hostage
Movie • 1992
Khalim
Arabian Adventure
Movie • 1979
Mamhoud
The Reaper
Movie • 1979
Dave
Richard's Things
Movie • 1980
Dr. Mustag
Harem
Movie • 1986
Tarik Pasha
Hotel
Movie • 2009
Shahid Mazari
Ghosted
Movie • 2011
The Infiltrator
Movie • 2016
Akbar Bilgrami
Mirzya
Movie • 2016
Suchitra's Father
Hamlet
Movie • 2026
Claudius
Arthur & George
Movie • 2015
Rev Shapurji Edalji
The British Empire in Colour
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Diana
Movie • 2013
Samunder
Turtle Beach
Movie • 1992
Kanan
Halal Daddy
Movie • 2017
Amir Aziz
Vicious Circle
Movie • 1999
Harrison
Dean Spanley
Movie • 2008
Swami Nala Prash
A Passage to India
Movie • 1984
Mahmoud Ali
Shadow of the Cobra
Movie • 1989
Age of Treason
Movie • 1993
Pertinax
John Carter
Movie • 2012
Zodangan General
Sex and the City 2
Movie • 2010
Shiekh Khalid
Death Is Part of the Process
Movie • 1986
Indres
The Woman in Cabin 10
Movie • 2025
Dr. Robert Mehta
The Escape
Movie • 2017
Kellan
The Making of 'The Glassworker'
Movie • 2025
Self
Booty Call
Movie • 1997
Akmed (uncredited)
Fortitude
Movie
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Ravi
Goodness Gracious Me
TV • 1996
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Lewis
TV • 2007
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Minder
TV • 1979
Shamy
The British Empire in Color
TV • 2002
Narrator
Second Sight
TV • 2000
Mayo
TV • 2006
Marcus Illingworth
Unfinished Business
TV • 1998
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Colour Blind
TV • 1998
Hassan
Borgia
TV • 2011
Francesc Gacet
Ben Hur
TV • 2010
Ilderim
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Sir Bartholomew Strange
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Homeland
TV • 2011
Bunny
Upstairs Downstairs
TV • 2010
Mr. Amanjit Singh
Arthur & George
TV • 2015
Reverend Shapurji Edalji
Life Support
TV • 1999
Dr Kamran Blake
Messiah
TV • 2001
DCS Michael Emerson
Chessgame
TV • 1983
Farouk
Indian Summers
TV • 2015
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Mr. Hussain
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV • 2001
Cold Feet
TV • 1998
Eddie Zubayr
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Prison Governor
Harem
TV • 1986
Tarik Pasha
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
John Rahmanzai
The Nativity
TV • 2010
Nicolaus
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Paul Asher
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV • 1994
Karim Jackson
Cleopatra
TV • 1999
Olympos
In the Beginning
TV • 2000
Rameses II
Bancroft
TV • 2017
DCS Alan Taheeri
The Woman in White
TV • 2018
Erasmus Nash
The Knights Templar
TV • 2002
Himself - Narrator
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV • 2022
Henning Khan
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Ilin
The Seventh Scroll
TV • 1999
Taita
10 Days to War
TV • 2008
Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
Building Sea City
TV • 2011
Himself - Narrator
Renegade Nell
TV • 2024
Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
The Famous Five
TV • 2023
Sir Lincoln Aubrey
The Feed
TV • 2019
President Quan
Cluedo
TV • 1990
Bernard Kirkbride
Penance
TV • 2020
Fr. Tom
The Far Pavilions
TV • 1984
Zarin
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Doctor
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Doctor in Hospital
Disclaimer
TV • 2024
Justin
Man Like Mobeen
TV • 2017
Khan
Man Like Mobeen
TV • 2017
Uncle Khan
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TV • 1991
Orpheus
Mixed Blessings
TV • 1978
Fred
The Jewel in the Crown
TV • 1984
Hari Kumar
Holby City
TV • 1999
Zubin Khan
Hothouse
TV • 1988
Dr. Ved Lahari
Homeland
TV • 2011
Bunny Latif
The Black Tower
TV • 1985
Julius Court