Person
Art Malik
Acting · Born 1952-11-13 · 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
Doctor Who
Ilin
Homeland
Bunny
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Sir Bartholomew Strange
Sherlock
Prison Governor
Holby City
Zubin Khan
Natural World
Narrator
Minder
Shamy
Peak Practice
Mr. Hussain
ITV Playhouse
Dave
Lewis
Professor Hamid Jassim
Filmography
- 2026HamletClaudius
- 2025The Woman in Cabin 10Dr. Robert Mehta
- 2025The Eye of the SunriseSir Lincoln Aubrey
- 2025The Making of 'The Glassworker'Self
- 2024DisclaimerJustin
- 2024The GlassworkerExecutive Producer
- 2024Renegade NellHenry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
- 2023The Famous FiveSir Lincoln Aubrey
- 2023The Little MermaidSir Grimsby
- 2022The Man Who Fell to EarthHenning Khan
- 2020PenanceFr. Tom
- 2019The FeedPresident Quan
- 2018The Woman in WhiteErasmus Nash
- 2017Man Like MobeenKhan
- 2017BancroftDCS Alan Taheeri
- 2017Halal DaddyAmir Aziz
- 2017The EscapeKellan
- 2016MirzyaSuchitra's Father
- 2016The InfiltratorAkbar Bilgrami
- 2015Arthur & GeorgeRev Shapurji Edalji
- 2015Arthur & GeorgeReverend Shapurji Edalji
- 2015Indian Summers
- 2013DianaSamundar
- 2013Bhaag Milkha BhaagSampooran Singh
- 2012John CarterZodangan General
- 2011BorgiaFrancesc Gacet
- 2011HomelandBunny
- 2011Ghosted
- 2011Building Sea CityHimself - Narrator
- 2010Upstairs DownstairsMr Amanjit Singh
- 2010The NativityNicolaus
- 2010SherlockPrison Governor
- 2010Sex and the City 2Shiekh Khalid
- 2010Ben HurIlderim
- 2010The WolfmanSingh
- 2009HotelShahid Mazari
- 2008Dean SpanleySwami Nala Prash
- 2008FranklynTarrant
- 200810 Days to WarAbdul Aziz Al-Hakim
- 2007LewisProfessor Hamid Jassim
- 2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsRaj Khanna
- 2006MayoMarcus Illingworth
- 2005The English HaremSaaman "Sam" Sahar
- 2005Doctor WhoIlin
- 2004Doc MartinJohn Rahmanzai
- 2004New Tricks
- 2003TempoMaldonado
- 2002The British Empire in ColorNarrator
- 2002The Knights TemplarHimself - Narrator
- 2002The British Empire in ColourNarrator
- 2001MessiahDCS Michael Emerson
- 2001Murder in MindPaul Asher
- 2001Hotel!Radochek Zeigler
- 2001Fun at the Funeral Parlour
- 2000In the BeginningRameses II
- 2000Second Sight
- 1999Life SupportDr Kamran Blake
- 1999The Seventh ScrollTaita
- 1999CleopatraOlympos
- 1999Vicious CircleHarrison
- 1999Holby CityZubin Khan
- 1998Colour BlindHassan
- 1998Cold FeetEddie Zubayr
- 1998Side StreetsBipin Raj
- 1998Unfinished Business
- 1998Goodness Gracious Me
- 1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingRamzi Ahmed Yousef
- 1997Booty CallAkmed (uncredited)
- 1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtLord Belasco
- 1995Clockwork MiceLaney
- 1995UncoveredAlvaro
- 1994The Wimbledon PoisonerKarim Jackson
- 1994True LiesAziz
- 1993Age of TreasonPertinax
- 1993Peak PracticeMr. Hussain
- 1992HostageKhalim
- 1992Year of the CometNico
- 1992City of JoyAshok Ghatak
- 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
- 1986HaremTarik Pasha
- 1986Death Is Part of the ProcessIndres
- 1985UnderworldFluke
- 1985The Black TowerJulius Court
- 1984A Passage to IndiaMahmoud Ali
- 1984The Far PavilionsZarin
- 1984The Jewel in the CrownHari Kumar
- 1983ChessgameFarouk
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator
- 1981BergeracRavi
- 1980Richard's ThingsDr. Mustag
- 1980The Gentle Touch
- 1979MinderShamy
- 1979Arabian AdventureMamhoud
- 1979The ReaperDave
- 1978Mixed BlessingsFred
- 1977The ProfessionalsDoctor
- 1971Upstairs, Downstairs
- 1967ITV PlayhouseDave
- —Wild DubaiNarrator
- —Fortitude
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