Known for
Acting
Credits
99
Gender
Man
Birthday
Nov 13, 1952 (71)
Place of birth
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Also known as
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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.
Known for
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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— | Hamlet | Claudius |
— | Wild Dubai | Narrator |
2024 | Renegade Nell | Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow |
2024 | The Glassworker | Tomas Oliver (Voice; English) |
2023 | The Little Mermaid | Sir Grimsby |
2023 | The Famous Five | Sir Lincoln Aubrey |
2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Henning Khan |
2020 | Penance | Fr. Tom |
2019 | The Feed | President Quan |
2018 | The Woman in White | Erasmus Nash |
2017 | Bancroft | DCS Alan Taheeri |
2017 | Halal Daddy | Amir Aziz |
2016 | The Infiltrator | Akbar Bilgrami |
2016 | Mirzya | Suchitra's Father |
2015 | Indian Summers | |
2015 | Arthur & George | Reverend Shapurji Edalji |
2015 | Arthur & George | Rev Shapurji Edalji |
2013 | Diana | Samundar |
2013 | Diana | Samunder |
2013 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Sampooran Singh |
2012 | John Carter | Zodangan General |
2011 | Homeland | Bunny |
2011 | Borgia | Francesc Gacet |
2011 | Ghosted | |
2011 | Building Sea City | Himself - Narrator |
2010 | Sherlock | Prison Governor |
2010 | The Wolfman | Singh |
2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Shiekh Khalid |
2010 | Ben Hur | Ilderim |
2010 | Upstairs Downstairs | Mr. Amanjit Singh |
2010 | The Nativity | Nicolaus |
2009 | Hotel | Shahid Mazari |
2008 | Franklyn | Tarrant |
2008 | Dean Spanley | Swami Nala Prash |
2008 | 10 Days to War | Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim |
2007 | Lewis | |
2006 | Nina's Heavenly Delights | Raj Khanna |
2006 | Mayo | Marcus Illingworth |
2005 | Doctor Who | Ilin |
2005 | The English Harem | Saaman "Sam" Sahar |
2004 | Doc Martin | John Rahmanzai |
2004 | New Tricks | |
2003 | Tempo | George Maldonado |
2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever | Kamran Shah (archive footage) (uncredited) |
2002 | The British Empire in Color | Narrator |
2002 | The Knights Templar | Himself - Narrator |
2002 | The British Empire in Colour | Narrator |
2001 | Messiah | DCS Michael Emerson |
2001 | Murder in Mind | Paul Asher |
2001 | Hotel! | Radochek Zeigler |
2001 | Fun at the Funeral Parlour | |
2000 | Second Sight | |
2000 | In the Beginning | Rameses II |
1999 | Cleopatra | Olympos |
1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Taita |
1999 | Vicious Circle | Harrison |
1999 | Life Support | Dr. Kamran Blake |
1998 | Cold Feet | Eddie Zubayr |
1998 | Side Streets | Bipin Raj |
1998 | Colour Blind | Hassan |
1998 | Unfinished Business | |
1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Ramzi Ahmed Yousef |
1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
1996 | Goodness Gracious Me | |
1995 | A Kid in King Arthur's Court | Lord Belasco |
1995 | Uncovered | Alvaro |
1995 | Clockwork Mice | Laney |
1994 | True Lies | Salim Abu Aziz |
1994 | The Wimbledon Poisoner | Karim Jackson |
1993 | Peak Practice | Mr. Hussain |
1993 | Age of Treason | Pertinax |
1992 | City of Joy | Ashok Ghatak |
1992 | Year of the Comet | Nico |
1992 | Turtle Beach | Kanan |
1992 | Hostage | Khalim |
1990 | Cluedo | Bernard Kirkbride |
1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Bartholomew Strange |
1989 | Shadow of the Cobra | |
1988 | Hothouse | Dr. Ved Lahari |
1987 | The Living Daylights | Kamran Shah |
1986 | Harem | Tarik Pasha |
1986 | Harem | Tarik Pasha |
1986 | Death Is Part of the Process | Indres |
1985 | Transmutations | Fluke |
1984 | A Passage to India | Mahmoud Ali |
1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Hari Kumar |
1984 | The Far Pavilions | Zarin |
1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
1983 | Chessgame | Farouk |
1981 | Bergerac | Ravi |
1980 | Richard's Things | Dr. Mustag |
1980 | The Gentle Touch | |
1979 | Arabian Adventure | Mamhoud |
1979 | Minder | Shamy |
1979 | The Reaper | Dave |
1977 | The Professionals | Doctor |
1977 | The Professionals | Doctor in Hospital |
1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs |
Credits
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2024 | The Glassworker | Executive Producer |