Acting · Bahawalpur, Pakistan · Born November 13, 1952
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.
MovieHamlet
2026
as Claudius
MovieThe Woman in Cabin 10
2025
as Dr. Robert Mehta
MovieThe Eye of the Sunrise
2025
as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
MovieThe Making of 'The Glassworker'
2025
as Self
TVDisclaimer
2024
as Justin
TVRenegade Nell
2024
as Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
TVThe Famous Five
2023
as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
MovieThe Little Mermaid
2023
as Sir Grimsby
TVThe Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Henning Khan
TVPenance
2020
as Fr. Tom
TVThe Feed
2019
as President Quan
TVThe Woman in White
2018
as Erasmus Nash
TVMan Like Mobeen
2017
as Khan
TVBancroft
2017
as DCS Alan Taheeri
MovieHalal Daddy
2017
as Amir Aziz
MovieThe Escape
2017
as Kellan
MovieMirzya
2016
as Suchitra's Father
MovieThe Infiltrator
2016
as Akbar Bilgrami
MovieArthur & George
2015
as Rev Shapurji Edalji
TVArthur & George
2015
as Reverend Shapurji Edalji
TVIndian Summers
2015
MovieDiana
2013
as Samundar
MovieBhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013
as Sampooran Singh
MovieJohn Carter
2012
as Zodangan General
TVBorgia
2011
as Francesc Gacet
TVHomeland
2011
as Bunny
MovieGhosted
2011
TVBuilding Sea City
2011
as Himself - Narrator
TVUpstairs Downstairs
2010
as Mr Amanjit Singh
TVThe Nativity
2010
as Nicolaus
TVSherlock
2010
as Prison Governor
MovieSex and the City 2
2010
as Shiekh Khalid
TVBen Hur
2010
as Ilderim
MovieThe Wolfman
2010
as Singh
Hotel
2009
as Shahid Mazari
MovieDean Spanley
2008
as Swami Nala Prash
MovieFranklyn
2008
as Tarrant
TV10 Days to War
2008
as Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
TVLewis
2007
as Professor Hamid Jassim
MovieNina's Heavenly Delights
2006
as Raj Khanna
TVMayo
2006
as Marcus Illingworth
The English Harem
2005
as Saaman "Sam" Sahar
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Ilin
TVDoc Martin
2004
as John Rahmanzai
TVNew Tricks
2004
MovieTempo
2003
as Maldonado
TVThe British Empire in Color
2002
as Narrator
TVThe Knights Templar
2002
as Himself - Narrator
MovieThe British Empire in Colour
2002
as Narrator
TVMessiah
2001
as DCS Michael Emerson
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Paul Asher
MovieHotel!
2001
as Radochek Zeigler
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
TVIn the Beginning
2000
as Rameses II
TVSecond Sight
2000
TVLife Support
1999
as Dr Kamran Blake
TVThe Seventh Scroll
1999
as Taita
TVCleopatra
1999
as Olympos
MovieVicious Circle
1999
as Harrison
TVHolby City
1999
as Zubin Khan
TVColour Blind
1998
as Hassan
TVCold Feet
1998
as Eddie Zubayr
MovieSide Streets
1998
as Bipin Raj
Unfinished Business
1998
TVGoodness Gracious Me
1998
MoviePath to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
MovieBooty Call
1997
as Akmed (uncredited)
MovieA Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Lord Belasco
MovieClockwork Mice
1995
as Laney
MovieUncovered
1995
as Alvaro
TVThe Wimbledon Poisoner
1994
as Karim Jackson
MovieTrue Lies
1994
as Aziz
MovieAge of Treason
1993
as Pertinax
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Mr. Hussain
MovieHostage
1992
as Khalim
MovieYear of the Comet
1992
as Nico
MovieCity of Joy
1992
as Ashok Ghatak
MovieTurtle Beach
1992
as Kanan
TVThe Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Orpheus
TVCluedo
1990
as Bernard Kirkbride
MovieShadow of the Cobra
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Sir Bartholomew Strange
TVHothouse
1988
as Dr. Ved Lahari
MovieThe Living Daylights
1987
as Kamran Shah
MovieHarem
1986
as Tarik Pasha
TVHarem
1986
as Tarik Pasha
MovieDeath Is Part of the Process
1986
as Indres
MovieUnderworld
1985
as Fluke
TVThe Black Tower
1985
as Julius Court
MovieA Passage to India
1984
as Mahmoud Ali
TVThe Far Pavilions
1984
as Zarin
TVThe Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Hari Kumar
TVChessgame
1983
as Farouk
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
TVBergerac
1981
as Ravi
MovieRichard's Things
1980
as Dr. Mustag
TVThe Gentle Touch
1980
TVMinder
1979
as Shamy
MovieArabian Adventure
1979
as Mamhoud
The Reaper
1979
as Dave
TVMixed Blessings
1978
as Fred
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Doctor
TVUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Dave
MovieWild Dubai
as Narrator
Fortitude
