Acting

Art Malik

Born 1952-11-13 · Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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.

Credits

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Hamlet
as Claudius
2026
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Dr. Robert Mehta
2025
The Making of 'The Glassworker'
as Self
2025
Disclaimer
as Justin
2024
The Glassworker
Executive Producer
2024
The Eye of the Sunrise
as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
2024
Renegade Nell
as Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
2024
The Famous Five
as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
2023
The Little Mermaid
as Sir Grimsby
2023
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Henning Khan
2022
Penance
as Fr. Tom
2020
The Feed
as President Quan
2019
The Woman in White
as Erasmus Nash
2018
Man Like Mobeen
as Khan
2017
Man Like Mobeen
as Uncle Khan
2017
Bancroft
as DCS Alan Taheeri
2017
Halal Daddy
as Amir Aziz
2017
The Escape
as Kellan
2017
Mirzya
as Suchitra's Father
2016
The Infiltrator
as Akbar Bilgrami
2016
Arthur & George
as Rev Shapurji Edalji
2015
Arthur & George
as Reverend Shapurji Edalji
2015
Indian Summers
2015
Diana
as Samundar
2013
Diana
as Samunder
2013
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
as Sampooran Singh
2013
John Carter
as Zodangan General
2012
Borgia
as Francesc Gacet
2011
Homeland
as Bunny
2011
Homeland
as Bunny Latif
2011
Ghosted
2011
Building Sea City
as Himself - Narrator
2011
Upstairs Downstairs
as Mr Amanjit Singh
2010
The Nativity
as Nicolaus
2010
Sherlock
as Prison Governor
2010
Sex and the City 2
as Shiekh Khalid
2010
Ben Hur
as Ilderim
2010
The Wolfman
as Singh
2010
Hotel
as Shahid Mazari
2009
Dean Spanley
as Swami Nala Prash
2008
Franklyn
as Tarrant
2008
10 Days to War
as Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
2008
Lewis
as Professor Hamid Jassim
2007
Nina's Heavenly Delights
as Raj Khanna
2006
Mayo
as Marcus Illingworth
2006
The English Harem
as Saaman "Sam" Sahar
2005
Doctor Who
as Ilin
2005
Doc Martin
as John Rahmanzai
2004
New Tricks
2004
Tempo
as Maldonado
2003
The British Empire in Color
as Narrator
2002
The Knights Templar
as Himself - Narrator
2002
The British Empire in Colour
as Narrator
2002
Messiah
as DCS Michael Emerson
2001
Murder in Mind
as Paul Asher
2001
Hotel!
as Radochek Zeigler
2001
Tabloid
as Philip Radcliffe
2001
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
In the Beginning
as Rameses II
2000
Second Sight
2000
Life Support
as Dr Kamran Blake
1999
The Seventh Scroll
as Taita
1999
Cleopatra
as Olympos
1999
Vicious Circle
as Harrison
1999
Holby City
as Zubin Khan
1999
Colour Blind
as Hassan
1998
Cold Feet
as Eddie Zubayr
1998
Side Streets
as Bipin Raj
1998
Unfinished Business
1998
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
1997
Booty Call
as Akmed (uncredited)
1997
Turning World
as Shams
1997
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Aahil Khan
1996
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
as Lord Belasco
1995
Clockwork Mice
as Laney
1995
Uncovered
as Alvaro
1995
The Wimbledon Poisoner
as Karim Jackson
1994
True Lies
as Aziz
1994
Age of Treason
as Pertinax
1993