Art Malik

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Art Malik

Acting 73 November 13, 1952

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 starrin…

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Sherlock

Sherlock

8.5 2010 TV Show
John Carter

John Carter

6.4 2012 Movie
True Lies

True Lies

7.1 1994 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

6.3 2023 Movie
Homeland

Homeland

7.6 2011 TV Show
The Wolfman

The Wolfman

5.9 2010 Movie
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

6.6 1987 Movie
The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

6.7 2016 Movie
Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2

6.0 2010 Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10

6.2 2025 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Hamlet

    Movie Claudius

  2. 2025
    The Woman in Cabin 10

    Movie Dr. Robert Mehta

  3. 2025
    The Making of 'The Glassworker'

    Movie Self

  4. 2024
    Disclaimer

    TV show Justin

  5. 2024
    The Glassworker

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2024
    The Eye of the Sunrise

    Movie Sir Lincoln Aubrey

  7. 2024
    Renegade Nell

    TV show Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow

  8. 2023
    The Famous Five

    TV show Sir Lincoln Aubrey

  9. 2023
    The Little Mermaid

    Movie Sir Grimsby

  10. 2022
    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    TV show Henning Khan

  11. 2020
    Penance

    TV show Fr. Tom

  12. 2019
    The Feed

    TV show President Quan

  13. 2018
    The Woman in White

    TV show Erasmus Nash

  14. 2017
    Man Like Mobeen

    TV show Khan

  15. 2017
    Bancroft

    TV show DCS Alan Taheeri

  16. 2017
    Halal Daddy

    Movie Amir Aziz

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  1. 2017
    The Escape

    Movie Kellan

  2. 2016
    Mirzya

    Movie Suchitra's Father

  3. 2016
    The Infiltrator

    Movie Akbar Bilgrami

  4. 2015
    Arthur & George

    TV show Reverend Shapurji Edalji

  5. 2015
    Arthur & George

    Movie Rev Shapurji Edalji

  6. 2015
    Indian Summers

    TV show

  7. 2013
    Diana

    Movie Samundar

  8. 2013
    Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

    Movie Sampooran Singh

  9. 2012
    John Carter

    Movie Zodangan General

  10. 2011
    Borgia

    TV show Francesc Gacet

  11. 2011
    Homeland

    TV show Bunny

  12. 2011
    Ghosted

    Movie

  13. 2011
    Building Sea City

    TV show Himself - Narrator

  14. 2010
    Upstairs Downstairs

    TV show Mr Amanjit Singh

  15. 2010
    The Nativity

    TV show Nicolaus

  16. 2010
    Sherlock

    TV show Prison Governor

  17. 2010
    Sex and the City 2

    Movie Shiekh Khalid

  18. 2010
    Ben Hur

    TV show Ilderim

  19. 2010
    The Wolfman

    Movie Singh

  20. 2009
    Hotel

    Movie Shahid Mazari

  21. 2008
    Dean Spanley

    Movie Swami Nala Prash

  22. 2008
    Franklyn

    Movie Tarrant

  23. 2008
    10 Days to War

    TV show Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim

  24. 2007
    Lewis

    TV show Professor Hamid Jassim