
Art Malik
Acting
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.
Known for

Holby City
1999 · TV

Borgia
2011 · TV

Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · TV

Cold Feet
1998 · TV

Hothouse
1988 · TV

Man Like Mobeen
2017 · TV

The Jewel in the Crown
1984 · TV

The Black Tower
1985 · TV

The Woman in White
2018 · TV

Doctor Who
2005 · TV

The Nativity
2010 · TV

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 · TV

Life Support
1999 · TV

Homeland
2011 · TV

Messiah
2001 · TV

Bancroft
2017 · TV

The Knights Templar
2002 · TV

Disclaimer
2024 · TV

The British Empire in Color
2002 · TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV

The Feed
2019 · TV

Arthur & George
2015 · TV

Colour Blind
1998 · TV

Penance
2020 · TV

The Far Pavilions
1984 · TV

Indian Summers
2015 · TV

Sherlock
2010 · TV

Cleopatra
1999 · TV

Ben Hur
2010 · TV

Goodness Gracious Me
1998 · TV

In the Beginning
2000 · TV

Second Sight
2000 · TV

Minder
1979 · TV

The Seventh Scroll
1999 · TV

Harem
1986 · TV

The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994 · TV

Peak Practice
1993 · TV

The Professionals
1977 · TV

Lewis
2007 · TV

New Tricks
2004 · TV

Doc Martin
2004 · TV

Bergerac
1981 · TV

Natural World
1983 · TV

Dalziel & Pascoe
1996 · TV

Murder in Mind
2001 · TV

Building Sea City
2011 · TV

ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · TV

The Gentle Touch
1980 · TV

Renegade Nell
2024 · TV

Cluedo
1990 · TV

Mixed Blessings
1978 · TV

10 Days to War
2008 · TV

The Famous Five
2023 · TV

Chessgame
1983 · TV

Mayo
2006 · TV

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · TV