
Art Malik
Acting
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
2026Hamlet
Claudius
2025The Woman in Cabin 10
Dr. Robert Mehta
2025The Making of 'The Glassworker'
Self
2025The Eye of the Sunrise
Sir Lincoln Aubrey
2023The Little Mermaid
Sir Grimsby
2017Halal Daddy
Amir Aziz
2017The Escape
Kellan
2016The Infiltrator
Akbar Bilgrami
2016Mirzya
Suchitra's Father
2015Arthur & George
Rev Shapurji Edalji
2013Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Sampooran Singh
2013Diana
Samundar
2012John Carter
Zodangan General
2011Ghosted
2010The Wolfman
Singh
2010Sex and the City 2
Shiekh Khalid
2008Franklyn
Tarrant
2008Dean Spanley
Swami Nala Prash
2006Nina's Heavenly Delights
Raj Khanna
2003Tempo
Maldonado
2002The British Empire in Colour
Narrator
2001Hotel!
Radochek Zeigler
1999Vicious Circle
Harrison
1998Side Streets
Bipin Raj