Art Malik
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as Sir Grimsby
John Carter (2012)
as Zodangan General
True Lies (1994)
as Aziz
The Living Daylights (1987)
as Kamran Shah
The Wolfman (2010)
as Singh
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
as Dr. Robert Mehta
Booty Call (1997)
as Akmed (uncredited)
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Shiekh Khalid
The Infiltrator (2016)
as Akbar Bilgrami
Tabloid (2001)
as Philip Radcliffe
Dean Spanley (2008)
as Swami Nala Prash
The Eye of the Sunrise (2024)
as Sir Lincoln Aubrey
Halal Daddy (2017)
as Amir Aziz
A Passage to India (1984)
as Mahmoud Ali
City of Joy (1992)
as Ashok Ghatak
Arabian Adventure (1979)
as Mamhoud
Richard's Things (1980)
as Dr. Mustag
Hamlet (2026)
as Claudius
Franklyn (2008)
as Tarrant
Diana (2013)
as Samundar
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
as Lord Belasco
Age of Treason (1993)
as Pertinax
Hostage (1992)
as Khalim
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
as Sampooran Singh
Year of the Comet (1992)
as Nico
Wild Dubai (—)
as Narrator
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice (1991)
as Orpheus
Uncovered (1995)
as Alvaro
Harem (1986)
as Tarik Pasha
Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
as Raj Khanna
Underworld (1985)
as Fluke
Shadow of the Cobra (1989)
Actor
Tempo (2003)
as Maldonado
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
Turtle Beach (1992)
as Kanan
Fortitude (—)
as Ian Fleming
Side Streets (1998)
as Bipin Raj
The Making of 'The Glassworker' (2025)
as Self
Ghosted (2011)
Actor
The British Empire in Colour (2002)
as Narrator
Clockwork Mice (1995)
as Laney
Mirzya (2016)
as Suchitra's Father
Vicious Circle (1999)
as Harrison
Hotel! (2001)
as Radochek Zeigler
Death Is Part of the Process (1986)
as Indres
Arthur & George (2015)
as Rev Shapurji Edalji
The Escape (2017)
as Kellan
The Reaper (1979)
as Dave
Hotel (2009)
as Shahid Mazari
The English Harem (2005)
as Saaman "Sam" Sahar