
Art Malik
Biography
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

The British Empire in Color
2002 · 9.5

The Nativity
2010 · 8.8

VisionQuest
2026 · 8.7

Sherlock
2010 · 8.5

Shadow of the Cobra
1989 · 8.5

Vicious Circle
1999 · 8.5

Doc Martin
2004 · 8.3

Murder in Mind
2001 · 8.3

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

Cold Feet
1998 · 7.8

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · 7.6

Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6

Homeland
2011 · 7.6

The Professionals
1977 · 7.6

Lewis
2007 · 7.6

Hothouse
1988 · 7.5

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013 · 7.5

Disclaimer
2024 · 7.5

Natural World
1983 · 7.4

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 · 7.4

Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · 7.4

Messiah
2001 · 7.4

Dean Spanley
2008 · 7.4

The Far Pavilions
1984 · 7.4

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Borgia
2011 · 7.3

Renegade Nell
2024 · 7.3

Minder
1979 · 7.2

The Gentle Touch
1980 · 7.2

Indian Summers
2015 · 7.2

The Black Tower
1985 · 7.2

True Lies
1994 · 7.1

ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0

Bergerac
1981 · 7.0
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001 · 7.0

Man Like Mobeen
2017 · 6.8

Bancroft
2017 · 6.8

Mixed Blessings
1978 · 6.8

A Passage to India
1984 · 6.8

Side Streets
1998 · 6.8

Cluedo
1990 · 6.7

Goodness Gracious Me
1998 · 6.7

Arthur & George
2015 · 6.7

Nina's Heavenly Delights
2006 · 6.7

The Infiltrator
2016 · 6.7

Cleopatra
1999 · 6.6

City of Joy
1992 · 6.6

The Living Daylights
1987 · 6.6

The Feed
2019 · 6.5

Peak Practice
1993 · 6.5

The Jewel in the Crown
1984 · 6.5

Chessgame
1983 · 6.5

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 6.4

10 Days to War
2008 · 6.4

Age of Treason
1993 · 6.4

John Carter
2012 · 6.4

Ben Hur
2010 · 6.3

Colour Blind
1998 · 6.3

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997 · 6.3

The Little Mermaid
2023 · 6.3

The Famous Five
2023 · 6.2

Mirzya
2016 · 6.2

The Woman in Cabin 10
2025 · 6.2

The Woman in White
2018 · 6.1

In the Beginning
2000 · 6.1

Sex and the City 2
2010 · 6.0

Franklyn
2008 · 6.0

Arabian Adventure
1979 · 6.0
Hotel
2009 · 6.0

The Wolfman
2010 · 5.9

Holby City
1999 · 5.8

Boon
1986 · 5.8

Second Sight
2000 · 5.7

Year of the Comet
1992 · 5.7

Diana
2013 · 5.6

The Seventh Scroll
1999 · 5.6

Uncovered
1995 · 5.6

Hamlet
2026 · 5.5

Penance
2020 · 5.4

Halal Daddy
2017 · 5.4

Booty Call
1997 · 5.3

Turtle Beach
1992 · 5.3

Ghosted
2011 · 5.2

Hotel!
2001 · 5.2

Harem
1986 · 5.0

A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995 · 5.0

Tabloid
2001 · 5.0

The British Empire in Colour
2002 · 5.0

Arthur & George
2015 · 5.0

Richard's Things
1980 · 4.9

Clockwork Mice
1995 · 4.6

Mayo
2006 · 4.2

The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994 · 4.0

Tempo
2003 · 4.0

Underworld
1985 · 3.9

Hostage
1992 · 3.8
The English Harem
2005 · 3.5
Stolen
1990 · 0.0

Life Support
1999 · 0.0
Turning World
1997 · 0.0
Unfinished Business
1998 · 0.0

The Eye of the Sunrise
2024 · 0.0

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
1991 · 0.0

Fortitude
— · 0.0

Wild Dubai
— · 0.0

The Escape
2017 · 0.0
The Reaper
1979 · 0.0