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Athar ul-Haque Malik, better known by his stage name Art Malik, is a Pakistani–English 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.
Birth Name
Athar Ul-Haque Malik
Born
Thursday, 13 November 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Little Mermaid | Sir Grimsby | 2023 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Henning Khan | 2022 |
| The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Self | 2022 |
| Penance | Fr. Tom Hayes | 2020 |
| The Feed | President Quan | 2019 |
| The Woman in White | Erasmus Nash | 2018 |
| Man Like Mobeen | Khan | 2017 |
| Bancroft | Alan Taheeri / DCS Alan Taheeri | 2017 |
| Halal Daddy | Amir Aziz | 2017 |
| Mirza's Lady | Suchitra's Father | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Little Mermaid | Sir Grimsby | 2023 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Henning Khan | 2022 |
| The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Self | 2022 |
| Penance | Fr. Tom Hayes | 2020 |
| The Feed | President Quan | 2019 |
| The Woman in White | Erasmus Nash | 2018 |
| Man Like Mobeen | Khan | 2017 |
| Bancroft | Alan Taheeri / DCS Alan Taheeri | 2017 |
| Halal Daddy | Amir Aziz | 2017 |
| Mirza's Lady | Suchitra's Father | 2016 |
| The Infiltrator | Akbar Bilgrami | 2016 |
| Undercover | Raffi | 2015 |
| Arthur & George | Rev Shapurji Edalji / Reverend Shapurji Edalji | 2015 |
| Indian Summers | Maharajah | 2015 |
| Diana | Samundar / Samunder | 2013 |
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Sampooran Singh / Sampuran Singh (Milkha Singh's father) | 2013 |
| John Carter | Zodangan General | 2012 |
| Homeland | Bunny Latif | 2011 |
| Ghosted | Ahmed | 2011 |
| Everywhere and Nowhere | Uncle Mirza | 2011 |
| Building Sea City | Himself - Narrator | 2011 |
| Borgia | Francesc Gacet | 2011 |
| Upstairs Downstairs | Mr. Amanjit Singh / Mr. Amanjit | 2010 |
| The Nativity | Nicolaus | 2010 |
| Sherlock | Prison Governor | 2010 |
| Sex and the City 2 | Shiekh Khalid | 2010 |
| Ben Hur | Sheikh Ilderim / Ilderim | 2010 |
| The Wolfman | Singh | 2010 |
| Franklyn | Tarrant | 2009 |
| Dean Spanley | Swami Nala Prash | 2008 |
| The Story of the Costume Drama | Himself | 2008 |
| Second Sight: Hide and Seek | Faiz Ahmed | 2008 |
| Masterpiece Classic | 2008 | |
| Nina's Heavenly Delights | Raj Khanna | 2006 |
| The Path to 9/11 | Colonel Raymond Malik | 2006 |
| Inspector Lewis | Professor Hamid Jassim | 2006 |
| Doctor Who | Ilin | 2005 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Himself | 2004 |
| Fakers | Foster Wright | 2004 |
| Doc Martin | John Rahmanzai | 2004 |
| Tempo | George Maldonado | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Jonathan Epstein | 2003 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Kamran Shah | 2002 |
| The Kumars at No. 42 | Self | 2001 |
| Messiah | D.C.S. Emerson / DCS Michael Emerson | 2001 |
| Murder in Mind | Paul Asher | 2001 |
| Hotel! | Radochek Zeigler | 2001 |
| Tabloid | Philip Radcliffe | 2001 |
| In the Beginning | Rameses II | 2000 |
| The Wright Stuff | Self - Guest Panelist | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| Life Support | Dr. Kamran Blake | 1999 |
| The Seventh Scroll | Taita | 1999 |
| Cleopatra | Olympos | 1999 |
| Holby City | Zubin Khan / Prof. Zubin Khan | 1999 |
| Colour Blind | Hassan | 1998 |
| Side Streets | Bipin Raj | 1998 |
| Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Ramzi Ahmed Yousef | 1997 |
| Cold Feet | Eddie Zubayr | 1997 |
| Booty Call | Akmed | 1997 |
| Goodness Gracious Me | Various | 1996 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Aahil Khan | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Arthur Pujari | 1996 |
| A Kid in King Arthur's Court | Lord Belasco | 1995 |
| Clockwork Mice | Laney | 1995 |
| Uncovered | Alvaro | 1995 |
| Kavanagh QC | Ashok Prasad QC | 1995 |
| True Lies | Salim Abu Aziz / Aziz | 1994 |
| Age of Treason | Pertinax | 1993 |
| Peak Practice | Mr. Hussain | 1993 |
| Covington Cross | Salim | 1992 |
| Hostage | Khalim | 1992 |
| Year of the Comet | Nico | 1992 |
| City of Joy | Ashok Ghatak | 1992 |
| Turtle Beach | Kanan | 1992 |
| The Storyteller: Greek Myths | Orpheus | 1991 |
| Cluedo | Bernard Kirkbride | 1990 |
| Stolen | Salim | 1990 |
| Shadow of the Cobra | Charles Sobhraj | 1989 |
| Poirot | Sir Bartholomew Strange | 1989 |
| Hothouse | Dr. Ved Lahari | 1988 |
| Dispatches | Narrator | 1987 |
| The Living Daylights | Kamran Shah | 1987 |
| Harem | Tarik Pasha | 1986 |
| Boon | Alex Cavendish | 1986 |
| The Deadly Recruits | Farouk | 1986 |
| Underworld | Fluke | 1985 |
| The Black Tower | Julius Court | 1985 |
| A Passage to India | Ali / Mahmoud Ali | 1984 |
| The Jewel in the Crown | Hari Kumar | 1984 |
| The Far Pavilions | Zarin | 1984 |
| Chessgame | Farouk | 1983 |
| Natural World | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
| Bergerac | Ravi | 1981 |
| Richard's Things | Dr. Mustag | 1980 |
| The Gentle Touch | Turk | 1980 |
| Minder | Shamy | 1979 |
| Arabian Adventure | Mamhoud | 1979 |
| Mixed Blessings | Fred | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Doctor / Doctor in Hospital | 1977 |
| Crown Court | Aziz Ul Haque | 1972 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | 1971 | |
| ITV Playhouse | Dave | 1967 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Ghosted | 2011 |
