Actor

Art Malik

November 13, 1952 · 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.

Notable work

8.5
Sherlock (2010)
as Prison Governor
6.4
John Carter (2012)
as Zodangan General
7.1
True Lies (1994)
as Aziz
7.6
Doctor Who (2005)
as Ilin
6.3
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as Sir Grimsby
7.6
Homeland (2011)
as Bunny and as Bunny Latif
5.9
The Wolfman (2010)
as Singh
6.5
The Living Daylights (1987)
as Kamran Shah
6.7
The Infiltrator (2016)
as Akbar Bilgrami
6
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Shiekh Khalid
6.2
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
as Dr. Robert Mehta
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
as Sir Bartholomew Strange

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