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
Cast Credits

Hamlet
Character: Claudius
MOVIE • 2026

The Woman in Cabin 10
Character: Dr. Robert Mehta
MOVIE • 2025

Disclaimer
Character: Justin
TV • 2024

The Making of 'The Glassworker'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024

Renegade Nell
Character: Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
TV • 2024

The Famous Five
Character: Sir Lincoln Aubrey
TV • 2023

The Little Mermaid
Character: Sir Grimsby
MOVIE • 2023

The Man Who Fell to Earth
Character: Henning Khan
TV • 2022

Penance
Character: Fr. Tom
TV • 2020

The Feed
Character: President Quan
TV • 2019

The Woman in White
Character: Erasmus Nash
TV • 2018

Man Like Mobeen
Character: Khan
TV • 2017

Man Like Mobeen
Character: Uncle Khan
TV • 2017

Bancroft
Character: DCS Alan Taheeri
TV • 2017

Halal Daddy
Character: Amir Aziz
MOVIE • 2017

The Escape
Character: Kellan
MOVIE • 2017

Mirzya
Character: Suchitra's Father
MOVIE • 2016

The Infiltrator
Character: Akbar Bilgrami
MOVIE • 2016

Arthur & George
Character: Rev Shapurji Edalji
MOVIE • 2015

Arthur & George
Character: Reverend Shapurji Edalji
TV • 2015
Crew