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Art Malik

Acting Born Nov 13, 1952 Bahawalpur, Pakistan 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (2005) as Ilin
  • Homeland (2011) as Bunny
  • Homeland (2011) as Bunny Latif
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Sir Bartholomew Strange
  • New Tricks (2004)
  • Peak Practice (1993) as Mr. Hussain
  • Holby City (1999) as Zubin Khan
  • Natural World (1983) as Narrator
  • Minder (1979) as Shamy
  • Sherlock (2010) as Prison Governor
  • The Professionals (1977) as Doctor
  • The Professionals (1977) as Doctor in Hospital
  • Bergerac (1981) as Ravi
  • Doc Martin (2004) as John Rahmanzai
  • Lewis (2007) as Professor Hamid Jassim
  • Disclaimer (2024) as Justin
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Dave
  • The Little Mermaid (2023) as Sir Grimsby
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
  • John Carter (2012) as Zodangan General
  • Cold Feet (1998) as Eddie Zubayr
  • Murder in Mind (2001) as Paul Asher
  • True Lies (1994) as Aziz
  • Borgia (2011) as Francesc Gacet