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

• 2026Hamlet — Claudius
• 2025The Woman in Cabin 10 — Dr. Robert Mehta
• Disclaimer — Justin
• Renegade Nell — Henry Tuplow / Jeremiah Tuplow
• 2024The Eye of the Sunrise — Sir Lincoln Aubrey
• 2024The Glassworker — Executive Producer
• The Famous Five — Sir Lincoln Aubrey
• 2023The Little Mermaid — Sir Grimsby
• The Man Who Fell to Earth — Henning Khan
• Penance — Fr. Tom
• The Feed — President Quan
• The Woman in White — Erasmus Nash
• Bancroft — DCS Alan Taheeri
• 2017Halal Daddy — Amir Aziz
• Man Like Mobeen — Khan, Uncle Khan
• 2017The Escape — Kellan
• 2016Mirzya — Suchitra's Father
• 2016The Infiltrator — Akbar Bilgrami
• 2015Arthur & George — Rev Shapurji Edalji
• Arthur & George — Reverend Shapurji Edalji
• Indian Summers
• 2013Bhaag Milkha Bhaag — Sampooran Singh
• 2013Diana — Samundar, Samunder
• 2012John Carter — Zodangan General
• Borgia — Francesc Gacet
• 2011Ghosted
• Homeland — Bunny, Bunny Latif
• Ben Hur — Ilderim
• 2010Sex and the City 2 — Shiekh Khalid
• Sherlock — Prison Governor
• The Nativity — Nicolaus
• 2010The Wolfman — Singh
• Upstairs Downstairs — Mr Amanjit Singh
• 2009Hotel — Shahid Mazari
• 10 Days to War — Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim
• 2008Dean Spanley — Swami Nala Prash
• 2008Franklyn — Tarrant
• Lewis — Professor Hamid Jassim
• Mayo — Marcus Illingworth
• 2006Nina's Heavenly Delights — Raj Khanna
• Doctor Who — Ilin
• 2005The English Harem — Saaman "Sam" Sahar
• Doc Martin — John Rahmanzai
• New Tricks
• 2003Tempo — Maldonado
• The British Empire in Color — Narrator
• 2002The British Empire in Colour — Narrator
• Fun at the Funeral Parlour
• 2001Hotel! — Radochek Zeigler
• Messiah — DCS Michael Emerson
• Murder in Mind — Paul Asher
• 2001Tabloid — Philip Radcliffe
• In the Beginning — Rameses II
• Second Sight
• Cleopatra — Olympos
• Holby City — Zubin Khan
• Life Support — Dr Kamran Blake
• The Seventh Scroll — Taita
• 1999Vicious Circle — Harrison
• Cold Feet — Eddie Zubayr
• Colour Blind — Hassan
• Goodness Gracious Me
• 1998Side Streets — Bipin Raj
• Unfinished Business
• 1997Booty Call — Akmed (uncredited)
• 1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing — Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
• Turning World — Shams
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Aahil Khan
• 1995A Kid in King Arthur's Court — Lord Belasco
• 1995Clockwork Mice — Laney
• 1995Uncovered — Alvaro
• The Wimbledon Poisoner — Karim Jackson
• 1994True Lies — Aziz
• 1993Age of Treason — Pertinax
• Peak Practice — Mr. Hussain
• 1992City of Joy — Ashok Ghatak
• 1992Hostage — Khalim
• 1992Turtle Beach — Kanan
• 1992Year of the Comet — Nico
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths — Orpheus
• 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice — Orpheus
• Cluedo — Bernard Kirkbride
• Stolen — Salim
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Sir Bartholomew Strange
• 1989Shadow of the Cobra
• Hothouse — Dr. Ved Lahari
• 1987The Living Daylights — Kamran Shah
• 1986Death Is Part of the Process — Indres
• 1986Harem — Tarik Pasha
• Harem — Tarik Pasha
• The Black Tower — Julius Court
• 1985Underworld — Fluke
• 1984A Passage to India — Mahmoud Ali
• The Far Pavilions — Zarin
• The Jewel in the Crown — Hari Kumar
• Chessgame — Farouk
• Natural World — Narrator
• Bergerac — Ravi
• 1980Richard's Things — Dr. Mustag
• The Gentle Touch
• 1979Arabian Adventure — Mamhoud
• Minder — Shamy
• 1979The Reaper — Dave
• Mixed Blessings — Fred
• The Professionals — Doctor, Doctor in Hospital
• Upstairs, Downstairs
• ITV Playhouse — Dave
• Fortitude — Ian Fleming
• Wild Dubai — Narrator

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2025The Making of 'The Glassworker' — Self
• Building Sea City — Himself - Narrator
• The Knights Templar — Himself - Narrator