Art Malik
Date of birth: 1952-11-13
Place of birth: Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Athar ul-Haque Malik, Athar Malik, آرت ملک, Арт Малик, Атхар Уль-Хак Малик
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.
Movie Credits
The Living Daylights
1987-06-29
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigne
The Wolfman
2010-02-10
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged fa
Franklyn
2008-10-16
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis
Nina's Heavenly Delights
2006-09-28
A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house.
True Lies
1994-07-15
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995-08-11
A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Ca
Clockwork Mice
1995-06-22
When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodo
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997-06-14
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New Y
Tempo
2003-06-17
Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man
Uncovered
1995-01-04
While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murder
City of Joy
1992-04-15
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he l
Wild Dubai
Hundreds of species are uniquely adapted to the United Arab Emirates' harsh desert climate.
Side Streets
1998-09-05
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013-07-12
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the
Diana
2013-09-19
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and ha
Hotel!
2001-02-17
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held h
The English Harem
2005-12-27
Tracy a young working class girl, who - against the wishes of her parents and racist ex-boyfriend -
Transmutations
1985-11-29
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hire
The Little Mermaid
2023-05-18
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about th
Year of the Comet
1992-04-24
Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bo
Hostage
1992-05-10
A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with l
Arabian Adventure
1979-07-08
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can comple
The Reaper
1979-03-20
Jilted by a fickle former pupil Rachel sometime ago, school teacher Nick had yearned someday she wou
Richard's Things
1980-12-26
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain
Harem
1986-02-09
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she
Hotel
2009-09-01
A British agent in the war on terror discovers that he and a suspect have much in common.
Ghosted
2011-06-24
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his hea
The Infiltrator
2016-07-13
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Mirzya
2016-10-07
Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines a
Hamlet
2025-08-30
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting
Arthur & George
2015-03-02
In 1906, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, having lost his first wife, was overcome with grief; even Sherlock
The British Empire in Colour
2002-02-01
Weaving rare color footage, eyewitness accounts and interviews, this documentary crafts an unbiased
Diana
2013-09-19
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and ha
Turtle Beach
1992-03-19
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the s
Halal Daddy
2017-06-30
While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and ge
Vicious Circle
1999-02-09
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when
Dean Spanley
2008-12-12
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirel
A Passage to India
1984-12-14
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an India
Shadow of the Cobra
1989-07-18
Dramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj (b. 1944), who preyed o
Age of Treason
1993-06-20
It's 69AD in Rome and streetwise hustler Marcus Didius Falco gets caught up in the death of the son
John Carter
2012-03-07
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious
Sex and the City 2
2010-05-26
Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun
Death Is Part of the Process
1986-01-01
South Africa in the 60s. The campaign of sabotage is halted and the arrests continue. The Special Br
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025-10-09
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one bel
The Escape
2017-04-15
A man is offered the chance to escape to his perfect dream world - all he has to do is hand over eve
The Making of 'The Glassworker'
2024-09-06
Immerse yourself in the extraordinary decade-long journey of bringing traditional 2D animation to li
Booty Call
1997-02-26
Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nik
Fortitude
Brilliant British Army officers Dudley Clarke and Thomas Argyll “Tar” Robertson deploy an elaborate