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Art Malik

Actor

Art Malik

Born November 13, 1952 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan48 films

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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True Lies posterFirst watchTrue Lies19947.1as AzizA fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists…View film

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Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. TBAFortitudeIan Fleming
  2. 2026HamletClaudius
  3. 2025The Woman in Cabin 10Dr. Robert Mehta
  4. 2024The Eye of the SunriseSir Lincoln Aubrey
  5. 2023The Little MermaidSir Grimsby
  6. 2017Halal DaddyAmir Aziz
  7. 2017The EscapeKellan
  8. 2016MirzyaSuchitra's Father
  9. 2016The InfiltratorAkbar Bilgrami
  10. 2015Arthur & GeorgeRev Shapurji Edalji
  11. 2013DianaSamundar
  12. 2013Bhaag Milkha BhaagSampooran Singh
  13. 2012John CarterZodangan General
  14. 2011Ghosted
  15. 2010Sex and the City 2Shiekh Khalid
  16. 2010The WolfmanSingh
  17. 2009HotelShahid Mazari
  18. 2008Dean SpanleySwami Nala Prash
  19. 2008FranklynTarrant
  20. 2006Nina's Heavenly DelightsRaj Khanna
  21. 2005The English HaremSaaman "Sam" Sahar
  22. 2003TempoMaldonado
  23. 2002The British Empire in ColourNarrator
  24. 2001Hotel!Radochek Zeigler
  25. 2001TabloidPhilip Radcliffe
  26. 1999Vicious CircleHarrison
  27. 1998Side StreetsBipin Raj
  28. 1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingRamzi Ahmed Yousef
  29. 1997Booty CallAkmed (uncredited)
  30. 1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtLord Belasco
  31. 1995Clockwork MiceLaney
  32. 1995UncoveredAlvaro
  33. 1994True LiesAziz
  34. 1993Age of TreasonPertinax
  35. 1992HostageKhalim
  36. 1992Year of the CometNico
  37. 1992City of JoyAshok Ghatak
  38. 1992Turtle BeachKanan
  39. 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & EurydiceOrpheus
  40. 1989Shadow of the Cobra
  41. 1987The Living DaylightsKamran Shah
  42. 1986HaremTarik Pasha
  43. 1986Death Is Part of the ProcessIndres
  44. 1985UnderworldFluke
  45. 1984A Passage to IndiaMahmoud Ali
  46. 1980Richard's ThingsDr. Mustag
  47. 1979Arabian AdventureMamhoud
  48. 1979The ReaperDave