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.
Personal Life
By Malik's own account, the sudden success he enjoyed in 1984 resulted in his excessive drinking. "I was surrounded by people who admired me and I took all of that home with me," he said when interviewed in 2003. "I paid lots of attention to my ego, and not enough to my spirit. It was totally unhealthy, like an illness." The result was a strain on his marriage, leading to his wife walking out on him. He also ran up high bills on his credit card, and by 1993 he owed £55,000 to the bank and £32,000 to the Inland Revenue, and was on the verge of being declared bankrupt when he landed the lucrative part of Salim Abu Aziz, a terrorist, in James Cameron's True Lies. He and his wife reunited.Malik took a major role in fundraising for relief work for victims of the Gujarat earthquake in 2001, and also appeared on the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal advertisement in 2010. He lives with his wife Gina Rowe, a fellow student at the Guildhall, whom he married in 1980. They have two daughters, Jessica and Keira. Although from a Muslim background, and having insisted that his character on Holby City should be a Muslim, Malik describes himself as "not a practising Muslim. I'm probably an apostate, and liable for any right-minded Muslim fundamentalist to put me on a list of people to stamp out."
Early Life
Malik was born Athar ul-Haque Malik in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, the son of Zaibunisa and Mazhar ul-Haque Malik, a doctor who worked as an ophthalmic surgeon in Britain. When his father secured a job as a surgeon in Moorfields Eye Hospital, Malik was brought to London in 1956, aged three. From the age of eleven, he attended Bec Grammar School in Tooting.After an unsatisfactory stint of business studies and a term studying acting at the Questors Theatre, he won a scholarship to Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before long, he was working with the Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare companies.
Filmography
All 89
TV shows 49
Movies 40
Narrator 4
Self 1
Fr. Tom Hayes

Penance (2020)
TV show
President Quan

The Feed (2019)
TV show
Erasmus Nash

The Woman in White (2018)
TV show
6
Khan

Man Like Mobeen (2017)
TV show
8
DCS Alan Taheeri

Bancroft (2017)
TV show
Amir Aziz

Halal Daddy (2017)
Movie
Kellan

The Escape (2017)
Movie
Actor

Mirzya (2016)
Movie
Akbar Bilgrami

The Infiltrator (2016)
Movie
3.5
Rev Shapurji Edalji

Arthur & George (2015)
TV show
4.5

Indian Summers (2015)
TV show
6.5
Samunder

Diana (2013)
Movie
6
Sampooran Singh

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Movie
6.5
Zodangan General

John Carter (2012)
Movie
5.57
Francesc Gacet

Borgia (2011)
TV show
5.63
Bunny

Homeland (2011)
TV show
6.36

Ghosted (2011)
Movie
Mr. Amanjit Singh / Mr. Amanjit

Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
TV show
5
Nicolaus

The Nativity (2010)
TV show
Prison Governor

Sherlock (2010)
TV show
6.98
Shiekh Khalid

Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Movie
9.5
Ilderim / Sheikh Ilderim

Ben Hur (2010)
TV show
Singh

The Wolfman (2010)
Movie
2
Shahid Mazari

Hotel (2009)
Movie
Swami Nala Prash

Dean Spanley (2008)
Movie
Tarrant

Franklyn (2008)
Movie
Narrator

Seven Wonders of the Muslim World (2008)
Movie
Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim

10 Days to War (2008)
TV show

Lewis (2007)
TV show
6
Raj Khanna

Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
Movie

Mayo (2006)
TV show
Saaman "Sam" Sahar

The English Harem (2005)
Movie
Ilin

Doctor Who (2005)
TV show
6.2
John Rahmanzai

Doc Martin (2004)
TV show
3.5

New Tricks (2004)
TV show
George Maldonado

Tempo (2003)
Movie
Narrator

The British Empire in Color (2002)
TV show
Himself - Narrator

The Knights Templar (2002)
TV show
Narrator

The British Empire in Color (2002)
Movie
D.C.S. Emerson

Messiah (2001)
TV show
Paul Asher

Murder in Mind (2001)
TV show
Radochek Zeigler

Hotel! (2001)
Movie

Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001)
TV show
Rameses II

In the Beginning (2000)
TV show

Second Sight (2000)
TV show
Dr. Kamran Blake

Life Support (1999)
TV show
Taita

The Seventh Scroll (1999)
TV show
Olympos

Cleopatra (1999)
TV show
6
Harrison

Vicious Circle (1999)
Movie
Hassan

Colour Blind (1998)
TV show
Eddie Zubayr

Cold Feet (1998)
TV show
6
Bipin Raj

Side Streets (1998)
Movie

Unfinished Business (1998)
TV show
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
Movie

Goodness Gracious Me (1996)
TV show

Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
TV show
6
Lord Belasco

A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Movie
Laney

Clockwork Mice (1995)
Movie
Alvaro

Uncovered (1995)
Movie
Karim Jackson

The Wimbledon Poisoner (1994)
TV show
Salim Abu Aziz

True Lies (1994)
Movie
6.07
Pertinax

Age of Treason (1993)
Movie
Mr. Hussain

Peak Practice (1993)
TV show
Khalim

Hostage (1992)
Movie
Nico

Year of the Comet (1992)
Movie
Ashok Ghatak

City of Joy (1992)
Movie
Kanan

Turtle Beach (1992)
Movie
Orpheus

The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
TV show
Bernard Kirkbride

Cluedo (1990)
TV show
Charles Sobhraj

Shadow of the Cobra (1989)
Movie
Sir Bartholomew Strange

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV show
6.24

Hothouse (1988)
TV show
Kamran Shah

The Living Daylights (1987)
Movie
5.46
Tarik Pasha

Harem (1986)
Movie
Tarik Pasha

Harem (1986)
TV show
Indres

Death Is Part of the Process (1986)
Movie
Fluke

Underworld (1985)
Movie
Mahmoud Ali

A Passage to India (1984)
Movie
6
Zarin

The Far Pavilions (1984)
TV show
Hari Kumar

The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
TV show
6
Farouk

Chessgame (1983)
TV show
Narrator

Natural World (1983)
TV show
6
Ravi

Bergerac (1981)
TV show
6
Dr. Mustag

Richard's Things (1980)
Movie

The Gentle Touch (1980)
TV show
Shamy

Minder (1979)
TV show
6
Doctor / Doctor in Hospital

The Professionals (1977)
TV show
Jerome LeBlanc

After the War
Movie
Rev Shapurji Edalji

Arthur & George
Movie
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Information
Known for Acting
Gender Male
Birthday 1952-11-13 (69 years old)
Place of birth Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Citizenships Pakistan, United Kingdom

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