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{{Short description|British actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Art Malik
| birthname = Athar ul-Haque Malik
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Gina Rowe|1980}}
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 1978–present
| occupation = Actor
}}

'''Athar ul-Haque Malik''' (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as '''Art Malik''', is a British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and [[Merchant Ivory Productions|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 (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' at the outset of his career.

He is most famous for playing in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' and the main antagonist in ''[[True Lies]]''.

==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 [[UK|Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Art-Malik.html|title=Art Malik Biography (1952-)|website=filmreference.com}}</ref> When his father got 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]].<ref name=independent1>{{cite news|author=James Rampton|title=The Artful dodger Interview: Art Malik |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-artful-dodger-interview-art-malik-1140417.html|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120060927/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-artful-dodger-interview-art-malik-1140417.html|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=live| date=24 January 1998|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

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]].<ref name=independent1/><ref name=telegraph1/> Before long, he was working with the [[Old Vic]] and [[Royal Shakespeare Company|Royal Shakespeare]] companies.<ref name=independent1/>

==Career==
In 1982, five years after leaving Guildhall, Malik was cast as Hari Kumar in the [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] production of ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'', based on [[Paul Scott (novelist)|Paul Scott]]'s ''[[Raj Quartet]]''.<ref name=independent1/>

In 1987, he played Kamran Shah, an Afghan Mujahideen leader who allies with [[James Bond]] and leads a raid against Soviet invaders in the 007 film ''[[The Living Daylights]]''.

Malik played the role of the son of an Indian mobster in the 1992 film ''[[City of Joy (1992 film)|City of Joy]]'' and, in 1993, narrated [[Salman Rushdie]]'s ''[[Haroun and the Sea of Stories]]'' on BBC television's ''[[Jackanory]]''.<ref>{{YouTube|qzVdDIQnrzM|The Story of Jackanory, BBC Four}}. Video from 51:24</ref>

In 1994, Malik played his first big screen villain, Salim Abu Aziz, a stereotypical Islamist, opposite [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] in ''[[True Lies]]''. Malik accepted the role, which he described as "a hoot", at a time when he had been 14 months without work and was being pursued by the [[Inland Revenue]] for £32,000.<ref name=independent1/> Following his appearance in ''True Lies'', Malik was offered several roles in other action films, but turned them down, later explaining, "I didn't want to do action movies that weren't as good."<ref name=independent1/> He instead accepted a role in the film ''[[Clockwork Mice]]''.<ref name=independent1/> Malik took the lead role in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of [[Tom Stoppard]]'s 1995 play ''[[Indian Ink (play)|Indian Ink]]''.<ref name=independent1/>

In 1999, Malik played the supporting role of Olympos, the court doctor to Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, in [[Cleopatra (miniseries)|''Cleopatra'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/cleopatra-3-1117499793/|title=Cleopatra|work=Variety|date=20 May 1999|author=Ray Richmond|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2001, he narrated the television documentary ''Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime'' for broadcast on BBC Two<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/42da2ebae7824451ad398768facaae4b|title=Hajj|website=Genome.BBC|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> and in 2002 he narrated the three part television mini-series ''The British Empire in Colour'' for TWI/Carlton Television.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0823159/ The British Empire in Colour], imdb.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.britishempire.co.uk/media/documentary/britishempireincolour.htm Documentary: The British Empire in Colour], britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2021.</ref>

He also played Milkha Singh's father in the 2013 Hindi language film ''[[Bhaag Milkha Bhaag]]'', his first appearance in a film produced in India.<ref name=digitalspy>{{cite news|author=Priya Joshi|title= Art Malik interview: 'I would love to work in Indian film again'
|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bollywood/interviews/a498009/art-malik-interview-i-would-love-to-work-in-indian-film-again.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]| date=12 July 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

Malik had a starring role in [[Tom Fontana]]'s historical television series ''[[Borgia (TV series)|Borgia]]'', which ran from 2011 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title=Tom Fontana's 'Borgia' Gets Second Season Order |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-fontana-borgia-netflix-304127/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, Malik played Bunran "Bunny" Latif, a retired Pakistani general in season four of ''[[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/nimrat-kaur-us-tv-show-homeland-16070.html|title=Nimrat Kaur lands role in US series ''Homeland''|website=[[India TV]]|date=1 August 2014|access-date=4 March 2020}}<br>- {{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/homeland-carrie-is-still-the-worst/381667/|title=''Homeland'': Carrie Gets Even Worse|date=20 October 2014|website=[[The Atlantic]]|first=Sophie|last=Gilbert|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> returning in the same role in season eight in 2020.

In 2017 he appeared in the first series of Bancroft.

Malik appeared in the second episodes of both series 8 of the show ''[[Doc Martin]]'' in 2017 and [[Doctor Who (series 11)|series 11]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[The Ghost Monument]]" in 2018.<ref name= "doctorwho">{{cite news |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |url= http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a866379/doctor-who-season-11-episode-2/ |title=Doctor Who reveals series 11, episode 2 title and guest stars |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=18 September 2018}}</ref>

==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."<ref name=telegraph1/> The result was a strain on his marriage, leading to his wife leaving 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 got the lucrative part of Salim Abu Aziz, a terrorist, in [[James Cameron]]'s ''True Lies''.<ref name=telegraph1/> He and his wife reunited.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1178669|website=Images|title=I've turned down many films because I thought they were exploitative, says Art Malik|date=22 October 2017|author=Shazia Hasan|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>

Malik took a major role in fundraising for relief work for victims of the [[Gujarat earthquake]] in 2001, and also appeared on the [[Disasters Emergency Committee|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."<ref name=telegraph1>{{cite news|author=Judith Woods|title=I try to be a better person. Every day|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3595995/I-try-to-be-a-better-person.-Every-day.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| date=3 June 2003|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1979
|''[[Arabian Adventure]]''
|Mamhoud
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Richard's Things]]''
|Dr. Mustag
|
|-
|1984
|[[A Passage to India (film)|''A Passage to India'']]
|Ali
|
|-
|1985
|[[Underworld (1985 film)|''Underworld'']]
|Fluke
|
|-
|1987
|''[[The Living Daylights]]''
|Kamran Shah
|
|-
|1992
|[[Turtle Beach (film)|''Turtle Beach'']]
|Kanan
|
|-
|1992
|[[City of Joy (1992 film)|''City of Joy'']]
|Ashok Ghatak
|
|-
|1992
|''[[Year of the Comet]]''
|Nico
|
|-
|1992
|''Hostage''
|Khalim
|
|-
|1994
|[[Uncovered (film)|''Uncovered'']]
|Alvaro
|
|-
|1994
|''[[True Lies]]''
|Salim Abu Aziz
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Clockwork Mice]]''
|Laney
|
|-
|1995
|''[[A Kid in King Arthur's Court]]''
|Lord Belasco
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Booty Call]]''
|Akmed
|Uncredited
|-
|1998
|[[Side Streets (1998 film)|''Side Streets'']]
|Bipin Raj
|
|-
|2001
|[[Tabloid (film)|''Tabloid'']]
|Philip Radcliffe
|
|-
|2002
|''Out Done''
|Inspector Harrison
|
|-
|2003
|[[Tempo (film)|''Tempo'']]
|George Maldonado
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Fakers]]''
|Foster Wright
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Nina's Heavenly Delights]]''
|Raj Khanna
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Dean Spanley]]''
|Swami Nala Prash
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Franklyn]]''
|Tarrant
|
|-
|2010
|[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|''The Wolfman'']]
|Singh
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Sex and the City 2]]''
|Shiekh Khalid
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Everywhere and Nowhere]]''
|Uncle Mirza
|
|-
|2011
|[[Ghosted (2011 film)|''Ghosted'']]
|Ahmed
|
|-
|2012
|[[John Carter (film)|''John Carter'']]
|Zodangan General
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Bhaag Milkha Bhaag]]''
|Sampuran Singh
|
|-
|2013
|[[Diana (2013 film)|''Diana'']]
|Samundar
|
|-
|2016
|[[The Infiltrator (2016 film)|''The Infiltrator'']]
|Akbar Bilgrami
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Mirzya (film)|Mirzya]]''
|Suchitra's father
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Halal Daddy]]''
|Amir Aziz
|
|-
|2023
| ''[[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''
|Grimsby
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/disney-live-action-little-mermaid-first-teaser-1849519932|title=Disney's Live-Action Little Mermaid Shares Its First Teaser|last=Eddy|first=Cheryl|date=September 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023
| ''[[The Glassworker]]''
|Tomas Oliver
|
|}

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!class = unsortable | Notes
|-
|1978
|[[Mixed Blessings (British TV series)|''Mixed Blessings'']]
|Fred
|Episode: "The Loneliness of the Long Term Unemployed"
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Professionals|dab=TV series}}''
|Doctor
|2 episodes
|-
|1979
|''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
|Dave
|Episode: "The Reaper"
|-
|1981
|[[Crown Court (TV series)|''Crown Court'']]
|Aziz Ul Haque
|Episode: "Freedom to Incite: Part 1"
|-
|1982
|''{{sortname|The|Gentle Touch}}''
|Turk
|Episode: "[[List of The Gentle Touch episodes#Be Lucky Uncle|Be Lucky Uncle]]"
|-
|1983
|[[Bergerac (TV series)|''Bergerac'']]
|Ravi
|Episode: "[[List of Bergerac episodes#A Miracle Every Week|A Miracle Every Week]]"
|-
|1983
|''[[Chessgame]]''
|Farouk
|Episode: "Digging Up the Future"
|-
|1984
|''{{sortname|The|Far Pavilions}}''
|Zarin
|2 episodes
|-
|1984
|''{{sortname|The|Jewel in the Crown|dab=TV series}}''
|Hari Kumar
|6 episodes
|-
|1984
|[[Minder (TV series)|''Minder'']]
|Shamy
|Episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#What Makes Shamy Run?|What Makes Shamy Run?]]"
|-
|1985
|''{{sortname|The|Black Tower|dab=miniseries}}''
|Julius Court
|5 episodes
|-
|1986
|''Harem''
|Tarik Pasha
| rowspan="4" |Television film
|-
|1986
|''West of Paradise''
|Sam McBride
|-
|1986
|''{{sortname|The|Deadly Recruits|nolink=y}}''
|Farouk
|-
|1986
|''Death Is Part of the Process''
|Indres
|-
|1988
|[[Hothouse (TV series)|''Hothouse'']]
|Dr. Ved Lahari
|7 episodes
|-
|1989
|''After the War''
|Jerome LeBlanc
| rowspan="2" |2 episodes
|-
|1989
|''[[Shadow of the Cobra]]''
|Charles Sobhraj
|-
|1990
|''Stolen''
|Salim
|6 episodes
|-
|1990
|[[Boon (TV series)|''Boon'']]
|Alex Cavendish
|Episode: "[[List of Boon episodes#The Tender Trap|The Tender Trap]]"
|-
|1991
|''{{sortname|The|Storyteller: Greek Myths|The Storyteller (TV series)}}''
|[[Orpheus]]
|Episode: "[[The Storyteller (TV series)#Orpheus and Eurydice|Orpheus & Eurydice]]"
|-
|1992
|''[[Covington Cross]]''
|Salim
|Episode: "Revenge"
|-
|1993
|''[[Jackanory]]''
|Reader
|Episode: "Haroun and the Sea of Stories"
|-
|1993
|''Age of Treason''
|Pertinax
|Television film
|-
|1994
|''{{sortname|The|Wimbledon Poisoner}}''
|Karim Jackson
|2 episodes
|-
|1996
|''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
|Ashok Prasad QC
|Episode: "[[Kavanagh QC#Job Satisfaction|Job Satisfaction]]"
|-
|1996
|''[[Peak Practice]]''
|Mr. Hussain
|Episode: "[[Peak Practice#Heart and Soul|Heart and Soul]]"
|-
|1997
|''Turning World''
|Shams
|3 episodes
|-
|1997
|[[Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing|''Path to Paradise: The Untold Story'']]
[[Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing|''of the World Trade Center Bombing'']]
|[[Ramzi Yousef]]
|Television film
|-
|1998
|''Big Women''
|Jemal
|Episode: "Well, I'm Sorry"
|-
|1998
|''Colour Blind''
|Hassan
| rowspan="2" |2 episodes
|-
|1998, 2015
|[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)|''Goodness Gracious Me'']]
|Various
|-
|1998–1999
|[[Unfinished Business (TV series)|''Unfinished Business'']]
|Tam
|7 episodes
|-
|1999
|[[Vicious Circle (1999 film)|''Vicious Circle'']]
|Harrison
|Television film
|-
|1999
|''{{sortname|The|Seventh Scroll}}''
|Taita
|3 episodes
|-
|1999
|[[Life Support (British TV series)|''Life Support'']]
|Dr. Kamran Blake
|6 episodes
|-
|1999
|[[Cleopatra (miniseries)|''Cleopatra'']]
|Olympos
| rowspan="2" |2 episodes
|-
|2000
|[[In the Beginning (miniseries)|''In the Beginning'']]
|[[Ramesses II]]
|-
|2000
|''Second Sight: Hide and Seek''
|Faiz Ahmed
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|2001
|''Hotel!''
|Radochek Zeigler
|-
|2001
|[[Messiah (British TV series)|''Messiah'']]
|D.C.S. Emerson
|2 episodes
|-
|2001
|''{{sortname|The|Real Shirley Bassey|nolink=y}}''
|Narrator
|Television film
|-
|2002
|''[[Fun at the Funeral Parlour]]''
|Duke of Hypnotism
|Episode: "A Pocket Full of Gravel"
|-
|2002
|[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|''Murder in Mind'']]
|Paul Asher
|Episode: "[[Murder in Mind (TV series)#Flashback|Flashback]]"
|-
|2003
|''Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine''
|D.C.S. Emerson
|2 episodes
|-
|2003–2005
|''[[Holby City]]''
|[[Zubin Khan]]
|94 episodes
|-
|2005
|''{{sortname|The|English Harem|nolink=y}}''
|Saaman "Sam" Sahar
|Television film
|-
|2006
|''{{sortname|The|Gil Mayo Mysteries}}''
|Marcus Illingworth
|Episode: "[[Mayo (TV series)#Late of This Parish|Late of This Parish]]"
|-
|2006
|[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|''Dalziel and Pascoe'']]
|Aahil Khan
| Episode: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#A Death in the Family|A Death in the Family]]"
|-
|2006
|''{{sortname|The|Path to 9/11}}''
|Colonel Raymond Malik
|2 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[10 Days to War]]''
|[[Abdul Aziz al-Hakim]]
|Episode: "$100 Coffee"
|-
|2008
|''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|Abbot Absolute
|Episode: "[[The Skull of Sobek]]"
|-
|2009
|''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
|Professor Hamid Jassim
|Episode: "[[List of Lewis episodes#Allegory of Love|Allegory of Love]]"
|-
|2010
|''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
|Sir Bartholomew Strange
|Episode: "[[List of Poirot episodes#Three Act Tragedy|Three Act Tragedy]]"
|-
|2010
|[[Ben Hur (miniseries)|''Ben Hur'']]
|Sheikh Ilderim
|2 episodes
|-
|2010
|''{{sortname|The|Nativity|dab=TV series}}''
|Nicolaus
|4 episodes
|-
|2010–2012
|[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|''Upstairs Downstairs'']]
|Mr. Amanjit Singh
|9 episodes
|-
|2011–2014
|[[Borgia (TV series)|''Borgia'']]
|Francesc Gacet
|32 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[Masterpiece Mystery]]''
|Sir Bartholomew Strange
|Episode: "Poirot XI: Three Act Tragedy"
|-
|2013
|''[[New Tricks]]''
|Jonathan Epstein
|Episode: "[[List of New Tricks episodes#The Little Brother|The Little Brother]]"
|-
|2014–2020
|[[Homeland (TV series)|''Homeland'']]
|Bunny Latif
|7 episodes
|-
|2015
|[[Arthur & George (TV series)|''Arthur & George'']]
|Rev Shapurji Edalji
|3 episodes
|-
|2015
|[[Undercover (2016 TV series)|''Undercover'']]
|Raffi
|Episode #1.6
|-
|2016
|''[[Indian Summers]]''
|Maharajah
|2 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[Cold Feet]]''
|Eddie Zubayr
|7 episodes
|-
|2017
|[[Sherlock (TV series)|''Sherlock'']]
|Prison Governor
|Episode: "The Final Problem"
|-
|2017
|''[[Doc Martin]]''
|John Rahmanzai
|Episode: "[[List of Doc Martin episodes#Sons and Lovers|Sons and Lovers]]"
|-
|2017
|[[Bancroft (TV series)|''Bancroft'']]
|Alan Taheeri
|4 episodes
|-
|2018
|''{{sortname|The|Woman in White|dab=2018 TV series}}''
|Erasmus Nash
|5 episodes
|-
|2018
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|Ilin
|Episode: "[[The Ghost Monument]]"
|-
|2019
|''[[Silent Witness]]''
|Arthur Pujari
|Episode: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#Betrayal|Betrayal]]"
|-
|2019
|''{{sortname|The|Feed|dab=British TV series}}''
|President Quan
|3 episodes
|-
|2020-2023
|''[[Man Like Mobeen]]''
|Khan
|6 episodes
|-
|2020
|''[[Penance (2020 miniseries)|Penance]]''
|Fr. Tom Hayes
|all 3 episodes
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|539562|Art Malik}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=529899|name=Art Malik}}
* {{NPG name| id=70642}}

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Ajay Kumar at 08:39, 20 August 2023