Biography
Art Malik is a British-Pakistani actor. Born Athar ul-Haque Malik on 13 November 1952 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, he moved to London as a child and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He began his career in theatre with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Old Vic.
Malik achieved prominence in the 1980s with his role as Hari Kumar in the television serial The Jewel in the Crown (1984), for which he received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Actor. He later appeared as Kamran Shah in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987) and as Salim Abu Aziz in True Lies (1994). Other credits include roles in Sherlock, Homeland and John Carter (2012).
In 2023 he played Sir Grimsby in the live-action film The Little Mermaid. He is married to actress Gina Rowe.
