Art Malik
Biography
Art Malik is a British-Pakistani actor who was born in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and grew up in London from the age of three. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and performed with the Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare companies. His breakthrough came as Hari Kumar in The Jewel in the Crown, a 1984 Granada Television production, which earned him a Best Actor nomination at the British Academy Television Awards. He played Kamran Shah, an Afghan mujahideen leader, in The Living Daylights (1987), a James Bond film, and the villain Salim Abu Aziz in True Lies (1994). Other film roles include the son of an Indian mobster in City of Joy (1992) and Milkha Singh's father in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013). On television he starred in Holby City, Borgia and Homeland, and he narrated documentaries such as Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime.
73years old
Turns 74 on November 13in 26 days
- Born Bahawalpur
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Athar ul-Haque Malik (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 46 years1979 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
After True Lies, Malik turned down several offers of action film roles, saying he did not want to do action movies that were not as good.
Early training
After a term of acting study at The Questors Theatre and an unsatisfying time in business studies, Malik earned a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Beyond film
Malik played Nirad Das in the premiere of Tom Stoppard's 1995 play Indian Ink, which opened in Guildford before moving to the West End.
Art Malik movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Art Malik shares three films with Shane Rimmer, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Shane Rimmer's page
Pavan Malhotra's page
Christopher Lee's page
Anthony Hopkins's page
John Leguizamo's page
John Rhys-Davies's page
All films by James Cameron
All films by Rob Marshall
All films by Joe Johnston
Box office
What Art Malik's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.7 billion
10 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$570M33.7% of the total
- 2$379M22.4% of the total
- 3$291M17.2% of the total
- 4$191M11.3% of the total
- 5$141M8.3% of the total
- 6$40M2.4% of the total
- 7$25M1.5% of the total
- 8$21M1.2% of the total
$34.7 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.