Art Malik

Malik was born in Pakistan, the youngest son of an eye surgeon who moved to London to join Moorfield's Eye Hospital. He determined early on that he was English and never learned to speak Urdu or Hindi. He studied at the Guildhall Drama School. While there, he got a part as a Buddhist monk in a Peter Hall-directed film and acted at the Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He shot to fame playing an English public school-educated Indian in 'The Jewel in the Crown'. He married the actress Gina Rowe, whom he met at drama school. They have two daughters, Jessica and Keira.