Malik was a Human Augment, the product of 20th century genetic engineering. He was considered to be the strongest and smartest of multiple Augments whom Arik Soong created, and was also the most ruthless.
Malik was brought to life by Arik Soong in 2134. Along with eighteen other Augments, Malik was raised by Soong on planet Trialas IV. As children, Malik and his "brothers" and "sisters" participated in classroom-like lectures taught by Soong, whom Malik and the others called "father".
When Soong was captured and incarcerated in 2144 for stealing the Augment embryos ten years earlier, Malik and the others were left to survive on their own, under the leadership of Raakin. Malik became attracted to Persis, but she chose to become Raakin's consort, believing him to be the strongest. Despite this, Persis fell in love with Malik, as well. (ENT: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12")
By 2154, Malik had grown tired of hiding on Trialas IV. That year, he and his "brother", Saul, captured a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, killing its crew in the process. The Klingons responded by threatening war with Earth over the incident. Enterprise NX-01 was sent to capture Malik and the Augments in order to prevent further confrontation.
Malik was ultimately successful in launching the torpedo carrying the diseases, but it was destroyed by Enterprise. Even though Malik disabled most of Enterprise's weapons, the aft phase cannon was still functional. Enterprise used it to disable the Bird-of-Prey with the help of targeting advice from Soong. Refusing to be captured, Malik overloaded the dilithium matrix and destroyed the ship. However, he was able to transport himself to Enterprise before the Bird-of-Prey was destroyed. On Enterprise, Malik attacked Soong with the intent of killing his "father" for betraying his children, but was himself killed by Archer with a puncturing particle rifle blast through the torso. (ENT: "The Augments")
