Omar Sharif
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Omar Sharif (April 10, 1932 - July 10, 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. The son of a precious wood merchant, he grew up in a united Christian family of Syrian and Lebanese descent with his parents and his sister. Enrolled at Victoria College, a prestigious British school in Alexandria, the teenager studied science and foreign languages and later discovered theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo University, where he obtained his diploma in mathematics and physics. He later converted to Islam to marry Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. In 1962, he took on the role of Prince Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia under the direction of David Lean. This film, the first outside Egypt for the actor, marked the beginning of a long friendship with Peter O'Toole and a turning point in Omar Sharif's career. He won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and decided to leave his native country for Hollywood.
Known for
Credits
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
as Sherif Ali
The 13th Warrior (1999)
as Melchisidek
10,000 BC (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Top Secret! (1984)
as Agent Cedric
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Hidalgo (2004)
as Sheikh Riyadh
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
as Sohamus
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
Funny Girl (1968)
as Nick Arnstein
Funny Lady (1975)
as Nick Arnstein
Mayerling (1968)
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Juggernaut (1974)
as Captain Alex Brunel
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
as Colorado
One Night with the King (2006)
as Prince Memucan
The Mysterious Island (1973)
as Captain Nemo
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as Major Grau
The Possessed (1988)
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Burglars (1971)
as Abel Zacharia
Genghis Khan (1965)
as Genghis Khan / Temujin
Ashanti (1979)
as Prince Hassan
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
St. Peter (2005)
as San Pietro
The Parole Officer (2001)
as Victor
Inchon (1981)
as Indian Brigadier
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
as Davich
Mother (1991)
as Hagop Zakarian
Bloodline (1979)
as Ivo Palazzi
The Horsemen (1971)
as Uraz
Green Ice (1981)
as Meno Argenti
Harem (1986)
as Sultan Hassan
Catherine the Great (1996)
as Razumovsky
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Che! (1969)
as Che Guevara
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
as (archive footage)
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
as Feodor Sverdlov
The Last Valley (1971)
as Vogel
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
as Francisco
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Dr. Rad
The Blazing Sun (1954)
as Ahmed أحمد
Grand Larceny (1987)
as Rashid Saud
More Than a Miracle (1967)
as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Struggle in the Harbor (1956)
as Ragab
588 rue Paradis (1992)
as Hagop Zakarian
Sleepless (1957)
as Aziz
Hassan and Marcus (2008)
as Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin
Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)
as Bart
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
as Sheik Alla Hou
The Car That Became a Star (1965)
as Davich (archive footage)
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
as Monsieur Ibrahim
Beyond Justice (1992)
as Emir Beni-Zair
Pasternak (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Heavenly Sin (1992)
as Tsai Mang Hua
Eshaet Hob (1960)
as Hussein
The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
as The Deacon
Moscow in Madrid (1965)
as Self
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)
as Self
Agony of Love (1960)
as Hasan
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2005)
as The King
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
as Dima
Pleasure Palace (1980)
as Louie Lefevre
Rock the Casbah (2013)
as Moulay Hassan
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
as Marquis Hippolite
The Right to Love (1972)
as Pierre
The Appointment (1969)
as Federico Fendi
Lie Down with Lions (1994)
as Safar Khan
For the Sake of a Woman (1959)
as شكري زدحمد
Conflict in the Nile (1959)
as محسّب
The Beginning and the End (1960)
as Hassanein
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self - Comédien (archive footage)
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert (1980)
as Baron Cesare Magnasco
La Martingale (1983)
as Alex Joski
Rendezvous with a Stranger (1959)
as Magdi
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
A Castle in Italy (2013)
as Omar Sharif
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
as Self
A Man in Our House (1961)
as إبراهيم حمدي
Looking for Sophia (2004)
as Self
Land of Peace (1957)
as Ahmed
Crime and Passion (1976)
as Andre Ferren
Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
as Grandfather
Sayedat el kasr (1958)
as Adel
David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)
as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
as Self
Pyramid (2002)
as Nakht (voice)
Going Public (2005)
as Mahmout Aziz
Our Best Days (1955)
as أحمد
Goha (1959)
as Goha
The Lebanese Mission (1956)
as Mokrir
The River of Love (1960)
as خالد
I Forgot to Tell You (2010)
as Jaume
We the Students (1959)
as عادل
The Traveller (2009)
as Hassan
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia (2001)
as Self
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten (2013)
as Self
Vicious Circle (1985)
as Garcin
Laughter, Joy, Work and Love (1993)
as Adham's father
Ghaltet Habibi (1958)
as Salah
Fire at My Heart (2006)
as Principe Nicola
Scandal in Zamalek (1959)
as أحمد
Journey of Love (1990)
as Rico
In Search Of the Dead Eaters (2011)
as Self
Paradise Calling (1988)
as Alex
Heaven Before I Die (1997)
as Khalil Gibran
My Only Love (1960)
as Adel
Keys to Freedom (1988)
as Jonathan
The Devil of the Desert (1954)
as Essam
Ayoub (1983)
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
Gharam Al-Asyad (1961)
as Essam Mourad
Citizen Masrey (1991)
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
The Mamluks (1965)
as Ahmed
Beach of Secrets (1958)
as Mamduh Ezzat
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)
as Self
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (1996)
as Narrator
This is Streisand (1968)
Actor
The Puppeteer (1989)
as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued (2022)
as Self
Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend (1999)
as Narrator
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte (2007)
as Self
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (2007)
as Self - Presenter
The Coptic Museum (2006)
as Narrator
1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham (2015)
as Grandfather