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Name
Omar Sharif

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1932-04-10

Deathday
2015-07-10 (83 years old)

Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt

Biography

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

Movies

Tv Shows

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

1996 Gulliver's Travels ( 2 episodes ) as Sorcerer
1995 Viva el lunes ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
1992 Parabéns ( 1 episode ) as Self
1985 The Mind of David Berglas ( 1 episode )
2007 Hanan W Haneen ( 1 episode )
1973 Mysterious Island ( 6 episodes ) as Captain Nemo
1986 Peter the Great ( 4 episodes ) as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
1986 Harem ( 2 episodes ) as Sultan Hassan
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 The Last Templar ( 2 episodes ) as Konstantine
2006 The Ten Commandments ( 2 episodes ) as Jethro
1984 The Far Pavilions ( 3 episodes ) as Koda Dad
1991 Memories of Midnight ( 2 episodes ) as Constantin Demiris
2006 Kronprinz Rudolf ( 2 episodes ) as Hans Canon
1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 TV Story Superstar ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
1974 Spécial cinéma ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
1971 Cadet Rousselle ( 1 episode ) as Self
1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
1969 الحب الضائع ( 1 episode ) as عمر
1975 Numéro un ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1975 Numéro un ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 St. Peter ( 2 episodes ) as Pietro
1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self
1964 Die Drehscheibe ( 1 episode ) as Self
1986 Wedden, dat..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 Vivement dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1976 30 millions d'amis ( 1 episode ) as Self
1971 Samedi soir ( 1 episode ) as Self
1986 Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna ( 2 episodes ) as Czar Nicholas II
1987 Sacrée soirée ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
1991 The Law of the Desert ( 3 episodes ) as Emir Beni-Zair
1989 Clive James' Postcard from ( 1 episode ) as Self
1969 أنف وثلاث عيون ( 1 episode ) as د. هاشم

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