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