
Omar Sharif
Born April 10, 1932 · Alexandria, Egypt
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Lawrence of Arabia

The 13th Warrior

Green Ice

10,000 BC

Doctor Zhivago

Hidalgo

Top Secret!

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Mackenna's Gold

One Night with the King

The Night of the Generals

Funny Girl

Mountains of the Moon

Mayerling

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Funny Lady

More Than a Miracle

Juggernaut

The Burglars

The Possessed

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Marco the Magnificent

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Parole Officer

Monsieur Ibrahim

Mother

Inchon

Bloodline
TV Shows

Wogan

Bambi

Spécial cinéma

The Oscars

Le Grand Échiquier

Numéro un

Cinépanorama

30 millions d'amis

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Cadet Rousselle

Gulliver's Travels

TV Story Superstar

The Far Pavilions

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

The Ten Commandments

Peter the Great

The Last Templar

Parabéns

Clive James' Postcard from

The Law of the Desert

Kronprinz Rudolf

Mysterious Island

Memories of Midnight

Harem

St. Peter

The Mind of David Berglas

Hanan W Haneen

أنف وثلاث عيون

الحب الضائع
More Movies

The Horsemen

Behold a Pale Horse

Che!

Catherine the Great

The Tamarind Seed

Rock the Casbah

Pleasure Palace

The Last Valley

Genghis Khan

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

A Castle in Italy

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Ashanti

La Traversée du désir

La Martingale

Goha

Oh! Heavenly Dog

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

Beyond Justice

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

The Appointment

Crime and Passion

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

The Rainbow Thief

St. Peter

Harem

Pyramid

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Lie Down with Lions

The Lebanese Mission

David Lean: A Life in Film

The Right to Love

Looking for Sophia

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

The Car That Became a Star

588 rue Paradis

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Grand Larceny

The Blazing Sun

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

Lionpower from MGM

Struggle in the Harbor

Hassan and Marcus

Paradise Calling

The Baltimore Bullet

Heaven Before I Die

The Mysterious Island

Citizen Masrey

Pasternak

Laughter, Joy, Work and Love

I Forgot to Tell You

Journey of Love

Moscow in Madrid

Agony of Love

The Beginning and the End

Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued

Keys to Freedom

Eshaet Hob

A Man in Our House

Our Best Days

Ayoub

This is Streisand

Fire at My Heart

Sleepless

The River of Love

Heavenly Sin

Scandal in Zamalek

Conflict in the Nile

Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

The Traveller

Going Public

The Devil of the Desert

Beach of Secrets

Rendezvous with a Stranger

For the Sake of a Woman

Gharam Al-Asyad

The Mamluks

Sayedat el kasr

The Puppeteer

My Only Love

Ghaltet Habibi

Mysteries of Egypt

Land of Peace

We the Students




