Omar Sharif
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.
Acting (114 movies)
Monsieur Ibrahim
2003
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Bloodline
1979
Pasternak
1965
Hidalgo
2004
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
Genghis Khan
1965
Mysteries of Egypt
1998
10,000 BC
2008
Fire at My Heart
2006
Top Secret!
1984
Oh! Heavenly Dog
1980
The Burglars
1971
Grand Larceny
1987
The Rainbow Thief
1994
Pyramid
2002
Juggernaut
1974
The Last Valley
1971
The Night of the Generals
1967
More Than a Miracle
1967
One Night with the King
2006
Che!
1969
The Mysterious Island
1973
Funny Girl
1968
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
Mayerling
1968
Funny Lady
1975
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Horsemen
1971
Moscow in Madrid
1965
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
I Forgot to Tell You
2010
The Tamarind Seed
1974
The Appointment
1969
Hassan and Marcus
2008
Struggle on the Nile
1959
Ashanti
1979
Green Ice
1981
Mother
1991
588 rue Paradis
1992
Beyond Justice
1992
St. Peter
2005
Marco the Magnificent
1965
Crime and Passion
1976
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Lie Down with Lions
1994
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
The Possessed
1988
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
Rock the Casbah
2013
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
1996
Pleasure Palace
1980
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
1980
The Blazing Sun
1954
Keys to Freedom
1988
Sayedat el kasr
1958
Sleepless
1957
Journey of Love
1990
The Beginning and the End
1960
Paradise Calling
1988
A Man in Our House
1961
The Right to Love
1972
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
2007
The 13th Warrior
1999
The Traveller
2009
Heaven Before I Die
1997
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
Eshaet Hob
1960
The River of Love
1960
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Rendezvous with a Stranger
1959
The Parole Officer
2001
Harem
1986
Our Best Days
1955
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Heavenly Sin
1992
Goha
1959
Citizen Masrey
1991
Catherine the Great
1996
Going Public
2005
The Lebanese Mission
1956
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
La Traversée du désir
2009
My Only Love
1960
For the Sake of a Woman
1959
Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
1993
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
The Devil of the Desert
1954
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009
Scandal in Zamalek
1959
We the Students
1959
La Martingale
1983
Agony of Love
1960
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
The Mamluks
1965
Inchon
1981
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