Omar Sharif
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 would later discover 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. 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.
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- Born:
- Apr 10, 1932 In Alexandria, Egypt
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 162
- First Appeared:
- In the series Bambi Awards 1948-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Crime 2022-01-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Crime | 2022-01-05 | |
| Movie | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
| Movie | Bara El Manhag | 2021-12-09 | |
| Series | TV Story Superstar | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2020-02-15 |
| Movie | 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham | Grandfather | 2015-12-13 |
| Movie | Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten | Self | 2013-02-23 |
| Movie | A Castle in Italy | Omar Sharif | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Rock the Casbah | Moulay Hassan | 2013-09-11 |
| Movie | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | J'ai oublié de te dire | Jaume | 2010-03-12 |
| Series | The Last Templar | Konstantine | 2009-01-25 |
| Movie | La Traversée du désir | Self | 2009-03-16 |
| Movie | The Traveller | Hassan | 2009-06-25 |
| Movie | A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | 2009-12-20 |
| Movie | 10,000 BC | Narrator (voice) | 2008-03-04 |
| Movie | Hassan and Marcus | Unknown | 2008-07-03 |
| Movie | Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte | Self | 2007-01-01 |
| Series | Hanan W Haneen | Unknown | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs | Self - Presenter | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | The Coptic Museum | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | The Ten Commandments | Jethro | 2006-04-10 |
| Movie | Fire at My Heart | Principe Nicola | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | One Night with the King | Prince Memucan | 2006-10-10 |
| Series | Kronprinz Rudolf | Hans Canon | 2006-04-30 |
| Movie | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | The King | 2005-05-03 |
| Movie | St. Peter | San Pietro | 2005-10-24 |
| Series | St. Peter | Pietro | 2005-10-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Sophia | Self | 2004-09-17 |
| Movie | Hidalgo | Sheikh Riyadh | 2004-02-04 |
| Movie | Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim | 2003-09-17 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
| Series | Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
| Movie | Pyramid | Nakht (voice) | 2002-10-28 |
| Movie | The Parole Officer | Victor | 2001-08-10 |
| Movie | The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Going Public | Unknown | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend | Narrator | 1999-03-14 |
| Movie | The 13th Warrior | Melchisidek | 1999-08-13 |
| Movie | Mysteries of Egypt | Grandfather | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Vivement dimanche | Self | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | Heaven Before I Die | Khalil Gibran | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Sorcerer | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-06 |
| Movie | Catherine the Great | Razumovsky | 1996-04-28 |
| Movie | Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt | Narrator | 1996-10-09 |
| Series | Viva el lunes | Self | 1995-10-16 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic | Narrator (voice) | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Dima | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | Lie Down with Lions | Safar Khan | 1994-06-12 |
| Movie | Laughter, Joy, Work and Love | Unknown | 1993-11-29 |
| Series | Parabéns | Self | 1992-09-19 |
| Movie | 588 rue Paradis | Hagop Zakarian | 1992-01-14 |
| Movie | Heavenly Sin | Unknown | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Beyond Justice | Emir Beni-Zair | 1992-12-02 |
| Movie | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Marquis Hippolite | 1992-12-27 |
| Series | Memories of Midnight | Constantin Demiris | 1991-11-25 |
| Movie | Desert Law | Emir Beni-Zair | 1991-03-19 |
| Movie | Mother | Hagop Zakarian | 1991-11-27 |
| Movie | Memories of Midnight | Constantin Demiris | 1991-11-30 |
| Movie | Citizen Masrey | Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby | 1991-12-23 |
| Movie | Mountains of the Moon | Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited) | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | Journey of Love | Rico | 1990-12-07 |
| Movie | The Puppeteer | Mohamed Gad Al-Karim | 1989-12-18 |
| Movie | Keys to Freedom | Jonathan | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Possessed | Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky | 1988-02-24 |
| Movie | Les pyramides bleues | Alex | 1988-01-02 |
| Movie | Grand Larceny | Rashid Saud | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Peter the Great | Prince Feodor Romodanovsky | 1986-02-02 |
| Series | Harem | Sultan Hassan | 1986-02-09 |
| Series | Wedden, dat..? | Self | 1986-01-02 |
| Movie | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | Czar Nicholas II | 1986-12-07 |
| Movie | Harem | Sultan Hassan | 1986-02-09 |
| Series | Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna | Czar Nicholas II | 1986-12-07 |
| Movie | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Series | The Mind of David Berglas | Unknown | 1985-12-25 |
| Movie | Vicious Circle | Garcin | 1985-04-28 |
| Movie | The Far Pavilions | Koda Dad | 1984-04-21 |
| Series | The Far Pavilions | Koda Dad | 1984-04-22 |
| Movie | Top Secret! | Agent Cedric | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | Ayoub | Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari | 1983-07-07 |
| Movie | La Martingale | Alex Joski | 1983-10-13 |
| Series | Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982-01-16 |
| Series | Wogan | Self | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Green Ice | Meno Argenti | 1981-05-21 |
| Movie | Inchon | Indian Brigadier | 1981-05-04 |
| Movie | S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert | Baron Cesare Magnasco | 1980-02-23 |
| Movie | The Baltimore Bullet | The Deacon | 1980-04-01 |
| Movie | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Bart | 1980-07-11 |
| Movie | Pleasure Palace | Louie Lefevre | 1980-10-22 |
| Movie | Ashanti | Prince Hassan | 1979-02-21 |
| Movie | Bloodline | Ivo Palazzi | 1979-06-29 |
| Series | 30 millions d'amis | Self | 1976-01-06 |
| Movie | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Egyptian Assassin (uncredited) | 1976-12-15 |
| Movie | Crime and Passion | Andre Ferren | 1976-02-06 |
| Movie | Funny Lady | Nick Arnstein | 1975-03-15 |
| Series | Numéro un | Self - Host | 1975-04-05 |
| Movie | The Tamarind Seed | Feodor Sverdlov | 1974-07-11 |
| Series | Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974-09-25 |
| Movie | Juggernaut | Captain Alex Brunel | 1974-09-25 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo | 1973-03-17 |
| Series | Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo | 1973-12-17 |
| Series | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | 1972-01-12 |
| Movie | The Right to Love | Pierre | 1972-08-15 |
| Movie | The Last Valley | Vogel | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | Samedi soir | Self | 1971-01-09 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
| Series | Cadet Rousselle | Self | 1971-11-04 |
| Movie | The Burglars | Abel Zacharia | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | The Horsemen | Uraz | 1971-08-16 |
| Series | الحب الضائع | عمر | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | Mackenna's Gold | Colorado | 1969-03-18 |
| Movie | The Appointment | Federico Fendi | 1969-05-22 |
| Movie | Che! | Che Guevara | 1969-06-27 |
| Movie | Funny Girl | Nick Arnstein | 1968-09-19 |
| Movie | Mayerling | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1968-10-31 |
| Movie | The Night of the Generals | Major Grau | 1967-01-29 |
| Movie | More Than a Miracle | Prince Rodrigo Fernandez | 1967-10-19 |
| Movie | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Dr. Rad | 1966-05-20 |
| Movie | The Car That Became a Star | Davich (archiveFootage) | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Pasternak | Himself | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan / Temujin | 1965-04-15 |
| Movie | Marco the Magnificent | Sheik Alla Hou | 1965-08-06 |
| Movie | Moscow in Madrid | Self | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago | Dr. Yuri Zhivago | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | The Mamluks | Ahmed | 1965-10-04 |
| Movie | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Sohamus | 1964-03-24 |
| Series | Die Drehscheibe | Self | 1964-04-01 |
| Movie | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Davich | 1964-12-31 |
| Movie | Behold a Pale Horse | Francisco | 1964-08-14 |
| Movie | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali | 1962-12-11 |
| Movie | Gharam Al-Asyad | Essam Mourad | 1961-02-13 |
| Movie | A Man in Our House | إبراهيم حمدي | 1961-04-17 |
| Movie | My Only Love | Adel | 1960-10-03 |
| Movie | A Beginning and an Ending | حسنين | 1960-10-31 |
| Movie | Agony of Love | Unknown | 1960-10-01 |
| Movie | Eshaet Hob | Hussein | 1960-11-21 |
| Movie | The River of Love | Khalid | 1960-11-12 |
| Movie | We the Students | عادل | 1959-01-02 |
| Movie | Rendezvous with a Stranger | Magdi | 1959-01-01 |
| Movie | Scandal in Zamalek | Unknown | 1959-01-23 |
| Movie | For the Sake of a Woman | شكري زدحمد | 1959-03-16 |
| Movie | Struggle on the Nile | محسّب | 1959-10-18 |
| Movie | Goha | Goha | 1959-05-06 |
| Movie | Ghaltet Habibi | Salah | 1958-04-14 |
| Movie | Beach of Secrets | Mamduh Ezzat | 1958-02-03 |
| Movie | Sayedat el kasr | Adel | 1958-11-17 |
| Movie | Land of Peace | Ahmed | 1957-01-02 |
| Movie | Sleepless | Aziz | 1957-10-31 |
| Series | Cinépanorama | Self | 1956-02-04 |
| Movie | Dark Waters | Ragab | 1956-01-16 |
| Movie | The Lebanese Mission | Mokrir | 1956-09-12 |
| Movie | Our Best Days | أحمد | 1955-03-07 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | The Blazing Sun | أحمد | 1954-03-01 |
| Movie | The Devil of the Desert | Essam | 1954-12-27 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Bambi Awards | Self | 1948-01-01 |