CineScope
Omar Sharif picture

Omar Sharif

Acting
Known For

83 Years Old

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.

Born

Alexandria, Egypt on 10th April 1932

Died

10th July 2015

All Credits

Bambi-Verleihung Image
Bambi-Verleihung
Self
Vivement dimanche Image
Vivement dimanche
Self
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Champs-Elysées Image
Champs-Elysées
Self
Spécial cinéma Image
Spécial cinéma
Self
Sacrée soirée Image
Sacrée soirée
Self
Le Grand Échiquier Image
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
No Image
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
30 millions d'amis Image
30 millions d'amis
Self
Cinépanorama Image
Cinépanorama
Self
No Image
Samedi soir
Self
No Image
Wedden, dat..?
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Wogan Image
Wogan
Self
Numéro un Image
Numéro un
Self - Host
Numéro un Image
Numéro un
Self
Gulliver's Travels Image
Gulliver's Travels
Sorcerer
The Far Pavilions Image
The Far Pavilions
Koda Dad
No Image
Die Drehscheibe
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Image
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Ten Commandments Image
The Ten Commandments
Jethro
No Image
Viva el lunes
Self
The Last Templar Image
The Last Templar
Konstantine
TV Story Superstar Image
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Lawrence of Arabia Image
Lawrence of Arabia
Sherif Ali
Mysterious Island Image
Mysterious Island
Captain Nemo
The Mind of David Berglas Image
The Mind of David Berglas
Hanan W Haneen Image
Hanan W Haneen
The 13th Warrior Image
The 13th Warrior
Melchisidek
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna Image
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Czar Nicholas II
10,000 BC Image
10,000 BC
Narrator (voice)
الحب الضائع Image
الحب الضائع
عمر
Doctor Zhivago Image
Doctor Zhivago
Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Hidalgo Image
Hidalgo
Sheikh Riyadh
Top Secret! Image
Top Secret!
Agent Cedric
Cadet Rousselle Image
Cadet Rousselle
Self
Parabéns Image
Parabéns
Self
Juggernaut Image
Juggernaut
Captain Alex Brunel
The Fall of the Roman Empire Image
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Sohamus
Mackenna's Gold Image
Mackenna's Gold
Colorado
The Pink Panther Strikes Again Image
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
Funny Girl Image
Funny Girl
Nick Arnstein
The Blazing Sun Image
The Blazing Sun
Ahmed أحمد
One Night with the King Image
One Night with the King
Prince Memucan
St. Peter Image
St. Peter
Pietro
Peter the Great Image
Peter the Great
Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
The Night of the Generals Image
The Night of the Generals
Major Grau
Harem Image
Harem
Sultan Hassan
The Yellow Rolls-Royce Image
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Davich
Kronprinz Rudolf Image
Kronprinz Rudolf
Hans Canon
Ashanti Image
Ashanti
Prince Hassan
Funny Lady Image
Funny Lady
Nick Arnstein
Bloodline Image
Bloodline
Ivo Palazzi
Genghis Khan Image
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan / Temujin
Behold a Pale Horse Image
Behold a Pale Horse
Francisco
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Image
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Possessed Image
The Possessed
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Mountains of the Moon Image
Mountains of the Moon
Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
Gharam Al-Asyad Image
Gharam Al-Asyad
Essam Mourad
The Poppy Is Also a Flower Image
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Dr. Rad
Mayerling Image
Mayerling
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Che! Image
Che!
Che Guevara
Catherine the Great Image
Catherine the Great
Razumovsky
Mother Image
Mother
Hagop Zakarian
Memories of Midnight Image
Memories of Midnight
Constantin Demiris
The Horsemen Image
The Horsemen
Uraz
Monsieur Ibrahim Image
Monsieur Ibrahim
Monsieur Ibrahim
The Tamarind Seed Image
The Tamarind Seed
Feodor Sverdlov
Marco the Magnificent Image
Marco the Magnificent
Sheik Alla Hou
St. Peter Image
St. Peter
San Pietro
The Last Valley Image
The Last Valley
Vogel
Green Ice Image
Green Ice
Meno Argenti
The Burglars Image
The Burglars
Abel Zacharia
Inchon Image
Inchon
Indian Brigadier
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift Image
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
More Than a Miracle Image
More Than a Miracle
Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
Rock the Casbah Image
Rock the Casbah
Moulay Hassan
The Parole Officer Image
The Parole Officer
Victor
The Mysterious Island Image
The Mysterious Island
Captain Nemo
Hassan and Marcus Image
Hassan and Marcus
Harem Image
Harem
Sultan Hassan
Dark Waters Image
Dark Waters
Ragab
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel Image
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
The King
Lionpower from MGM Image
Lionpower from MGM
Ingrid Bergman Remembered Image
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Heavenly Sin Image
Heavenly Sin
Eshaet Hob Image
Eshaet Hob
Hussein
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde Image
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
The Rainbow Thief Image
The Rainbow Thief
Dima
Beyond Justice Image
Beyond Justice
Emir Beni-Zair
The Baltimore Bullet Image
The Baltimore Bullet
The Deacon
Oh! Heavenly Dog Image
Oh! Heavenly Dog
Bart
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Image
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Marquis Hippolite
Sayedat el kasr Image
Sayedat el kasr
Adel
Struggle on the Nile Image
Struggle on the Nile
محسّب
La Traversée du désir Image
La Traversée du désir
Self
A Castle in Italy Image
A Castle in Italy
Omar Sharif
Our Best Days Image
Our Best Days
أحمد
Goha Image
Goha
Goha
No Image
Hollywood Legenden
Self
588 rue Paradis Image
588 rue Paradis
Hagop Zakarian
The Beginning and the End Image
The Beginning and the End
Hassanein
Lie Down with Lions Image
Lie Down with Lions
Safar Khan
No Image
The Car That Became a Star
Davich (archive footage)
Heaven Before I Die Image
Heaven Before I Die
Khalil Gibran
Grand Larceny Image
Grand Larceny
Rashid Saud
Land of Peace Image
Land of Peace
Ahmed
The Traveller Image
The Traveller
Hassan
A Man in Our House Image
A Man in Our House
إبراهيم حمدي
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World Image
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics Image
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Self
The Right to Love Image
The Right to Love
Pierre
Sleepless Image
Sleepless
Aziz
Ayoub Image
Ayoub
Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
The Lebanese Mission Image
The Lebanese Mission
Mokrir
I Forgot to Tell You Image
I Forgot to Tell You
Jaume
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert Image
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Baron Cesare Magnasco
Desert Law Image
Desert Law
Emir Beni-Zair
The Puppeteer Image
The Puppeteer
Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
No Image
Looking for Sophia
Self
Citizen Masrey Image
Citizen Masrey
Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
The Devil of the Desert Image
The Devil of the Desert
Essam
Ghaltet Habibi Image
Ghaltet Habibi
Salah
The River of Love Image
The River of Love
خالد
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia Image
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self
Pleasure Palace Image
Pleasure Palace
Louie Lefevre
Beach of Secrets Image
Beach of Secrets
Mamduh Ezzat
The Mamluks Image
The Mamluks
Ahmed
For the Sake of a Woman Image
For the Sake of a Woman
شكري زدحمد
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean Image
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
Crime and Passion Image
Crime and Passion
Andre Ferren
The Appointment Image
The Appointment
Federico Fendi
Keys to Freedom Image
Keys to Freedom
Jonathan
Going Public Image
Going Public
David Lean: A Life in Film Image
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
La Martingale Image
La Martingale
Alex Joski
Les pyramides bleues Image
Les pyramides bleues
Alex
My Only Love Image
My Only Love
Adel
Moscow in Madrid Image
Moscow in Madrid
Self
Agony of Love Image
Agony of Love
Pyramid Image
Pyramid
Nakht (voice)
Fire at My Heart Image
Fire at My Heart
Principe Nicola
Pasternak Image
Pasternak
Himself
Laughter, Joy, Work and Love Image
Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
No Image
Vicious Circle
Garcin
Mysteries of Egypt Image
Mysteries of Egypt
Grandfather
Rendezvous with a Stranger Image
Rendezvous with a Stranger
Magdi
Journey of Love Image
Journey of Love
Rico
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Image
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Self - Presenter
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt Image
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
Narrator
No Image
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
We the Students Image
We the Students
عادل
Scandal in Zamalek Image
Scandal in Zamalek
Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued Image
Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued
Self
No Image
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
Self
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic Image
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
Narrator (voice)
No Image
1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
Grandfather
No Image
The Coptic Museum
Narrator
No Image
Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend
Narrator