Omar Sharif

Acting · Born 1932-04-10 in Alexandria, Egypt

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…

Filmography

• Doctor Zhivago as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
• Lawrence of Arabia as Sherif Ali
• Top Secret! as Agent Cedric
• Funny Girl as Nick Arnstein
• Monsieur Ibrahim as Monsieur Ibrahim
• Bloodline as Ivo Palazzi
• Pasternak as Self (archive footage)
• Hidalgo as Sheikh Riyadh
• Mountains of the Moon as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
• Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)

TV

• Gulliver's Travels as Sorcerer
• Viva el lunes as Self
• Wogan as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• The Mind of David Berglas
• Mysterious Island as Captain Nemo
• Peter the Great as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
• Harem as Sultan Hassan
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
• The Last Templar as Konstantine