Omar Sharif
Birthday
1932/04/10
Day of death
2015/07/10 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Also know as
Омар Шариф, Michel Dimitri Chalhoub, عمر الشريف, Omar El Sherif, عمر شریف
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 would later discover theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cair...Read more
Acting
(2003) Monsieur Ibrahim
as Monsieur Ibrahim
(1965) Doctor Zhivago
as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
(1962) Lawrence of Arabia
as Sherif Ali
(1979) Bloodline
as Ivo Palazzi
(1965) Pasternak
as Himself
(2004) Hidalgo
as Sheikh Riyadh
(1990) Mountains of the Moon
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
(1996) Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) Genghis Khan
as Genghis Khan / Temujin
(1998) Mysteries of Egypt
as Grandfather
(2008) 10,000 BC
as Narrator (voice)
(2006) Fire at My Heart
as Principe Nicola
(1984) Top Secret!
as Agent Cedric
(1980) Oh! Heavenly Dog
as Bart
(1971) The Burglars
as Abel Zacharia
(1987) Grand Larceny
as Rashid Saud
(2004) Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(1994) The Rainbow Thief
as Dima
(2002) Pyramid
as Nakht (voice)
(1974) Juggernaut
as Captain Alex Brunel
(1971) The Last Valley
as Vogel
(2007) Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
as Self
(1967) The Night of the Generals
as Major Grau
(2013) Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
as Self
(1967) More Than a Miracle
as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
(2006) One Night with the King
as Prince Memucan
(1969) Che!
as Che Guevara
(1973) The Mysterious Island
as Captain Nemo
(1968) Funny Girl
as Nick Arnstein
(2011) Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self
(1968) Mayerling
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
(1975) Funny Lady
as Nick Arnstein
(1964) The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Davich
(1964) The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Sohamus
(1969) Mackenna's Gold
as Colorado
(1971) The Horsemen
as Uraz
(1965) Moscow in Madrid
as Self
(2005) Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as The King
(2010) I Forgot to Tell You
as Jaume
(1974) The Tamarind Seed
as Feodor Sverdlov
(1969) The Appointment
as Federico Fendi
(2008) Hassan and Marcus
as ---
(1979) Ashanti
as Prince Hassan
(1959) Struggle on the Nile
as محسّب
(2004) Looking for Sophia
as Self
(1981) Green Ice
as Meno Argenti
(1991) Mother
as Hagop Zakarian
(1992) 588 rue Paradis
as Hagop Zakarian
(1992) Beyond Justice
as Emir Beni-Zair
(2005) St. Peter
as San Pietro
(1965) Marco the Magnificent
as Sheik Alla Hou
(1976) Crime and Passion
as Andre Ferren
(1966) The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Dr. Rad
(1994) Lie Down with Lions
as Safar Khan
(1964) Behold a Pale Horse
as Francisco
(1988) The Possessed
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
(2003) The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) The Baltimore Bullet
as The Deacon
(2013) Rock the Casbah
as Moulay Hassan
(1996) Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
as Narrator
(1980) Pleasure Palace
as Louie Lefevre
(1980) S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
as Baron Cesare Magnasco
(1954) The Blazing Sun
as Ahmed
(1988) Keys to Freedom
as Jonathan
(1958) Sayedat el kasr
as Adel
(1957) Sleepless
as Aziz
(1990) Journey of Love
as Rico
(1960) The Beginning and the End
as Hassanein
(1988) Les pyramides bleues
as Alex
(1961) A Man in Our House
as إبراهيم حمدي
(1972) The Right to Love
as Pierre
(2007) Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
as Self - Presenter
(2015) 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
as Grandfather
(1999) The 13th Warrior
as Melchisidek
(2009) The Traveller
as Hassan
(1997) Heaven Before I Die
as Khalil Gibran
(1965) Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
as Self
(2006) The Coptic Museum
as Narrator
(1960) Eshaet Hob
as Hussein
(1960) The River of Love
as Khalid
(1992) Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
as Marquis Hippolite
(1959) Rendezvous with a Stranger
as Magdi
(2001) The Parole Officer
as Victor
(1999) Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend
as Narrator
(1986) Harem
as Sultan Hassan
(1955) Our Best Days
as أحمد
(2010) 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(1992) Heavenly Sin
as ---
(1959) Goha
as Goha
(1991) Citizen Masrey
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
(1991) Desert Law
as Emir Beni-Zair
(1996) Catherine the Great
as Razumovsky
(2000) Going Public
as ---
(1956) The Lebanese Mission
as Mokrir
(1976) The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
(2009) La Traversée du désir
as Self
(1959) For the Sake of a Woman
as شكري زدحمد
(1960) My Only Love
as Adel
(1993) Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
as ---
(1985) David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
(1954) The Devil of the Desert
as Essam
(2009) A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
as Self
(1959) Scandal in Zamalek
as ---
(1959) We the Students
as عادل
(1983) La Martingale
as Alex Joski
(1960) Agony of Love
as ---
(2020) Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
(1965) The Mamluks
as Ahmed
(1981) Inchon
as Indian Brigadier
(1983) Ayoub
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
(1956) Dark Waters
as Ragab
(2000) The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as Self
(1958) Ghaltet Habibi
as Salah
(1965) The Car That Became a Star
as Davich (archiveFootage)
(1989) The Puppeteer
as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
(1961) Gharam Al-Asyad
as Essam Mourad
(2021) Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1957) Land of Peace
as Ahmed
(2013) A Castle in Italy
as Omar Sharif
(1985) Vicious Circle
as Garcin
(1958) Beach of Secrets
as Mamduh Ezzat
(1995) Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
as Narrator (voice)
(2022) Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued
as Self
(1996) Gulliver's Travels
as Sorcerer
(1995) Viva el lunes
as Self
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1992) Parabéns
as Self
(1985) The Mind of David Berglas
as ---
(2007) Hanan W Haneen
as ---
(1973) Mysterious Island
as Captain Nemo
(1986) Peter the Great
as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
(1986) Harem
as Sultan Hassan
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(2009) The Last Templar
as Konstantine
(2006) The Ten Commandments
as Jethro
(1984) The Far Pavilions
as Koda Dad
(1991) Memories of Midnight
as Constantin Demiris
(2006) Kronprinz Rudolf
as Hans Canon
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(2020) TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1971) Cadet Rousselle
as Self
(1948) Bambi Awards
as Self
(1969) الحب الضائع
as عمر
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self - Host
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(2005) St. Peter
as Pietro
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1964) Die Drehscheibe
as Self
(1986) Wedden, dat..?
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1976) 30 millions d'amis
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1986) Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
as Czar Nicholas II
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self