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 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.
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- Born:
- Apr 10, 1932 In Alexandria, Egypt
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 166
- First Appeared:
- In the series Building the Great Pyramid
- Latest Project:
- Series Taht El Wesaya 2023-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Building the Great Pyramid | Unknown | 2026 |
| Series | Taht El Wesaya | Yaseen | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | The Crime | 2022-01-05 | |
| Series | God Bless Your Home | 2022-04-02 | |
| Movie | Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued | Self | 2022-08-12 |
| Series | Finding Ola | 2022-02-03 | |
| Movie | Bara El Manhag | 2021-12-09 | |
| Movie | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
| Movie | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2020-02-15 |
| Series | TV Story Superstar | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-23 |
| 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 | I Forgot to Tell You | Jaume | 2010-03-12 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Series | The Last Templar | Konstantine | 2009-01-25 |
| Movie | A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | 2009-12-20 |
| Movie | The Traveller | Hassan | 2009-06-25 |
| Movie | La Traversée du désir | Self | 2009-03-16 |
| Movie | Hassan and Marcus | Unknown | 2008-07-03 |
| Movie | 10,000 BC | Narrator (voice) | 2008-03-04 |
| Movie | Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs | Self - Presenter | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte | Self | 2007-01-01 |
| Series | Hanan W Haneen | Unknown | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | The Coptic Museum | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Fire at My Heart | Principe Nicola | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Kronprinz Rudolf | Hans Canon | 2006-04-30 |
| Series | The Ten Commandments | Jethro | 2006-04-10 |
| Movie | One Night with the King | Prince Memucan | 2006-10-10 |
| Movie | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | The King | 2005-05-03 |
| Series | St. Peter | Pietro | 2005-10-24 |
| Movie | St. Peter | San Pietro | 2005-10-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Hidalgo | Sheikh Riyadh | 2004-02-04 |
| Movie | Looking for Sophia | Self | 2004-09-17 |
| 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 | Going Public | Unknown | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend | Narrator | 1999-03-14 |
| Movie | The 13th Warrior | Melchisidek | 1999-08-13 |
| Series | Vivement dimanche | Self | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | Mysteries of Egypt | Grandfather | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Heaven Before I Die | Khalil Gibran | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt | Narrator | 1996-10-09 |
| 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 |
| Series | Viva el lunes | Self | 1995-10-16 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic | Narrator (voice) | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | Lie Down with Lions | Safar Khan | 1994-06-12 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Dima | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | Laughter, Joy, Work and Love | Unknown | 1993-11-29 |
| Movie | 588 rue Paradis | Hagop Zakarian | 1992-01-14 |
| Series | Parabéns | Self | 1992-09-19 |
| Movie | Beyond Justice | Emir Beni-Zair | 1992-12-02 |
| Movie | Heavenly Sin | Unknown | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Marquis Hippolite | 1992-12-27 |
| Movie | Desert Law | Emir Beni-Zair | 1991-03-19 |
| Movie | Citizen Masrey | Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby | 1991-12-23 |
| Movie | Mother | Hagop Zakarian | 1991-11-27 |
| Series | Memories of Midnight | Constantin Demiris | 1991-11-25 |
| Movie | Journey of Love | Rico | 1990-12-07 |
| Movie | Mountains of the Moon | Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited) | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | The Puppeteer | Mohamed Gad Al-Karim | 1989-12-18 |
| Movie | The Possessed | Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky | 1988-02-24 |
| Movie | Keys to Freedom | Jonathan | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Les pyramides bleues | Alex | 1988-01-02 |
| Movie | Grand Larceny | Rashid Saud | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Sacrée soirée | Self | 1987-09-02 |
| Series | Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna | Czar Nicholas II | 1986-12-07 |
| Series | Peter the Great | Prince Feodor Romodanovsky | 1986-02-02 |
| Series | Wedden, dat..? | Self | 1986-01-02 |
| Series | Harem | Sultan Hassan | 1986-02-09 |
| Movie | Harem | Sultan Hassan | 1986-02-09 |
| Movie | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Vicious Circle | Garcin | 1985-04-28 |
| Series | The Mind of David Berglas | Unknown | 1985-12-25 |
| Movie | Top Secret! | Agent Cedric | 1984-06-08 |
| Series | The Far Pavilions | Koda Dad | 1984-04-22 |
| Movie | Ayoub | Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari | 1983-07-07 |
| Movie | La Martingale | Alex Joski | 1983-10-13 |
| Series | Wogan | Self | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982-01-16 |
| Movie | Inchon | Indian Brigadier | 1981-05-04 |
| Movie | Green Ice | Meno Argenti | 1981-05-21 |
| 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 | Bloodline | Ivo Palazzi | 1979-06-29 |
| Movie | Ashanti | Prince Hassan | 1979-02-21 |
| Series | 30 millions d'amis | Self | 1976-01-06 |
| Movie | Crime and Passion | Andre Ferren | 1976-02-06 |
| Movie | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Egyptian Assassin (uncredited) | 1976-12-15 |
| Movie | Funny Lady | Nick Arnstein | 1975-03-15 |
| Series | Numéro un | Self - Host | 1975-04-05 |
| Movie | Juggernaut | Captain Alex Brunel | 1974-09-25 |
| Movie | The Tamarind Seed | Feodor Sverdlov | 1974-07-11 |
| Series | Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974-09-25 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo | 1973-03-17 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Horsemen | Uraz | 1971-08-16 |
| Series | Cadet Rousselle | Self | 1971-11-04 |
| Movie | The Burglars | Abel Zacharia | 1971-10-27 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
| 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 | Mayerling | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1968-10-31 |
| Movie | Funny Girl | Nick Arnstein | 1968-09-19 |
| 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 | Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan / Temujin | 1965-04-15 |
| Movie | Moscow in Madrid | Self | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Pasternak | Himself | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Marco the Magnificent | Sheik Alla Hou | 1965-08-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Behold a Pale Horse | Francisco | 1964-08-14 |
| Series | Die Drehscheibe | Self | 1964-04-01 |
| Movie | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Davich | 1964-12-31 |
| Movie | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali | 1962-12-11 |
| Movie | A Man in Our House | إبراهيم حمدي | 1961-04-17 |
| Movie | Gharam Al-Asyad | Essam Mourad | 1961-02-13 |
| Movie | Agony of Love | Unknown | 1960-10-01 |
| Movie | Eshaet Hob | Hussein | 1960-11-21 |
| Movie | My Only Love | Adel | 1960-10-03 |
| Movie | The Beginning and the End | Hassanein | 1960-10-31 |
| 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 | Goha | Goha | 1959-05-06 |
| Movie | Struggle on the Nile | محسّب | 1959-10-18 |
| Movie | Beach of Secrets | Mamduh Ezzat | 1958-02-03 |
| Movie | Sayedat el kasr | Adel | 1958-11-17 |
| Movie | Ghaltet Habibi | Salah | 1958-04-14 |
| Movie | Land of Peace | Ahmed | 1957-01-02 |
| Movie | Sleepless | Aziz | 1957-10-31 |
| Movie | Dark Waters | Ragab | 1956-01-16 |
| Series | Cinépanorama | Self | 1956-02-04 |
| 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 | Ahmed | 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 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944-01-20 |