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 Building the Great Pyramid
- Latest Project:
- Series Taht El Wesaya 2023-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Building the Great Pyramid | Unknown | 2025 |
| Series | Taht El Wesaya | Yaseen | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | The Crime | 2022-01-05 | |
| Series | Finding Ola | 2022-02-03 | |
| Series | God Bless Your Home | 2022-04-02 | |
| Movie | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
| Movie | Bara El Manhag | 2021-12-09 | |
| 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 | J'ai oublié de te dire | 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 | Looking for Sophia | Self | 2004-09-17 |
| Movie | Hidalgo | Sheikh Riyadh | 2004-02-04 |
| Movie | Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim | 2003-09-17 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | 588 rue Paradis | Hagop Zakarian | 1992-01-14 |
| Series | Parabéns | Self | 1992-09-19 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Desert Law | Emir Beni-Zair | 1991-03-19 |
| Movie | Citizen Masrey | Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby | 1991-12-23 |
| Series | Memories of Midnight | Constantin Demiris | 1991-11-25 |
| Movie | Mother | Hagop Zakarian | 1991-11-27 |
| 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 | Les pyramides bleues | Alex | 1988-01-02 |
| Movie | The Possessed | Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky | 1988-02-24 |
| Movie | Grand Larceny | Rashid Saud | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Wedden, dat..? | Self | 1986-01-02 |
| Series | Peter the Great | Prince Feodor Romodanovsky | 1986-02-02 |
| Series | Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna | Czar Nicholas II | 1986-12-07 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | A Beginning and an Ending | حسنين | 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 | For the Sake of a Woman | شكري زدحمد | 1959-03-16 |
| Movie | Scandal in Zamalek | Unknown | 1959-01-23 |
| 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 | 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 |