Omar Sharif
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-04-10 (83 years old)
Deathday
2015-07-10
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Also known As
Омар Шариф
Michel Dimitri Chalhoub
عمر الشريف
Omar El Sherif
عمر شریف
Omar Sharif
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 too...
Acting
2003
as Monsieur Ibrahim
1965
as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
1962
as Sherif Ali
1979
as Ivo Palazzi
1965
as Himself
2004
as Sheikh Riyadh
1990
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1965
as Genghis Khan / Temujin
1998
as Grandfather
2008
as Narrator (voice)
2006
as Principe Nicola
1984
as Agent Cedric
1980
as Bart
1971
as Abel Zacharia
1987
as Rashid Saud
2004
as Self
1994
as Dima
2002
as Nakht (voice)
1974
as Captain Alex Brunel
1971
as Vogel
1967
as Major Grau
1967
as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
2006
as Prince Memucan
1969
as Che Guevara
1973
as Captain Nemo
1968
as Nick Arnstein
2011
1968
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
1975
as Nick Arnstein
1964
as Davich
1964
as Sohamus
1969
as Colorado
1971
as Uraz
1965
as Self
2005
as The King
2010
as Jaume
1974
as Feodor Sverdlov
1969
as Federico Fendi
1979
as Prince Hassan
1959
as محسّب
2004
as Self
1981
as Meno Argenti
1991
as Hagop Zakarian
1992
as Hagop Zakarian
1992
as Emir Beni-Zair
2005
as San Pietro
1965
as Sheik Alla Hou
1976
as Andre Ferren
1966
as Dr. Rad
1994
as Safar Khan
1964
as Francisco
1988
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
1980
as The Deacon
2013
as Moulay Hassan
1996
as Narrator
1980
as Louie Lefevre
1980
as Baron Cesare Magnasco
1954
as Ahmed أحمد
1988
as Jonathan
1958
as Adel
1957
as Aziz
1990
as Rico
1960
as Hassanein
1988
as Alex
1961
as إبراهيم حمدي
1972
as Pierre
2007
as Self - Presenter
2015
as Grandfather
1999
as Melchisidek
2009
as Hassan
1997
as Khalil Gibran
1965
2006
as Narrator
1960
as Hussein
1960
as خالد
1992
as Marquis Hippolite
1959
as Magdi
2001
as Victor
1999
as Narrator
1986
as Sultan Hassan
1955
as أحمد
2010
as (archive footage)
1992
1959
as Goha
1991
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
1991
as Emir Beni-Zair
1996
as Razumovsky
2005
1956
as Mokrir
1976
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
2009
as Self
1959
as شكري زدحمد
1960
as Adel
1985
as Self
1954
as Essam
1959
as عادل
1983
as Alex Joski
1960
2020
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
1965
as Ahmed
1981
as Indian Brigadier
1983
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
1956
as Ragab
2000
1958
as Salah
1965
as Davich (archive footage)
1989
as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
1961
as Essam Mourad
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1957
as Ahmed
2013
as Omar Sharif
1985
as Garcin
1958
as Mamduh Ezzat
1995
as Narrator (voice)
2022
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