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person_profile-Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Omar Sharif

Date of Birth:

Apr 10, 1932

Country of birth:

Egypt

Died:

Jul 10, 2015

Biography of

Omar Sharif

    Michel Dimitri Shalhoub, known as Omar Sharif (Arabic: عمر الشريف), also spelled Omar El-Sharifa, born April 10, 1932 in Alexandria and died July 10, 2015 in Cairo, is an Egyptian actor. The son of a precious wood merchant, he grew up in a united Christian family with his parents and his sister. Enrolled at Victoria College, a prestigious British school in Alexandria, the teenager studied science, foreign languages and also discovered theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo University where he obtained his diploma in mathematics and physics.

    Caught up in his taste for acting, he was spotted at the age of 21 by director Youssef Chahine who offered him a leading role in Ciel d'enfer (1954). The success was immediate, thanks to this role, the young leading man walked the red carpet of the Croisette at the Cannes Film Festival the same year. He became a star of Egyptian cinema then in full expansion, and collaborated again with Youssef Chahine (The Demon of the Desert, Black Waters). In 1962, he took on the role of Prince Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia under the direction of David Lean. The filming, the first outside Egypt for the actor, marks 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. In 1955, Omar Sharif married the Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, whom he met on the set of Ciel d'Enfer, and for whom he converted to Islam. Their son Tarek was born in 1957. The couple separated when the actor decided to pursue his career in Hollywood. Their divorce was finalized a few years later in 1974. The actor, a polyglot, then began an international career. David Lean offered him a new emblematic role with Doctor Zhivago (1965) in which he played opposite Geraldine Chaplin. This time he won the Golden Globe for best actor in 1965. His filmography includes more than a hundred films. The actor nevertheless had a more unhappy period on the big screen with some commercial failures (And Came the Day of Vengeance, The Rendezvous, The Horsemen). He returned to success in the 2000s with Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran by François Dupeyron for which he was awarded the César for best actor in 2004. The same year, he starred in Hidalgo by Joe Johnston. Rarer on film sets, in 2009 he accepted the role of a painter suffering from Alzheimer's disease in I forgot to tell you alongside Emilie Dequenne. He appears in his last film, Rock the Casbah by Laïla Marrakchi, in 2012.

    In May 2015, his son, Tarek El-Sharif, announced in an interview that Omar Sharif had Alzheimer's disease. He died on July 10, 2015 following a heart attack. His funeral took place on July 12, 2015 in a mosque in Cairo and he was buried at the Sayyeda Nefisa cemetery in the south of the city.

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Omar Sharif

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Filmography of

Omar Sharif

Found 106 Movies in total

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Self - Actor (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

A Castle in Italy

Omar Sharif ( Actor )

... 2013

Rock the Casbah

Moulay Hassan ( Actor )

... 2013

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

archival footage ( Actor )

... 2010

I Forgot to Tell You

Jaume ( Actor )

... 2010

The Traveller

Hassan ( Actor )

... 2009

... 2009

... 2008

10,000 BC

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

One Night with the King

Prince Memucan ( Actor )

... 2006

Fire at My Heart

Principe Nicola ( Actor )

... 2006

St. Peter

San Pietro ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

The King ( Actor )

... 2005

Hidalgo

Sheikh Riyadh ( Actor )

... 2004

Monsieur Ibrahim

Monsieur Ibrahim ( Actor )

... 2003

Pyramid

Nakht (voice) ( Actor )

... 2002

The Parole Officer

Victor ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

The 13th Warrior

Melchisidek ( Actor )

... 1999

Heaven Before I Die

Khalil Gibran ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1996

Catherine the Great

Razumovsky ( Actor )

... 1996

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

Lie Down with Lions

Safar Khan ( Actor )

... 1994

The Rainbow Thief

Dima ( Actor )

... 1994

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Marquis Hippolite ( Actor )

... 1992

Beyond Justice

Emir Beni-Zair ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

588 rue Paradis

Hagop ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1991

Mother

Hagop ( Actor )

... 1991

Desert Law

Emir Beni-Zair ( Actor )

... 1991

Journey of Love

Rico ( Actor )

... 1990

Mountains of the Moon

Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1990

The Puppeteer

محمد جاد الكريم ( Actor )

... 1989

The Possessed

Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky ( Actor )

... 1988

Les pyramides bleues

Alex ( Actor )

... 1988

Keys to Freedom

Jonathan ( Actor )

... 1988

Grand Larceny

Rashid Saud ( Actor )

... 1987

Harem

Sultan Hassan ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1985

Top Secret!

Agent Cedric ( Actor )

... 1984

Ayoub

ayoub ( Actor )

... 1983

Green Ice

Meno Argenti ( Actor )

... 1981

Inchon

Indian Brigadier ( Actor )

... 1981

Pleasure Palace

Louie Lefevre ( Actor )

... 1980

Oh! Heavenly Dog

Bart ( Actor )

... 1980

The Baltimore Bullet

The Deacon ( Actor )

... 1980

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

Baron Cesare Magnasco ( Actor )

... 1980

Bloodline

Ivo Palazzi ( Actor )

... 1979

Ashanti

Prince Hassan ( Actor )

... 1979

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Egyptian Assassin (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1976

Crime and Passion

Andre Ferren ( Actor )

... 1976

Funny Lady

Nick Arnstein ( Actor )

... 1975

Juggernaut

Captain Alex Brunel ( Actor )

... 1974

The Tamarind Seed

Feodor Sverdlov ( Actor )

... 1974

The Mysterious Island

Captain Nemo ( Actor )

... 1973

The Right to Love

Pierre ( Actor )

... 1972

The Burglars

Abel Zacharia ( Actor )

... 1971

The Horsemen

Uraz ( Actor )

... 1971

The Last Valley

Vogel ( Actor )

... 1971

Che!

Che Guevara ( Actor )

... 1969

The Appointment

Federico Fendi ( Actor )

... 1969

Mackenna's Gold

Colorado ( Actor )

... 1969

Mayerling

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ( Actor )

... 1968

Funny Girl

Nick Arnstein ( Actor )

... 1968

More Than a Miracle

Prince Rodrigo Fernandez ( Actor )

... 1967

The Night of the Generals

Major Grau ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1966

Doctor Zhivago

Dr. Yuri Zhivago ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

Marco the Magnificent

Sheik Alla Hou ( Actor )

... 1965

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan / Temujin ( Actor )

... 1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Davich ( Actor )

... 1964

Behold a Pale Horse

Francisco ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

Lawrence of Arabia

Sherif Ali ( Actor )

... 1962

A Man in Our House

Ibrahim Mohammed ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1961

Eshaet Hob

Hussien ( Actor )

... 1960

The River of Love

Khalid ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

... 1960

Struggle on the Nile

Muhassab ( Actor )

... 1959

Goha

Goha ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

... 1959

... 1959

Sayedat el kasr

Adel ( Actor )

... 1958

Ghaltet Habibi

Salah ( Actor )

... 1958

Beach of Secrets

Mamduh Ezzat ( Actor )

... 1958

Sleepless

Aziz ( Actor )

... 1957

Land of Peace

Ahmed ( Actor )

... 1957

The Lebanese Mission

Mokrir ( Actor )

... 1956

Dark Waters

Ragab ( Actor )

... 1956

Our Best Days

Ahmad ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1954

The Blazing Sun

Ahmed ( Actor )

... 1954