Omar Sharif

Actor Apr 10 (died age 83) Alexandria, Egypt 1944–2022 (78 year career)

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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 Univ…

Known For

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

Sherif Ali

Film

Doctor Zhivago

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Film

Top Secret!

Agent Cedric

Film

The 13th Warrior

Melchisidek

Film

Hidalgo

Sheikh Riyadh

Film

10,000 BC

Narrator (voice)

Film

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)

Film

Funny Girl

Nick Arnstein

Filmography

Acting (161)

Movies (124)

Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued

2022

as Self

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.9

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

7.0

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019

6.8

1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham

as Grandfather

A Castle in Italy

as Omar Sharif

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

2013

as Self

Rock the Casbah

2013

as Moulay Hassan

6.3

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

2011

as Self

6.0

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as (archive footage)

I Forgot to Tell You

as Jaume

La Traversée du désir

as Self

The Traveller

as Hassan

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

as Self

10,000 BC

as Narrator (voice)

Hassan and Marcus

as Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin

6.6

Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte

2007

as Self

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

2007

as Self - Presenter

Fire at My Heart

2006

as Principe Nicola

6.0

One Night with the King

as Prince Memucan

The Coptic Museum

as Narrator

St. Peter

as San Pietro

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

as The King

Going Public

as Mahmout Aziz

Hidalgo

as Sheikh Riyadh

Hollywood Legenden

as Self

Looking for Sophia

as Self

Monsieur Ibrahim

as Monsieur Ibrahim

Pyramid

as Nakht (voice)

The Parole Officer

as Victor

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

as Self

The 13th Warrior

as Melchisidek

Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend

1999

as Narrator

Mysteries of Egypt

as Grandfather

Heaven Before I Die

as Khalil Gibran

Catherine the Great

as Razumovsky

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

1996

as Narrator

4.0

Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic

1995

as Narrator (voice)

The Rainbow Thief

as Dima

Lie Down with Lions

as Safar Khan

Laughter, Joy, Work and Love

as Adham's father

Heavenly Sin

as Tsai Mang Hua

588 rue Paradis

as Hagop Zakarian

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

as Marquis Hippolite

Beyond Justice

as Emir Beni-Zair

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky

1991

as Self

Mother

1991

as Hagop Zakarian

7.8

Citizen Masrey

1991

as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby

7.3

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)

6.5

Journey of Love

1990

as Rico

The Puppeteer

1989

as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim

9.0

The Possessed

1988

as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky

Paradise Calling

as Alex

Keys to Freedom

as Jonathan

Grand Larceny

as Rashid Saud

Harem

as Sultan Hassan

David Lean: A Life in Film

1985

as Self

6.0

Vicious Circle

1985

as Garcin

Top Secret!

1984

as Agent Cedric

7.1

Ayoub

1983

as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari

La Martingale

as Alex Joski

Inchon

as Indian Brigadier

Green Ice

as Meno Argenti

Pleasure Palace

as Louie Lefevre

Oh! Heavenly Dog

as Bart

The Baltimore Bullet

as The Deacon

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

1980

as Baron Cesare Magnasco

Bloodline

as Ivo Palazzi

Ashanti

as Prince Hassan

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)

Crime and Passion

as Andre Ferren

Funny Lady

as Nick Arnstein

Juggernaut

as Captain Alex Brunel

6.2

The Tamarind Seed

1974

as Feodor Sverdlov

6.2

The Mysterious Island

as Captain Nemo

The Right to Love

as Pierre

The Burglars

as Abel Zacharia

The Last Valley

as Vogel

The Horsemen

as Uraz

Mackenna's Gold

as Colorado

The Appointment

as Federico Fendi

Che!

as Che Guevara

Funny Girl

as Nick Arnstein

Mayerling

as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

6.2

The Night of the Generals

1967

as Major Grau

6.8

More Than a Miracle

1967

as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez

5.8

Lionpower from MGM

1967

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

as Dr. Rad

Doctor Zhivago

as Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Moscow in Madrid

as Self

Genghis Khan

1965

as Genghis Khan / Temujin

5.8

Pasternak

1965

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Marco the Magnificent

1965

as Sheik Alla Hou

4.7

The Car That Became a Star

1965

as Davich (archive footage)

6.0

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

1965

as Self

The Mamluks

1965

as Ahmed

The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Sohamus

Behold a Pale Horse

as Francisco

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Davich

Lawrence of Arabia

as Sherif Ali

A Man in Our House

as إبراهيم حمدي

Gharam Al-Asyad

as Essam Mourad

The Beginning and the End

as Hassanein

The River of Love

as خالد

Eshaet Hob

as Hussein

My Only Love

as Adel

Agony of Love

1960

as Hasan

For the Sake of a Woman

1959

as شكري زدحمد

6.0

Scandal in Zamalek

1959

as أحمد

We the Students

as عادل

Goha

as Goha

Struggle on the Nile

as محسّب

Rendezvous with a Stranger

1959

as Magdi

Ghaltet Habibi

1958

as Salah

Sayedat el kasr

as Adel

Beach of Secrets

as Mamduh Ezzat

Sleepless

as Aziz

Land of Peace

as Ahmed

Struggle in the Harbor

as Ragab

The Lebanese Mission

as Mokrir

Our Best Days

as أحمد

The Devil of the Desert

as Essam

The Blazing Sun

as Ahmed أحمد

Television (37)

TV Story Superstar

2020

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Templar

as Konstantine

Hanan W Haneen

The Ten Commandments

as Jethro

Kronprinz Rudolf

as Hans Canon

St. Peter

as Pietro

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Gulliver's Travels

as Sorcerer

Viva el lunes

as Self

Parabéns

as Self

The Law of the Desert

1991

as Emir Beni-Zair

Memories of Midnight

1991

as Constantin Demiris

3.5

Clive James' Postcard from

as Self

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

1986

as Czar Nicholas II

6.6

Peter the Great

1986

as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky

8.0

Harem

1986

as Sultan Hassan

5.0

The Mind of David Berglas

The Far Pavilions

as Koda Dad

Wogan

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Mysterious Island

as Captain Nemo

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Cadet Rousselle

as Self

الحب الضائع

1969

as عمر

Die Drehscheibe

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Bambi

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee