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Omar Sharif, the Franco-Arabic actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire. Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business. Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned him a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film Siraa Fil-Wadi (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamama whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child (Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried. Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. In the 1970s and '80s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time." As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.
Series | Taht El Wesaya | Yaseen | 2023-03-23 |
Series | Finding Ola | 2022-02-03 | |
Movie | The Crime | 2022-01-05 | |
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 | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2020-02-15 |
Movie | Rock the Casbah | Moulay Hassan | 2013-09-11 |
Movie | A Castle in Italy | Omar Sharif | 2013-10-30 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Unknown | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | J'ai oublié de te dire | Jaume | 2010-03-12 |
Series | The Last Templar | Konstantine | 2009-01-25 |
Movie | La Traversée du désir | Self | 2009-03-16 |
Movie | The Traveller | Hassan | 2009-06-25 |
Movie | A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | 2009-12-20 |
Movie | 10,000 BC | Narrator (voice) | 2008-03-04 |
Movie | Hassan and Marcus | 2008-07-03 | |
Series | Hanan W Haneen | 2007-06-06 | |
Movie | Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs | Presenter | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | One Night with the King | Prince Memucan | 2006-10-10 |
Series | The Ten Commandments | Jethro | 2006-04-10 |
Movie | Fire at My Heart | Principe Nicola | 2006-01-01 |
Series | Kronprinz Rudolf | Hans Canon | 2006-04-30 |
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 | 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 | 2000-01-01 | |
Movie | Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend | Narrator | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | The 13th Warrior | Melchisidek | 1999-08-13 |
Movie | Mysteries of Egypt | Grandfather | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Heaven Before I Die | Khalil Gibran | 1997-01-01 |
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 |
Movie | Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt | Narrator | 1996-10-09 |
Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Dima | 1994-01-19 |
Movie | Lie Down with Lions | Safar Khan | 1994-06-12 |
Movie | Laughter, Joy, Work and Love | 1993-11-29 | |
Series | Parabéns | Self | 1992-09-19 |
Movie | Heavenly Sin | 1992-10-03 | |
Movie | 588 rue Paradis | Hagop | 1992-01-14 |
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 |
Series | Memories of Midnight | Constantin Demiris | 1991-11-25 |
Movie | Mother | Hagop | 1991-11-27 |
Movie | Citizen Masrey | Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby | 1991-12-23 |
Movie | Mountains of the Moon | Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited) | 1990-02-16 |
Movie | The Puppeteer | Mohamed Gad Al-Karim | 1989-12-18 |
Movie | Keys to Freedom | Jonathan | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Possessed | Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky | 1988-02-24 |
Movie | Les pyramides bleues | 1988-01-02 | |
Movie | Grand Larceny | Rashid Saud | 1987-01-01 |
Series | Peter the Great | Prince Feodor Romodanovsky | 1986-02-02 |
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 |
Series | The Far Pavilions | Koda Dad | 1984-04-22 |
Movie | Top Secret! | Agent Cedric | 1984-06-08 |
Movie | La Martingale | Alex Joski | 1983-10-13 |
Movie | Ayoub | Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari | 1983-07-07 |
Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
Movie | Inchon | Indian Brigadier | 1981-05-04 |
Movie | Green Ice | Meno Argenti | 1981-05-21 |
Movie | The Baltimore Bullet | The Deacon | 1980-04-01 |
Movie | S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert | Baron Cesare Magnasco | 1980-02-23 |
Movie | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Bart | 1980-07-11 |
Movie | Pleasure Palace | Louie Lefevre | 1980-10-22 |
Movie | Ashanti | Prince Hassan | 1979-02-21 |
Movie | Bloodline | Ivo Palazzi | 1979-06-29 |
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 |
Movie | The Tamarind Seed | Feodor Sverdlov | 1974-07-11 |
Movie | Juggernaut | Captain Alex Brunel | 1974-09-25 |
Movie | The Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo | 1973-03-17 |
Series | Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo | 1973-12-17 |
Movie | The Right to Love | Pierre | 1972-08-15 |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Unknown | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | The Last Valley | Vogel | 1971-01-28 |
Movie | The Horsemen | Uraz | 1971-08-16 |
Movie | The Burglars | Abel Zacharia | 1971-10-27 |
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 | Funny Girl | Nick Arnstein | 1968-09-19 |
Movie | Mayerling | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | 1968-10-31 |
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 | Doctor Zhivago | Dr. Yuri Zhivago | 1965-12-22 |
Movie | Marco the Magnificent | Sheik Alla Hou | 1965-08-06 |
Movie | Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan / Temujin | 1965-04-15 |
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 |
Movie | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Davich | 1964-12-31 |
Movie | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali | 1962-12-11 |
Movie | A Man in Our House | Ibrahim Mohammed | 1961-04-17 |
Movie | Agony of Love | 1960-10-01 | |
Movie | Eshaet Hob | Hussein | 1960-11-21 |
Movie | My Only Love | Adel | 1960-10-03 |
Movie | A Beginning and an Ending | Hassanein | 1960-10-31 |
Movie | The River of Love | Khalid | 1960-11-12 |
Movie | We the Students | 1959-01-02 | |
Movie | Rendezvous with a Stranger | Magdi | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | Scandal in Zamalek | 1959-01-23 | |
Movie | Goha | Goha | 1959-05-06 |
Movie | Struggle on the Nile | Muhassab | 1959-10-18 |
Movie | For the Sake of a Woman | شكري زدحمد | 1959-03-16 |
Movie | Ghaltet Habibi | Salah | 1958-04-14 |
Movie | Sayedat el kasr | Adel | 1958-11-17 |
Movie | Land of Peace | Ahmed | 1957-01-02 |
Movie | Sleepless | Aziz | 1957-10-31 |
Movie | Dark Waters | Ragab | 1956-01-16 |
Movie | The Lebanese Mission | Mokrir | 1956-09-12 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | Our Best Days | Ahmad | 1955-03-07 |
Movie | The Blazing Sun | Ahmed | 1954-03-01 |
Movie | The Devil of the Desert | Essam | 1954-12-27 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |