Actor
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 would later discover theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cair ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued | Self
2021 -- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020 -- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2015 -- 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham | Grandfather
2013 -- A Castle in Italy | Omar Sharif
2013 -- Rock the Casbah | Moulay Hassan
2013 -- Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten | Self
2011 -- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self
2010 -- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage)
2010 -- I Forgot to Tell You | Jaume
2009 -- A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self
2009 -- The Traveller | Hassan
2009 -- La Traversée du désir | Self
2008 -- Hassan and Marcus |
2008 -- 10,000 BC | Narrator (voice)
2007 -- Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs | Self - Presenter
2007 -- Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte | Self
2006 -- One Night with the King | Prince Memucan
2006 -- The Coptic Museum | Narrator
2006 -- Fire at My Heart | Principe Nicola
2005 -- St. Peter | San Pietro
2005 -- Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | The King
2004 -- Looking for Sophia | Self
2004 -- Hidalgo | Sheikh Riyadh
2004 -- Hollywood Legenden | Self
2003 -- The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim
2002 -- Pyramid | Nakht (voice)
2001 -- The Parole Officer | Victor
2000 -- The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self
2000 -- Going Public |
1999 -- The 13th Warrior | Melchisidek
1999 -- Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend | Narrator
1998 -- Mysteries of Egypt | Grandfather
1997 -- Heaven Before I Die | Khalil Gibran
1996 -- Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt | Narrator
1996 -- Catherine the Great | Razumovsky
1996 -- Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage)
1995 -- Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic | Narrator (voice)
1994 -- Lie Down with Lions | Safar Khan
1994 -- The Rainbow Thief | Dima
1993 -- Laughter, Joy, Work and Love |
1992 -- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Marquis Hippolite
1992 -- Beyond Justice | Emir Beni-Zair
1992 -- Heavenly Sin |
1992 -- 588 rue Paradis | Hagop Zakarian
1991 -- Citizen Masrey | Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
1991 -- Mother | Hagop Zakarian
1991 -- Desert Law | Emir Beni-Zair
1990 -- Journey of Love | Rico
1990 -- Mountains of the Moon | Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
1989 -- The Puppeteer | Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
1988 -- The Possessed | Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
1988 -- Les pyramides bleues | Alex
1988 -- Keys to Freedom | Jonathan
1987 -- Grand Larceny | Rashid Saud
1986 -- Harem | Sultan Hassan
1985 -- Vicious Circle | Garcin
1985 -- David Lean: A Life in Film | Self
1984 -- Top Secret! | Agent Cedric
1983 -- La Martingale | Alex Joski
1983 -- Ayoub | Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
1981 -- Green Ice | Meno Argenti
1981 -- Inchon | Indian Brigadier
1980 -- Pleasure Palace | Louie Lefevre
1980 -- Oh! Heavenly Dog | Bart
1980 -- The Baltimore Bullet | The Deacon
1980 -- S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert | Baron Cesare Magnasco
1979 -- Bloodline | Ivo Palazzi
1979 -- Ashanti | Prince Hassan
1976 -- The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
1976 -- Crime and Passion | Andre Ferren
1975 -- Funny Lady | Nick Arnstein
1974 -- Juggernaut | Captain Alex Brunel
1974 -- The Tamarind Seed | Feodor Sverdlov
1973 -- The Mysterious Island | Captain Nemo
1972 -- The Right to Love | Pierre
1971 -- The Burglars | Abel Zacharia
1971 -- The Horsemen | Uraz
1971 -- The Last Valley | Vogel
1969 -- Che! | Che Guevara
1969 -- The Appointment | Federico Fendi
1969 -- Mackenna's Gold | Colorado
1968 -- Mayerling | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
1968 -- Funny Girl | Nick Arnstein
1967 -- More Than a Miracle | Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
1967 -- The Night of the Generals | Major Grau
1966 -- The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Dr. Rad
1965 -- Moscow in Madrid | Self
1965 -- Pasternak | Himself
1965 -- Doctor Zhivago | Dr. Yuri Zhivago
1965 -- The Mamluks | Ahmed
1965 -- Marco the Magnificent | Sheik Alla Hou
1965 -- Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan / Temujin
1965 -- The Car That Became a Star | Davich (archiveFootage)
1965 -- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self
1964 -- The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Davich
1964 -- Behold a Pale Horse | Francisco
1964 -- The Fall of the Roman Empire | Sohamus
1962 -- Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali
1961 -- A Man in Our House | إبراهيم حمدي
1961 -- Gharam Al-Asyad | Essam Mourad
1960 -- Eshaet Hob | Hussein
1960 -- The River of Love | Khalid
1960 -- The Beginning and the End | Hassanein
1960 -- My Only Love | Adel
1960 -- Agony of Love |
1959 -- Struggle on the Nile | محسّب
1959 -- Goha | Goha
1959 -- For the Sake of a Woman | شكري زدحمد
1959 -- Scandal in Zamalek |
1959 -- We the Students | عادل
1959 -- Rendezvous with a Stranger | Magdi
1958 -- Sayedat el kasr | Adel
1958 -- Ghaltet Habibi | Salah
1958 -- Beach of Secrets | Mamduh Ezzat
1957 -- Sleepless | Aziz
1957 -- Land of Peace | Ahmed
1956 -- The Lebanese Mission | Mokrir
1956 -- Dark Waters | Ragab
1955 -- Our Best Days | أحمد
1954 -- The Devil of the Desert | Essam
1954 -- The Blazing Sun | Ahmed
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