Omar Sharif
Born in Alexandria, Egypt — Apr 10 1932• Died Jul 10 2015
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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 phy…
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Bambi
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
The Oscars
Self
Numéro un
Self
30 millions d'amis
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Wedden, dat..?
Self
Cadet Rousselle
Self
Lawrence of Arabia
Sherif Ali
Green Ice
Meno Argenti
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
The 13th Warrior
Melchisidek
Hidalgo
Sheikh Riyadh
Gulliver's Travels
Sorcerer
Doctor Zhivago
Dr. Yuri Zhivago
The Ten Commandments
Jethro
The Lebanese Mission
Mokrir
Top Secret!
Agent Cedric
Peter the Great
Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
Funny Girl
Nick Arnstein
The Far Pavilions
Koda Dad
10,000 BC
Narrator (voice)
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
Mysterious Island
Captain Nemo
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Czar Nicholas II
The Last Valley
Vogel
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Sohamus
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
Juggernaut
Captain Alex Brunel
Inchon
Indian Brigadier
Mayerling
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
One Night with the King
Prince Memucan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan / Temujin
Kronprinz Rudolf
Hans Canon
St. Peter
Pietro
The Last Templar
Konstantine
Heavenly Sin
Tsai Mang Hua
Mountains of the Moon
Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
Mackenna's Gold
Colorado
Funny Lady
Nick Arnstein
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Ashanti
Prince Hassan
Beyond Justice
Emir Beni-Zair
St. Peter
San Pietro
Che!
Che Guevara
The Night of the Generals
Major Grau
Hassan and Marcus
Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin
Harem
Sultan Hassan
The Horsemen
Uraz
The Burglars
Abel Zacharia
The Law of the Desert
Emir Beni-Zair
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Dr. Rad
Memories of Midnight
Constantin Demiris
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
The Parole Officer
Victor
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Davich
More Than a Miracle
Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
Oh! Heavenly Dog
Bart
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grand Larceny
Rashid Saud
The Mysterious Island
Captain Nemo
The Blazing Sun
Ahmed أحمد
Rock the Casbah
Moulay Hassan
Bloodline
Ivo Palazzi
The Baltimore Bullet
The Deacon
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Marquis Hippolite
The Tamarind Seed
Feodor Sverdlov
Behold a Pale Horse
Francisco
Marco the Magnificent
Sheik Alla Hou
Catherine the Great
Razumovsky
La Traversée du désir
Self
Hollywood Legenden
Self
Monsieur Ibrahim
Monsieur Ibrahim
The Possessed
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Mother
Hagop Zakarian
588 rue Paradis
Hagop Zakarian
Harem
Sultan Hassan
Crime and Passion
Andre Ferren
Eshaet Hob
Hussein
The Appointment
Federico Fendi
The Rainbow Thief
Dima
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Devil of the Desert
Essam
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Self
Pleasure Palace
Louie Lefevre
Pyramid
Nakht (voice)
We the Students
عادل
Struggle in the Harbor
Ragab
The Traveller
Hassan
La Martingale
Alex Joski
The Mind of David Berglas
Lie Down with Lions
Safar Khan
Keys to Freedom
Jonathan
A Castle in Italy
Omar Sharif
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
Struggle on the Nile
محسّب
Moscow in Madrid
Self
A Man in Our House
إبراهيم حمدي
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self - Comédien (archive footage)
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
The King
Heaven Before I Die
Khalil Gibran
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
Ayoub
Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
The Car That Became a Star
Davich (archive footage)
Mysteries of Egypt
Grandfather
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Baron Cesare Magnasco
Journey of Love
Rico
Vicious Circle
Garcin
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self
Going Public
Mahmout Aziz
Beach of Secrets
Mamduh Ezzat
Scandal in Zamalek
أحمد
Goha
Goha
The Right to Love
Pierre
Citizen Masrey
Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
Hanan W Haneen
Rendezvous with a Stranger
Magdi
The Beginning and the End
Hassanein
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
Self
For the Sake of a Woman
شكري زدحمد
Paradise Calling
Alex
The River of Love
خالد
Our Best Days
أحمد
Looking for Sophia
Self
Sleepless
Aziz
Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued
Self
My Only Love
Adel
Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
Adham's father
In Search Of the Dead Eaters
Self
Sayedat el kasr
Adel
Gharam Al-Asyad
Essam Mourad
The Puppeteer
Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
Fire at My Heart
Principe Nicola
الحب الضائع
عمر
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
Narrator
The Mamluks
Ahmed
Land of Peace
Ahmed
Agony of Love
Hasan
I Forgot to Tell You
Jaume
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Self
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
Narrator (voice)
1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
Grandfather
Ghaltet Habibi
Salah
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Self - Presenter
The Coptic Museum
Narrator
Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend
Narrator