Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

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...

Known For

Lawrence of Arabia

as Sherif Ali

10,000 BC

as Narrator (voice)

The 13th Warrior

as Melchisidek

Cast Credits

A Castle in Italy

as Omar Sharif

Rock the Casbah

as Moulay Hassan

The Traveller

as Hassan

Hassan and Marcus

as Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin

10,000 BC

as Narrator (voice)

One Night with the King

as Prince Memucan

Fire at My Heart

as Principe Nicola

St. Peter

as San Pietro

Going Public

as Mahmout Aziz

Hidalgo

as Sheikh Riyadh

Monsieur Ibrahim

as Monsieur Ibrahim

The 13th Warrior

as Melchisidek

Heaven Before I Die

as Khalil Gibran

Catherine the Great

as Razumovsky

Lie Down with Lions

as Safar Khan

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

as Marquis Hippolite

Beyond Justice

as Emir Beni-Zair

Heavenly Sin

as Tsai Mang Hua

588 rue Paradis

as Hagop Zakarian

Citizen Masrey

as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby

Mother

as Hagop Zakarian

Mountains of the Moon

as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)