Omar Sharif

1932-

Biography: life and films

Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor whose birth name is Michel Demitri Shalhoub. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 10th April 1932.

His best films as an actor include David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965), William Wyler's Funny Girl (1968), Richard Lester's crime-thriller Juggernaut (1974), Henri Verneuil's Mayrig (1992) and Michael O. Sajbel's One Night with the King (2006).

Omar Sharif has so far appeared in 56 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Terence Young (3 films), Henri Verneuil (3), Richard Fleischer (2) and David Lean (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), comedy (8), romance (6), history (6), comedy-romance (5), War (5), Thriller (5), comedy-drama (4), crime-thriller (3), Fantasy (3), Biography (3) and comedy-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Omar Sharif over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

La Châtelaine du Liban (1956) [a]

Goha (1958) [a]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [a]

Behold a Pale Horse (1964) [a]

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [a]

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) [a]

Doctor Zhivago (1965) [a]

Genghis Khan (1965) [a]

La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) [a]

Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) [a]

C'era una volta... (1967) [a]

The Night of the Generals (1967) [a]

Funny Girl (1968) [a]

Mayerling (1968) [a]

Che! (1969) [a]

Mackenna's Gold (1969) [a]

The Appointment (1969) [a]

Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969) [a]

The Last Valley (1970) [a]

Le Casse (1971) [a]

The Horsemen (1971) [a]

Le Droit d'aimer (1972) [a]

La Isla misteriosa (1973) [a]

Juggernaut (1974) [a]

The Tamarind Seed (1974) [a]

Funny Lady (1975) [a]

Ace Up My Sleeve (1976) [a]

Ashanti (1979) [a]

Bloodline (1979) [a]

Oh Heavenly Dog (1980) [a]

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert (1980) [a]

The Baltimore Bullet (1980) [a]

Green Ice (1981) [a]

Top Secret! (1984) [a]

Grand Larceny (1987) [a]

Keys to Freedom (1988) [a]

Les Possédés (1988) [a]

Les Pyramides bleues (1988) [a]

The Rainbow Thief (1990) [a]

Viaggio d'amore (1990) [a]

Beyond Justice (1992) [a]

Mayrig (1992) [a]

588 rue paradis (1993) [a]

Umm Kulthum (1996) [a]

Heaven Before I Die (1997) [a]

The 13th Warrior (1999) [a]

The Parole Officer (2001) [a]

Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (2003) [a]

Hidalgo (2004) [a]

Fuoco su di me (2006) [a]

One Night with the King (2006) [a]

10,000 BC (2008) [a]

Road to Las Vegas (2009) [w]

The Traveller (2009) [a]

J'ai oublié de te dire (2010) [a]

Rock the Casbah (2013) [a]

Un château en Italie (2013) [a]



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