Omar Sharif
Acting
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 later discovered theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo University, where he obtained his diploma in mathematics and physics. He later converted to Islam to marry Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. In 1962, he took on the role of Prince Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia under the direction of David Lean. This film, the first outside Egypt for the actor, marked the beginning of a long friendship with Peter O'Toole and a turning point in Omar Sharif's career. He won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and decided to leave his native country for Hollywood.
Born: April 10, 1932
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Known For
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.
The Puppeteer
Muhammad Jad al-Karim Aragouz in the village, he had a son and he was Bahloul, he was able to teach him until he graduated, but the son was rebellious against his father’s profession. His great ambition put him in the way of a businessman who was from the people of his town. A large tourism project in agricultural land, for which Al-Aragouz stands.
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
The Beginning and the End
Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
The Traveller
Love, passion, responsibility and loss follow a man over the course of half a century in this powerful drama from Egypt. In 1948, Hassan is working his first day on the job for a telegraph company when he has to deliver a telegram to Noura, a beautiful woman who is waiting on a ship docked in the harbor. The message is from Noura's fiancé, but when Hassan sees her, he acts on an impulse, and by the end of the day he's slept with Noura. In 1973, Hassan crosses paths with Noura again; her brother is in the hospital, and Hassan happens to meet Nadia, the beautiful woman's daughter who he may have fathered. And in 2001, elderly Hassan visits Cairo and meets Ali, Nadia's son, and both are taken aback at the similarities between them.
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, literary adaptations, great epic directors and actors, the challenges of making big-budget movies, classic set-pieces and epic music scores. The special also looks at how the genre fell out of favor with audiences and filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s, only to be reborn with more recent films like Gladiator, and Dances with Wolves trilogy. Throughout, the special is packed with classic scenes and behind-the-scenes images from such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), Samson & Delilah (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), King of Kings (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).
La Martingale
A high-stakes drama set in the world of gambling, where a clever but morally conflicted roulette player, Alex Joski, joins forces with a desperate woman battling debt. As they pursue an “unfailing system” to beat the casino, their alliance is tested by jealousy, mistrust, and the reappearance of the woman’s troublesome former lover.
Le Grand Échiquier
Cinépanorama
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Filmography
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Comédien (archive footage)
as Omar Sharif
as Moulay Hassan
as (archive footage)
as Jaume
as Hassan
as Self
as Konstantine
as Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Presenter
as Prince Memucan
as Hans Canon
as Jethro
as Principe Nicola
as San Pietro
as Pietro
as Mahmout Aziz
as The King
as Sheikh Riyadh
as Monsieur Ibrahim
as Nakht (voice)
as Victor
as Melchisidek
as Self
as Grandfather
as Khalil Gibran
as Narrator
as Razumovsky
as Self (archive footage)
as Sorcerer
as Narrator (voice)
as Safar Khan
as Dima
as Adham's father
as Marquis Hippolite
as Emir Beni-Zair
as Tsai Mang Hua
as Self
as Hagop Zakarian
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
as Hagop Zakarian
as Constantin Demiris
as Emir Beni-Zair
as Rico
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
as Self
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
as Alex
as Jonathan
as Self
as Rashid Saud
as Czar Nicholas II
as Sultan Hassan
as Sultan Hassan
as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
as Self
as Agent Cedric
as Koda Dad
as Alex Joski
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
as Self
as Self
as Meno Argenti
as Indian Brigadier
as Louie Lefevre
as Bart
as The Deacon
as Baron Cesare Magnasco
as Ivo Palazzi
as Prince Hassan
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
as Andre Ferren
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Nick Arnstein
as Captain Alex Brunel
as Self
as Feodor Sverdlov
as Captain Nemo
as Captain Nemo
as Pierre
as Self
as Self
as Abel Zacharia
as Uraz
as Self
as Vogel
as Che Guevara
as Federico Fendi
as Colorado
as عمر
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
as Nick Arnstein
as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
as Major Grau
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dr. Rad
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
as Ahmed
as Sheik Alla Hou
as Genghis Khan / Temujin
as Davich (archive footage)
as Davich
as Francisco
as Sohamus
as Sherif Ali
as إبراهيم حمدي
as Essam Mourad
as Hussein
as خالد
as Hassanein
as Adel
as Hasan
as محسّب
as Goha
as شكري زدحمد
as أحمد
as عادل
as Magdi
as Adel
as Salah
as Mamduh Ezzat
as Aziz
as Ahmed
as Mokrir
as Self
as Ragab
as أحمد
as Essam
as Ahmed أحمد
as Self
as Self
as Self - Nominee