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Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif born April 10, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt, as Michel Shalhoub), also known as Omar El-Sharif, is an Egyptian-born actor (of Palestinian origins) who has starred in many Hollywood films. He graduated from Alexandria's Victoria College, then from Cairo University with a math and physics major. At first he worked with his father in the lumber business. In 1953 he started his acting career. He married the Egyptian star Faten Hamama in 1954, which rocketed his popularity in the Arab World. The marriage ended in 1974 after having one child Tarek Sharif who starred in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri at the age of 8.

His first English language film was Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. He also played Dr. Zhivago in the movie by the same name. Omar Sharif is fluent in English, Arabic, Greek, and French. He speaks some Italian and Turkish.

Sharif is also one of the world's best known contract bridge players. He writes a syndicated newspaper bridge column, he is also both author and co-author of several books on Bridge and has licensed his name to a Bridge computer game. Sharif is also a regular in casinos in France, where he once assaulted a casino employee after losing thousands of dollars on a single roulette bet.

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Trivia

  • Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
  • Although raised a Catholic, he was not religious. He converted to Islam to marry Faten.
  • He was once romantically linked to his Funny Girl co-star, Barbara Streisand.
  • He underwent triple bypass surgery in 1992, and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994.
  • In 5 August 2003 He received a one-month suspended prison sentence for striking a police officer in a suburban-Paris casino in July 2003.
  • Also fined $1,700 and ordered to pay the officer $340 in damages. (He had insulted and then head-butted the Pontoise policeman, who tried to intervene in an argument between the actor and a roulette croupier.)
  • In November 2005, he has been honored a medal by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in recognition of his significant contributions to world film and cultural diversity. The medal -which is handed out very infrequently- is named after Russian director Sergei Eisenstein and could only be given out a total of 25 times by Russia's MOSFILM.

 

Filmography

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