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 Univ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ademã – A Vida e as Notas de Ibrahim Sued
2022
as Self
Discover the trajectory of Ibrahim Sued, a journalist who revolutionized the Brazilian press during his almost 50-year career, through interviews, pho...

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as prod...

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he wa...
1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
2015
as Grandfather
The fascinating story of a brave young scientist from 11th century Arabia. Ibn Al-Haytham embarks upon a quest to uncover ancient mysteries that would...

A Castle in Italy
2013
as Omar Sharif
Louise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their mother, and the destiny of a leading family of wealthy Ita...

Rock the Casbah
2013
as Moulay Hassan
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
as Self
Documentary about Hollywood.

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
as Self

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

I Forgot to Tell You
2010
as Jaume
Marie is a young woman with a troubled past. Her passion is painting, but she never had any formal training. Living in the South of France, she takes ...

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009
as Self
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, ...

The Traveller
2009
as Hassan
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 hi...

La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle of famous people.

Hassan and Marcus
2008
A terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their organisation. At the same time, a priest ,Marcos, is als...

10,000 BC
2008
as Narrator (voice)
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
2007
as Self - Presenter
The DVD companion to the museum exhibition "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" walks through the entire exhibition, up close and in great...
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
2007
as Self
Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.

One Night with the King
2006
as Prince Memucan
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Fire at My Heart
2006
as Principe Nicola
The story of Eugenio, young soldier of the Napoleonic army, in the Napoli of 1815 after the era of Gioacchino Murat.
The Coptic Museum
2006
as Narrator
Tour inside the Coptic Museum

St. Peter
2005
as San Pietro
Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts":...

Going Public
2005
Eddy and Bruno are ordered to break into the villa of one of Germany's most powerful bankers in order to steal a file that can prove his criminal acti...

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
as The King
The saga of legendary African warrior Shaka Zulu comes to the screen in this continuation of the timeless tale from original miniseries creator Joshua...
Looking for Sophia
2004
as Self
Looking for Sophia is a documentary about Loren's remarkable life and career, featuring rare newsreel footage, highlights from her films, and insights...

Hidalgo
2004
as Sheikh Riyadh
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive c...
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Documentary about Hollywood.

Monsieur Ibrahim
2003
as Monsieur Ibrahim
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood,...

Pyramid
2002
as Nakht (voice)
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could n...

The Parole Officer
2001
as Victor
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law ab...

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2000
as Self
Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

The 13th Warrior
1999
as Melchisidek
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they trave...
Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend
1999
as Narrator
Documentary of an underwater archaeological expedition led by French explorer Franck Goddio that explores the sunken ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt...

Mysteries of Egypt
1998
as Grandfather
Filmed in IMAX, a young girl questions her grandfather about the alleged curse of King Tutankhamen. His response takes us up to the source of the nour...

Heaven Before I Die
1997
as Khalil Gibran
Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, w...

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
1996
as Narrator
Biography of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, narrated by Omar Sharif

Catherine the Great
1996
as Razumovsky
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become...

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable p...

Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Omar Sharif narrates and others discuss the making of Doctor Zhivago.

Lie Down with Lions
1994
as Safar Khan
Doctor Peter Husak introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on first sight. But when she learns, in a dramatic inc...

The Rainbow Thief
1994
as Dima
A petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.

Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
1993
During 1968 , in the Heliopolis area, a group of school students live for fun and pleasure, and they get to know a young boxer named (Adham), who chan...

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
as Marquis Hippolite
Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but w...

Beyond Justice
1992
as Emir Beni-Zair
A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco, where the boy is to be made the l...

Heavenly Sin
1992
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.

588 rue Paradis
1992
as Hagop Zakarian
A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He n...

Citizen Masrey
1991
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby
The story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq (Khalid al-Nabawi) is called for army recruitment, his wife ...

Mother
1991
as Hagop Zakarian
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Mar...

Desert Law
1991
as Emir Beni-Zair

Journey of Love
1990
as Rico
An older couple finally travels to the sea, reliving old memories along the way.

Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...

The Puppeteer
1989
as Mohamed Gad Al-Karim
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...

The Possessed
1988
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of p...

Les pyramides bleues
1988
as Alex
Elise is content being the lover of Alex, a wealthy magnate who lavishes her with attention and money. When she gets religious and decides to hide fro...

Keys to Freedom
1988
as Jonathan
The keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadl...

Grand Larceny
1987
as Rashid Saud
A woman who hasn't seen her father in 18 years, learns of his death and goes to his estate in France to carry out his wishes. She then learns that her...

Harem
1986
as Sultan Hassan
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly ge...
Vicious Circle
1985
as Garcin

David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

Top Secret!
1984
as Agent Cedric
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillar...

La Martingale
1983
as Alex Joski
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 wom...

Ayoub
1983
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-Sukkari
An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.

Green Ice
1981
as Meno Argenti
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.

Inchon
1981
as Indian Brigadier
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.

Pleasure Palace
1980
as Louie Lefevre
Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling in...

Oh! Heavenly Dog
1980
as Bart
Browning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client. He stumbles across the body of a young woman and is stabbe...

The Baltimore Bullet
1980
as The Deacon
A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
1980
as Baron Cesare Magnasco
Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.

Bloodline
1979
as Ivo Palazzi
A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless bo...

Ashanti
1979
as Prince Hassan
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and t...

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...

Crime and Passion
1976
as Andre Ferren
Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new hu...

Funny Lady
1975
as Nick Arnstein
Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but me...

Juggernaut
1974
as Captain Alex Brunel
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.

The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Feodor Sverdlov
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

The Mysterious Island
1973
as Captain Nemo
1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themse...

The Right to Love
1972
as Pierre
The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right to...

The Burglars
1971
as Abel Zacharia
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship ...

The Horsemen
1971
as Uraz
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his v...

The Last Valley
1971
as Vogel
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of sol...

Che!
1969
as Che Guevara
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually r...

The Appointment
1969
as Federico Fendi
Lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one of Rome's highest paid call-girls.

Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Colorado
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to ke...

Mayerling
1968
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. R...

Funny Girl
1968
as Nick Arnstein
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Fol...

More Than a Miracle
1967
as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez
A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodri...

The Night of the Generals
1967
as Major Grau
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, tw...

Lionpower from MGM
1967
"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five se...

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as Dr. Rad
A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Pasternak
1965
as Himself
Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian gover...

Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self
When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a lo...

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship dur...

The Mamluks
1965
as Ahmed
After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump the people and organize popular resistance to eliminate them and get ...

Marco the Magnificent
1965
as Sheik Alla Hou
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

Genghis Khan
1965
as Genghis Khan / Temujin
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tr...

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles i...
The Car That Became a Star
1965
as Davich (archive footage)
This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). After the car is filmed in various Eu...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Davich
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The nex...

Behold a Pale Horse
1964
as Francisco
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting ...

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Sohamus
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius h...

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Sherif Ali
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Law...

A Man in Our House
1961
as إبراهيم حمدي
A Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which ended in the exile of King Farouk in 1954 and the rise ...

Gharam Al-Asyad
1961
as Essam Mourad
Two wealthy brothers have feelings for the stableman's daughter. When the younger son tries to rape her, the girl runs away from the house. A fashion ...

Eshaet Hob
1960
as Hussein
Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Huss...

The River of Love
1960
as خالد
Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".

The Beginning and the End
1960
as Hassanein
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 o...

My Only Love
1960
as Adel
Adel and Mona are in love, and just as they were about to get engaged, Adel has an accident. When he recovers, he finds that the only woman he loved i...

Agony of Love
1960
Amal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her husband's presence, Mahmoud travels to another city and...

Struggle on the Nile
1959
as محسّب
Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat...

Goha
1959
as Goha
As far as can be determined, Goha was Tunisia's first entry in the Cannes Film Festival. Omar Sharif stars as a naïve young man who is taken for grant...

For the Sake of a Woman
1959
as شكري زدحمد
Insurance representative of the client rich go to the work of an insurance policy, a wealthy married to a beautiful young tempted even located in the ...

Scandal in Zamalek
1959
A man and his sister-in-law are suspects in a murder; they do not know that the man's wife is involved.

We the Students
1959
as عادل
Directed by Atef Salem.

Rendezvous with a Stranger
1959
as Magdi
A classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious circumstances under which his brother was killed. This gem ...

Sayedat el kasr
1958
as Adel
A chance meeting at an auction brings together Sawsan, a working-class girl and Adel, heir to a vast fortune with several estates to his name. This le...

Ghaltet Habibi
1958
as Salah
Salah and his cousin Souad promise to marry each other. Salah’s uncle asks him to collect revenue from the citadel where he meets Aziza, the flirtatio...

Beach of Secrets
1958
as Mamduh Ezzat
"Alia" back to Port Said, to her brother's house to spend the day with him, Garret student University in Cairo, which does not have the world but her ...

Sleepless
1957
as Aziz
Spoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries to break them apart, spreading lies about her new mothe...

Land of Peace
1957
as Ahmed
The film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village from the control of the Israelis. Ahmed (Oma...

The Lebanese Mission
1956
as Mokrir
In Lebanon, industrialist Hennequin, director of a French oil company, entrusts engineers Jean Domèvre, a Frenchman, and Mokhrir, a Lebanese, with the...

Dark Waters
1956
as Ragab
Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah...

Our Best Days
1955
as أحمد
A poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her. The decide to help her when they discover that she is se...

The Devil of the Desert
1954
as Essam
Essam, a young bedouin who discovers the cruel tyranny of his ruler after people from his tribe are unjustly murdered, decides to overthrow him.

The Blazing Sun
1954
as Ahmed أحمد
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't k...