Omar Sharif

Sharif was born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub ({{langx|ar| ميشيل يوسف ديمتري شلهوب}} ) in Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt (now Republic of Egypt),{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=owZCMZpYamMC&pg=PA198|title=Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History|first=Edward E.|last=Curtis|page = 198| publisher=Facts on File|year= 2010|isbn=978-0816075751}}[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-it-is-a-great-film-but-im-not-very-good-in-it-8326440.html "Omar Sharif: 'It is a great film, but I'm not very good in it'"], The Independent to a Melkite Greek Catholic family. Although most sources claim he was of Syrian and Lebanese descent,{{Cite book|last=Gates|first=Henry Louis|date=2012|title=Dictionary of African biography- Volumes 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&q=Sharif+Lebanese&pg=RA4-PA355|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=355–357|isbn=9780195382075}}{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |date=2023-04-10 |title=Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago,' dies at 83 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/omar-sharif-international-heartthrob-of-lawrence-of-arabia-and-doctor-zhivago-dies-at-83/2015/07/10/10016f80-270a-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html |access-date=2024-02-12 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |last1=Gubash |first1=Charlene |last2=Nassar |first2=Paul Ziad |last3=Grimson |first3=Matthew |date=2015-07-10 |title=Omar Sharif, Star of 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dies of Heart Attack at 83 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/omar-sharif-star-lawrence-arabia-dies-heart-attack-83-n389936 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}} Sharif stated in interviews that all of his ancestors were of Syrian descent,{{Cite news |last=Adil |first=Shirin |date=2022 |title=عمر الشريف عن عائلته: من أصول سورية وهاجروا إلى مصر.. نوستالجيا |url=https://www.elbalad.news/5123858#:~:text=%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81%20%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%20%D8%A3%D9%86%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87,%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%20%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%20%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%87%D9%85%20%D9%81%D9%89%20%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1. |work=Sada El-Balad}} making him and his family members of the Antiochian Greek Christian minority (also known as Rūm).{{cite web|last1=Rastegar|first1=Kamra|title=Omar Sharif: Alluringly cosmopolitan, unapologetically Arab|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/10/omar-sharif-a-kind-of-cosmopolitan.html|publisher=Al Jazeera America|access-date=1 December 2016|date=10 July 2015}} He adopted the surname Sharif, meaning "noble" or "nobleman" in Arabic, after he was picked by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine to star in his film The Blazing Sun. He later converted to Islam and changed his name legally in order to marry Faten Hamama.{{citation|url=https://studio.dostor.org/86283|title=Omar Sharif, changed his name and converted to Islam in order to be able to marry his beloved Faten Hamama|date=9 December 2020 }}{{cite book |last=Khakpour |first=Porochista |title=Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |year=2013 |isbn=9781557289957 |editor1=Anita Amirrezvani |editor-link=Anita Amirrezvani |page=116 |chapter=In the House of Desire, Honey, Marble, and Dream |editor2=Persis Karim |editor-link2=Persis Karim |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvumDbreJUoC&q=sharif+omar+noble+arabic&pg=PA116}}

His father, Yusef Chalhoub, a precious woods merchant, moved to the port city of Alexandria with his mother in the early 20th century from Zahlé.{{cite web|date=July 10, 2017|title=Peek into Omar Sharif's life|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/10857/Peek-into-Omar-Sharif%E2%80%99s-life|website=Egypt Today}} Sharif was later born in Alexandria.{{cite news |first=Lara |last=Marlowe |date=8 May 2014 |title=Omar Sharif: from desert prince to alone in Paris |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/omar-sharif-from-desert-prince-to-alone-in-paris-1.1787034 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=12 July 2015 }} His family moved to Cairo when he was four.{{Cite AV media|publisher=BBC|work=Last words|title=Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson|date=12 July 2015|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612wdk|author=Matthew Bannister}} His mother, Claire Saada, was a noted society hostess, in whose house Egypt's King Farouk was a regular visitor prior to his deposition in 1952.{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26277821 | title=Obituary: Omar Sharif | date=10 July 2015 | access-date=10 July 2015| work=BBC News }}

In his youth, Sharif studied at Victoria College, Alexandria, where he showed a talent for languages, He befriended fellow actor Ahmed Ramzy and Youssef Chahine in school. He later graduated from Cairo University with a degree in mathematics and physics.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/omar-sharif-from-desert-prince-to-alone-in-paris-1.1787034|title=Omar Sharif: from desert prince to alone in Paris|date=8 May 2014|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=10 July 2015}} He worked for a while in his father's precious wood business before beginning his acting career in Egypt. In 1955, he adopted the stage name "Omar Sharif".[http://www.elmundo.es/magazine/2002/120/1010744886.html El Mundo Magazine], "Entrevista: Omar Sharif", by Eugenia Yagüe, 2002, retrieved 12 July 2015. He married fellow Egyptian actress Faten Hamama.Sharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., p. 71.{{cite web|url=http://www.celebatheists.com/wiki/Omar_Sharif|title=Omar Sharif|access-date=10 July 2015}}

It has been widely reported that Sharif studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, but the academy told Al Jazeera that this was not true.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/omar-sharif-google-honours-today-180409133500820.html|title=Omar Sharif: Why Google honours him today|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2018-04-22}}

==Acting career==

Sharif began his acting career in Egypt with a role in The Blazing Sun (1954). He was also in The Devil of the Desert (1954). He quickly rose to stardom, appearing in Our Beautiful Days (1955), The Lebanese Mission (1956) (a French film), Struggle in the Pier (1956), Sleepless (1957), Land of Peace (1957), and Goha (1958) (a Tunisian film that marked the debut of Claudia Cardinale).

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He also starred in Sayyidat al-Qasr (1958), A Beginning and an End (1960), A Rumor of Love (1960), and the Anna Karenina adaptation The River of Love by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar (1960). He and his wife co-starred in several films as romantic leads. Sharif achieved success through other movies like Struggle on the Nile (1959), A Rumor of Love (1960), and There Is a Man in Our House (1961), which made him a huge competitor to Salah Zulfikar, Shoukry Sarhan and Rushdy Abaza, the Egyptian cinema giants at the time.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11353604/Faten-Hamama-actress-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11353604/Faten-Hamama-actress-obituary.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Faten Hamama, actress – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 January 2015|access-date=10 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}

Sharif's first English-language role was that of the fictitious Sherif Ali in David Lean's historical epic Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. Sharif was given the role when Dilip Kumar turned it down, Horst Buchholz proved unavailable and Maurice Ronet could not use the contact lenses necessary to mask his eye colour.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/25/omar-sharif-alzheimers-lawrence-of-arabia|title=Omar Sharif, star of Lawrence of Arabia, has Alzheimer's – agent |work=The Guardian|date=25 May 2015|access-date=10 July 2015}}

Casting Sharif in what is now considered one of the "most demanding supporting roles in Hollywood history" was both complex and risky as he was virtually unknown at the time outside Egypt. However, as historian Steven Charles Caton notes, Lean insisted on using ethnic actors when possible to make the film authentic.Caton, Steven Charles. Lawrence of Arabia: A Film's Anthropology, University of California Press (1999){{rp|56}} Sharif would later use his ambiguous ethnicity in other films: "I spoke French, Greek, Italian, Spanish and even Arabic", he said.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/nov/15/omar-sharif-30-minutes-interview|title=Omar Sharif on Lawrence of Arabia: 'I was the only actor David Lean liked'|author=Stuart Heritage|newspaper=the Guardian|access-date=13 July 2015|date=2012-11-15}} As Sharif noted, his accent enabled him to "play the role of a foreigner without anyone knowing exactly where I came from", which he stated proved highly successful throughout his career.{{rp|56}} To secure the role, Sharif had to sign a seven-film contract with Columbia at $50,000 a film.

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Lawrence of Arabia was a box office and critical sensation. Sharif's performance earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as a shared Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963|title=The 35th Academy Awards|date=5 October 2014 |publisher=AMPAS|access-date=10 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/omar-sharif |title=Omar Sharif |publisher=HFPA |access-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711160734/http://www.goldenglobes.com/omar-sharif |archive-date=11 July 2015 }}

Sharif went on to star in another Hollywood film, Anthony Mann's The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) where he played the support role of Sohaemus of Armenia. Sharif was third-billed in Columbia's Behold a Pale Horse (1964), playing a priest in the Spanish Civil War alongside Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn. Director Fred Zinnemann said he chose Sharif partly on the suggestion of David Lean. "He said he was an absolutely marvellous actor, 'If you possibly can, take a look at him.{{'"}}Zinnemann, Fred. Fred Zinnemann: Interviews, Univ. Press of Mississippi (2005) p. 6 Film historian Richard Schickel wrote that Sharif gave a "truly wonderful performance", especially noteworthy because of his totally different role in Lawrence of Arabia: "It is hard to believe that the priest and the sheik are played by the same man".Schickel, Richard. Life magazine, August 21, 1964 p. 12 The film, like Fall of the Roman Empire, was a commercial disappointment.{{cite news|title=Omar Sharif plays priest in 'behold a pale horse'|date=Aug 28, 1964|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|154982268}}}}

Sharif was one of many stars in MGM's The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), playing a Yugoslav wartime patriot; the movie was a hit. He had his first lead role in a Hollywood film when he was cast in the title part of Genghis Khan (1965). Produced by Irving Allen and directed by Henry Levin for Columbia, the $4.5 million epic was a box office disappointment. He had a supporting role in a French Marco Polo biopic, Marco the Magnificent (1965), starring Buchholz and Quinn.

While making Genghis Khan, Sharif heard that Lean was making Doctor Zhivago (1965), an adaptation of Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/doctor-zhivago-review-broadway-musical-1201476701/|title=Broadway Review: 'Doctor Zhivago'|work=Variety|date=21 April 2015|access-date=10 July 2015}} Sharif was a fan of the novel and lobbied for one of the supporting roles, but Lean decided instead to cast him in the lead as Yuri Zhivago, a poet and physician.{{cite news|author=Blair, I.|date=Mar 21, 1989|title=Sublime Sharif 'Lawrence' made him a star, but it's not his favorite role|work=Chicago Tribune|id={{ProQuest|282740473}}}}

Film historian Constantine Santas explained that Lean intended the film to be a poetic portrayal of the period, with large vistas of landscapes combined with a powerful score by Maurice Jarre. He noted that Sharif's role is "passive", his eyes reflecting "reality" which then become "the mirror of reality we ourselves see".Santas, Constantine. The Epic Films of David Lean, Scarecrow Press (2012) p. 59File:Geraldine Chaplin - Omar Sharif.jpg in Doctor Zhivago (1965).|240x240px]] While filming the Siberian sections of the film in Joensuu, Finland, Sharif was said to have admired the snowy landscapes and been a guest at a local bridge club, and the locals who liked him nicknamed him "Safiiri" ({{literal|Sapphire}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/teemat/8377767|title=Ennen Suomi esitti elokuvissa Neuvostoliittoa – nyt meistä kiinnostutaan ihan eri syistä|trans-title=Finland used to portray the Soviet Union in films – now we are being shown for completely different reasons|first=Tomi|last=Kangasniemi|work=Helsingin Uutiset|date=19 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025|language=fi}} In a commentary on the DVD (2001 edition), Sharif described Lean's style of directing as similar to a general commanding an army.{{rp|xxviii}} The film was a huge hit. For his performance, Sharif won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.{{cite web |title=Doctor Zhivago |url=http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=/film/23967 |website=Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) |access-date=10 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030120/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Ffilm%2F23967 |url-status=dead }} Doctor Zhivago remains one of the top ten highest-grossing films of all time after adjusting for inflation.{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |edition=2015 |year=2014 |volume=60 |isbn=9781908843708 |pages=160–161|last1=Records |first1=Guinness World |publisher=Guinness World Records }}

Sharif followed it with a cameo in The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966). He was reunited with Lawrence co-star Peter O'Toole and producer Sam Spiegel for The Night of the Generals (1967). His fourth movie for Columbia, Sharif played a German officer in World War II. The film was not a success, nor was the Italian-French fairytale More Than a Miracle (1967), despite featuring Sophia Loren as co-star.

Sharif was also praised for his portrayal of Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl (1968) for Columbia Pictures. He portrayed the husband of Fanny Brice, played by Barbra Streisand in her first film role. His decision to work alongside Streisand angered Egypt's government because she was a vocal supporter of the State of Israel,{{cite news|url=https://worldofwonder.net/flashback67-49-years-ago-jewish-barbra-streisand-and-egyptian-omar-sharifs-affair-shocked-the-world|title=#FlashBack67: 49 Years Ago, Jewish Barbra Streisand and Egyptian Omar Sharif's Affair Shocked the World!|date=10 April 2018|access-date=18 May 2020}} and the country condemned the film. It was also "immediately banned" in numerous Arab nations.Nickens, Christopher; Swenson, Karen. The Films of Barbra Streisand, Citadel Press (2000){{rp|48}} Streisand herself jokingly responded, "You think Cairo was upset? You should've seen the letter I got from my Aunt Rose!"{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/04/15/schlinders-list-draws-crowds-around-world|title=Schlinder's List draws crowds around the world|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=15 April 1994|access-date=10 July 2015}} Sharif and Streisand became romantically involved during the filming.{{rp|18}} He admitted later that he did not find Streisand attractive at first, but her appeal soon overwhelmed him: "About a week from the moment I met her", he recalled, "I was madly in love with her. I thought she was the most gorgeous girl I'd ever seen in my life...I found her physically beautiful, and I started lusting after this woman."{{rp|48}}Hallowel, John. Life magazine, Sept. 29, 1967 p. 144

The Mamelukes (1965), an Egyptian epic film with Nabila Ebeid and Emad Hamdy was not a hit in Egyptian box office despite being his first in Egyptian cinema since There is a Man in Our House (1961). Sharif co-starred with Catherine Deneuve in Mayerling (1968), and the following year was reunited with Gregory Peck in the western, Mackenna's Gold (1969), an unsuccessful attempt to repeat the success of The Guns of Navarone (1961). At 20th Century Fox he played Che Guevara in Che! which flopped at the box office. The Appointment (1969) teamed Sharif with Anouk Aimée and director Sidney Lumet but was not a hit. James Clavell's The Last Valley (1971) was a huge flop, despite co-starring Michael Caine."ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 p. 3 The Horsemen (1971), directed by John Frankenheimer and the last film under his Columbia contract, also performed poorly at the box office.{{cite news|author=Bernard, W.A.|date=Sep 13, 1998|title=Thriving on an atmosphere of no illusions|work=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|109919511}}}} Sharif later said, "What killed my career was appearing in a succession of films you wouldn't turn down. They were by good directors, but they were bad films." He specifically referenced Behold a Pale Horse, The Appointment and The Horsemen.

The Burglars (1971), a French crime film with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Dyan Cannon was a huge hit in France but little seen in the English speaking world.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/35 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313013210/https://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/35 |archivedate=2016-03-13|title=Le Casse - Jean Paul Belmondo Box Office 1971|website=Box Office Story|access-date=12 September 2016}}

Sharif played Captain Nemo for European TV in an adaptation of Mysterious Island (1973). He appeared in a romantic thriller alongside Julie Andrews for Blake Edwards, The Tamarind Seed (1974); it did well at the box office and the critics gave good reviews. He then supported Richard Harris and David Hemmings in a thriller, Juggernaut (1974).

Sharif reprised the role of Nick Arnstein in the sequel to Funny Girl, Funny Lady, in 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/funny-lady-1975|title=Funny Lady Movie Review & Movie Summary (1975)|publisher=Roger Ebert|date=13 March 1975|access-date=10 July 2015}} He starred in a West German thriller Crime and Passion (1976) and had a cameo in Edwards' The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). Sharif had a small role in Ashanti (1979) and a bigger one in Bloodline (1979), starring Audrey Hepburn.

"I lost money on gambling, buying horses, things like that", he later said. "So I made those movies which I knew were rubbish... I'd call my agent and tell him to accept any part, just to bail myself out."

Sharif had a lead part in a spy spoof, S*H*E (1980) and was second-billed (after James Coburn) in The Baltimore Bullet (1980). He had supporting parts in a Chevy Chase comedy Oh! Heavenly Dog (1981) and a Ryan O'Neal thriller Green Ice (1981) (which was made in the 1970s), and a small role in the comedy Top Secret! (1984).

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He appeared on stage in a production of The Sleeping Prince in 1983, saying he "appeared in the bad films of great directors".{{cite news|title=Play It Again, Sharif--On Stage|author=Blume, Mary|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Dec 1, 1983|page=i2}}

Sharif worked steadily in television, appearing in Pleasure Palace (1981), Peter the Great (1986), and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) (as Nicholas II of Russia). He had supporting parts in Grand Larceny (1987) and The Possessed (1988). His first notable credit in a while was Mountains of the Moon (1990) but Sharif's part was only small. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1989, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel outside his Paris apartment.

Sharif was reunited with O'Toole again in The Rainbow Thief (1990). He went to Egypt for War in the Land of Egypt (1991) and France for Mayrig (1991) with Claudia Cardinale, an autobiographical tale for Henri Verneuil. The latter was popular enough for a sequel, 588 rue paradis (1992). Sharif could also be seen in Memories of Midnight (1991), Beyond Justice (1992), Catherine the Great (as Alexei Razumovsky), Gulliver's Travels (1996), Heaven Before I Die (1997), and Mysteries of Egypt (1998).

File:Omar Sharif 01.jpgIn 1996, Sharif starred in the documentary Lebanon...Imprisoned Splendour. The documentary was written and directed by Lebanese-Australian director Daizy Gedeon, who approached Sharif for the project because she wanted someone 'remarkable' to help her tell the true story of Lebanon: a country which, at the time, was still shrouded in the fog of its Civil War.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-16 |title=The Omar Sharif Factor - Daizy Gedeon |url=https://www.daizygedeon.com/the-omar-sharif-factor/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118111641/https://www.daizygedeon.com/the-omar-sharif-factor/ |url-status=dead }} In the film, Sharif shares personal stories of his upbringing, and recites the poetry of famous Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran.

He had his first decent role in a big Hollywood film in a long time with The 13th Warrior (1999). The outcome of the film's production disappointed Sharif so much that he temporarily retired from film acting, not taking a role in another major film until 2003's Monsieur Ibrahim:

:I said to myself, 'Let us stop this nonsense, these meal tickets that we do because it pays well.' I thought, 'Unless I find a stupendous film that I love and that makes me want to leave home to do, I will stop.' Bad pictures are very humiliating, I was really sick. It is terrifying to have to do the dialogue from bad scripts, to face a director who does not know what he is doing, in a film so bad that it is not even worth exploring."[https://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2003-11-20#celeb8 Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com – WENN – 20 November 2003]

Sharif did have a small role in The Parole Officer (2001). In 2003 he said, "I went 25 years without making a good film."{{cite news|author=Gritten, D.|date=Nov 2, 2003|title=Legends of Hollywood; A long time in the desert; Omar Sharif has made many 'trashy, idiotic films,' but he hopes 'monsieur ibrahim' will restore his luster|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|421848895}}}}File:Omar Sharif 02.jpg at the Venice Film Festival (2003)]]In 2003, Sharif received acclaim for his leading role in Monsieur Ibrahim, a French-language film adaptation of the novel Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, as a Muslim Turkish merchant who becomes a father figure for a Jewish boy.{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/monsieur-ibrahim-2003|title=Monsieur Ibrahim Movie Review (2003)|publisher=Roger Ebert|date=5 March 2004|access-date=10 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/omar-sharif-it-is-a-great-film-but-im-not-very-good-in-it-8326440.html|title=Omar Sharif: 'It is a great film, but I'm not very good in it' |work=The Independent|date=18 November 2012|access-date=10 July 2015}} For this performance, Sharif received the César Award for Best Actor.{{cite web |title=Omar Sharif |url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/en/ceremony/palmares-par-recherche/,personne,1518.html |website=Les César Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |access-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711105322/http://www.academie-cinema.org/en/ceremony/palmares-par-recherche/,personne,1518.html |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Sharif said of the film:

It has nice big chunks of dialogue, which is what I like to do, rather than riding horses or camels. I'd turned down everything and stopped working for four years. I said, 'I'm going to stop doing that rubbish and keep some dignity.' But when I read the script for 'Monsieur Ibrahim,' I phoned the producers immediately. I said, 'Hang on, I'm coming, wait for me.' My problem is finding parts. When you're young and successful, they write or adapt parts for you. But when you're an old chap, let's be frank, you don't sell tickets anymore. If they need an old Englishman, American or Italian, there are plenty of actors around. So what's open for me? Old Arabs. And that's what I play in this film.

Sharif's later film roles included performances in Hidalgo (2004), Imperium: Saint Peter (2005) playing the title role for Italian television, One Night with the King (2005) (again with O'Toole), and 10,000 BC (2008) as the narrator.File:Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66ème_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_(25).jpg (left) and Cyrine Abdelnour attending the screening of The Traveller in Venice Film Festival in 2009]]Sharif was seen in The Ten Commandments (2006). Also in 2006, Sharif played the artist Hans Canon in The Crown Prince, a film about Rudolf, the 19th century crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In Egypt, he starred in Hassan and Marcus (2008) with Adel Emam and was in The Traveller (2009). He had support roles in The Last Templar (2009) and Rock the Casbah (2013).{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/10/omar-sharif-dies-at-the-age-of-83|title=Omar Sharif dies at the age of 83|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=2015-07-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

Sharif's final role was as lead actor in the short science education film 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham, which was directed by Ahmed Salim and was released as part of the United Nations' International Year of Light campaign, operated by UNESCO.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/omar-sharif-dead-doctor-zhivago-789643 |title=Omar Sharif, Suave Star of 'Doctor Zhivago,' Dies at 83 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=23 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.light2015.org/Home/About/Latest-News/November2014/Ibn-Al-Haytham-to-be-the-focus-of-the-International-Year-of-Light-through-partnering-with-1001-Inventions-.html |title=Ibn Al-Haytham to be a focus of the International Year of Light through partnering with 1001 Inventions |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926090150/http://www.light2015.org/Home/About/Latest-News/November2014/Ibn-Al-Haytham-to-be-the-focus-of-the-International-Year-of-Light-through-partnering-with-1001-Inventions-.html |url-status=dead }}

Sharif said bridge was his personal passion and at one time was ranked among the world's top 50 contract bridge players.

At the 1964 World Bridge Olympiad he represented the United Arab Republic bridge squad and in 1968 he was playing captain of the Egyptian team in the Olympiad.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbridge.org/2015/07/10/omar-sharif-1932-2015/|website=worldbridge.org|title=Omar Sharif 1932–2015}}File:Bridge demonstratie van Omar Sharif in RAIi, Bestanddeelnr 920-9139.jpgIn 1967 he formed the Omar Sharif Bridge Circus to showcase bridge to the world and invited professional players including members of the Italian Blue team, which won 16 World championship titles, to tour and promote the game via exhibition matches including one watched by the Shah of Iran."Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago,' dies at 83", Adam Bernstein, 10 July 2015, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/omar-sharif-international-heartthrob-of-lawrence-of-arabia-and-doctor-zhivago-dies-at-83/2015/07/10/10016f80-270a-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html Washington Post] Touring through Europe, the Circus attracted thousands of spectators who watched the matches via Bridge-O-Rama, a new technology (and predecessor to the modern-day VuGraph) that displayed bidding and cardplay on television monitors. Players included Benito Garozzo (considered by many as the greatest bridge player of all time), plus his Italian compatriots Pietro Forquet and Giorgio Belladonna and Frenchman Claude Delmouly.

In 1970, Sharif and the circus went to London's famous Piccadilly Hotel for an 80-rubber match against British experts Jeremy Flint and Jonathan Cansino. The stakes were £1 per point, huge stakes even by today's standards. The event was to present bridge as a rich, exciting spectacle and to break through into television to bring the game within the reach of millions. The Circus ultimately won the match by 5,470 points, but Sharif still incurred a net loss after paying all related expenses.

The Circus, under the management of Mike Ledeen, toured Canada and the U.S. in 1970–71. Sharif's team joined with the Dallas Aces for a seven-city tour of Chicago, Winnipeg, Los Angeles, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Dallas, Detroit and Philadelphia. In each city, a team of local experts participated in the exhibition.File:Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif Playing Bridge on the Set of MacKenna's Gold, 1969.jpg, 1969.]]In 1975, sponsored by the Lancia division of Fiat, Sharif and members of the Italian Blue Team faced off in four challenge matches against American teams. Sharif's team won in Chicago, but was defeated in New York, Los Angeles and Miami.

The Omar Sharif World Individual Championship held in 1990 offered the largest total purse ($200,000) in the history of bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.bridgehands.com/O/Omar_Sharirf_World_Individual_Championship.htm|website=Bridgehands.com|title=Omar Sharif World Individual Championship}}{{cite web|url=https://acblstory.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/acbl-bridge-beat-114-omar-sharif-individual/|title=Omar Sharif Individual|website=ACBLstory|date=2012-10-15}}

In 1997, he was a member of the Committee of Honour for the Bermuda Bowl on the first time it was held in an Arab country, Tunisia. He competed in a transnational team (with French, German and Lebanese players) and finished 11th. In 1999 he played in a French senior team at the European Championships in Malta, finishing second. In 2000 at Maastricht, he joined Egypt's senior team, finishing in ninth place.{{cite web|url=http://masterpointpress.bridgeblogging.com/2015/07/17/omar-sharif-1932-2015/|website=Bridgeblogging.com|title=Omar Sharif 1932–2015}}

With Charles Goren and later Tannah Hirsch, Sharif contributed to a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune.{{cite news| url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/09/bridges_to_the_.html | work=Chicago Tribune Blog | title=Change of Subject – Observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades | date=6 September 2005}}

He was also both the author and co-author of several books on bridge and licensed his name to a bridge video game, Omar Sharif Bridge, initially released in an MS-DOS version and Amiga version in 1992 and is still sold in Windows and mobile platform versions.{{cite web |url=http://www.thetradingcentre.com/omar-sharif-bridge-pc-download |title=Omar Sharif Bridge PC Download |publisher=Thetradingcentre.co.uk |access-date=18 November 2012 |archive-date=11 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174307/http://www.thetradingcentre.com/omar-sharif-bridge-pc-download |url-status=dead }} He was also the hand analyst commentator for the Epson worldwide bridge contests.

Sharif was a regular in casinos in France."Omar Sharif sued for assault". (6 November 2005). New Sunday Times, p. 29.

By 2000 Sharif had stopped playing bridge entirely. Having once proudly declared the game his passion, he now considered it an addiction: "I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling." Sharif, however, continued to license his name to bridge software games, and co-authored a book with bridge writer David Bird, "Omar Sharif Talks Bridge". Written in 2004, it includes some of his most famous deals and bridge stories.{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgebum.com/omar_sharif.php|website=Bridgebum.com|title=Omar Sharif}}

Sharif lived in Egypt from his birth until he moved to Europe in 1965.Sharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., p. 41. He recounted that in 1932, his father "wasn't a wealthy man", but "earned quite a bit of money".Sharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., pp. 45–46. Before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, King Farouk frequented Sharif's family home, and became a friend and card-game partner of Sharif's mother. His mother was an elegant and charming hostess who was all too delighted with the association because it gave her the privilege of "consorting only with the elite" of Egyptian society. Sharif also recounted that his father's timber business was very successful during that time in ways that Sharif describes as dishonest or immoral.Sharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., p. 46. By contrast, after 1952, Sharif stated that wealth changed hands in Egypt under Nasser's nationalisation policiesSharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., p. 98. and his father's business "took a beating".

File:Ard elsalam.jpg and Sharif in a scene from the 1957 film Land of Peace]]

In 1954, Sharif starred in the film Struggle in the Valley with Faten Hamama, who shared a kiss with him although she had previously refused to kiss on screen.{{cite news|last1=Al-Shafii|first1=Alaa|title=Egyptian Movie Icon Faten Hamama's Extraordinary Life and Career|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23281|access-date=11 July 2015|work=Al Akhbar|date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914164156/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23281|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=dead}} The two fell in love; Sharif converted to Islam, changed his name, and married her.{{cite book|last=Darwish|first=Mustafa |title=Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema|year=1998|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-977-424-429-2}} They had one son, Tarek Sharif, born in 1957 in Egypt, who appeared in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri at the age of eight. The couple separated in 1966 and their marriage ended in divorce in 1974. Sharif never remarried; he stated that after his divorce he never fell in love with another woman again. Before their divorce, Sharif dated actresses Pat Sheehan and Dodie Marshall.{{cite book |url={{Google books|LongDwAAQBAJ|page=49|plainurl=yes}} |title=Pat: A Biography of Hollywood's Blonde Starlet |first=Samuel |last=Clemens |publisher=Sequoia Press |year=2020 |page=49 |isbn=978-0578682822}}

The Nasser government imposed travel restrictions in the form of "exit visas", so Sharif's travel to take part in international films was sometimes impeded, something he found to be intolerable.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/gYD0LTKaFc4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140314055643/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYD0LTKaFc4&feature=related Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|author=AlJazeeraEnglish |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYD0LTKaFc4 |title=Riz Khan – Omar Sharif |date= 10 Oct 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=18 November 2012}}{{cbignore}} These restrictions influenced Sharif's decision to remain in Europe between his film shoots, a decision that cost him his marriage, though the couple remained friends. It was a major crossroad in Sharif's life and changed him from an established family man to a committed bachelor living in European hotels. When commenting about his fame and life in Hollywood, Sharif said, "It gave me glory, but it gave me loneliness also. And a lot of missing my own land, my own people and my own country". When Sharif's affair with Streisand was made public in the Egyptian press, his Egyptian citizenship was almost withdrawn by the Egyptian government because of Streisand being Jewish{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/21/streisand-israel-concert-jewish-roots/2445991/|title=Streisand wows Israelis, makes headlines for segregation stand|last=Chabin|first=Michele (June 21, 2013)|work=USA Today. Retrieved May 11, 2018.}} and a vocal supporter of Israel, which was then in a state of war with Egypt.Sharif, Omar (1977), The Eternal Male: My Own Story, Doubleday, New York, 1st Ed., p. 79.

Sharif became friends with Peter O'Toole during the making of Lawrence of Arabia. They appeared in several other films together and remained close friends. He was also good friends with Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. Actor and friend Tom Courtenay revealed in an interview for the 19 July 2008 edition of BBC Radio's Test Match Special that Sharif supported Hull City Association Football Club and in the 1970s he would telephone their automated scoreline from his home in Paris for score updates. Sharif was given an honorary degree by the University of Hull in 2010 and he used the occasion to meet Hull City football player Ken Wagstaff.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Dr-Zhivago-stars-Omar-Sharif-Tom-Courtenay-reunited-KC-Stadium-dinner/article-2418044-detail/article.html |title=THEY are two of the greatest names in film history. |publisher=This is Hull and East Riding |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718070113/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Dr-Zhivago-stars-Omar-Sharif-Tom-Courtenay-reunited-KC-Stadium-dinner/article-2418044-detail/article.html |archive-date=18 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }} Sharif also had an interest in horse racing spanning more than 50 years. He was often seen at French racecourses, with Deauville-La Touques Racecourse being his favourite. Sharif's horses won a number of important races and he had his best successes with Don Bosco,{{cite web|url=http://www.the-racehorse.com/stats/horse/don+bosco/84828/?xl=Nx&p=1|website=theracehorse.com|title=Horse report for Don Bosco (FR)}} who won the Prix Gontaut-Biron, Prix Perth and Prix du Muguet.{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/sport/omar-sharifs-passion-horse-racing-718244|website=albawaba online|title=Omar Sharif's passion for horse racing|date=2015-07-12}} He also wrote for a French horse racing magazine.{{cite web|last1=Burton|work=Racing Post|first1=Scott|title=Actor and racehorse owner Omar Sharif dies|url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/screen-legend-and-racehorse-owner-omar-sharif-dies/1913269/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716043508/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/screen-legend-and-racehorse-owner-omar-sharif-dies/1913269/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2015|access-date=10 July 2015}}

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{{Anchor|OS_Jr}}In later life, Sharif lived mostly in Cairo with his family and his last partner Andréa Ferréol.{{Cite news|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-monde-d-elodie/de-la-grande-bouffe-aux-flaneries-d-art-contemporain-andrea-ferreol-fiere-d-avoir-ose_4658033.html|title=De "La grande bouffe" aux Flâneries d'art contemporain : Andréa Ferréol fière d'avoir osé|last=Suigo|first=Elodie (June 24, 2021)|work=France Info.}} In addition to his son Tarek Sharif, he had two grandsons, Omar Sharif, Jr., (born 1983 in Montreal) and Karim. Omar Sharif Jr. is also an actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie- guide/When%2BKirk%2BOmar%2BHollywood%2Bstory/4370595/story.html |title=Home | Vancouver Sun|access-date=2017-05-25 |url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427164858/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/When%2BKirk%2BOmar%2BHollywood%2Bstory/4370595/story.html |archive-date=27 April 2011 }}

Sharif was also one of the ambassadors of Egypt's bid for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which lost out to South Africa.{{citation|title=World Cup 2010: South Africa wins bidding contest|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30147708.html|date=15 May 2004}}

In a 2004 interview with ABC Australia, when asked about his beliefs, Sharif said "I believe in everything and nothing, I don't disbelieve in anything, everything is possible, as far as my brain tells me, I don't believe, because I believe that God is Justice. The first thing I learned in Catholicism is that God is Justice, and I can't see justice in the world".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqr7d-OLPXI |title=Watch a Fascinating Interview with Omar Sharif |date=2008-01-16 |last=Journeyman Pictures |access-date=2025-01-05 |via=YouTube}} He also emphasized the power of belief after seeing his mother on her deathbed calling Mary and Christ, and how after wondering who he would call upon on his deathbed, he decided that he would call upon his mother.

In a later interview with Daily News Egypt in 2010, commenting on religious issues, he said, "Because when one sees what happens in the world between the religions, the different religions killing each other and murdering each other, it's disgusting as far as I'm concerned, it's ridiculous. And so I thought I might be useful. I believe in God and I believe in religion, but religion should belong to you. The extraordinary thing is that the Jews believe that only the Jews can go to paradise, the Christians believe only the Christians can go to paradise and the Muslims believe only the Muslims can go to paradise. Now why should God in his great Justice make somebody born that cannot go to paradise? Why? It's absurd."{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpxoknyYydI |title=Daily News Egypt {{!}} Omar Sharif on acting, religion, and the future |date=2010-02-02 |last=Daily News Egypt |access-date=2025-01-05 |via=YouTube}}

Following his death, Sharif received an Islamic funeral as he was registered as a Muslim in Egypt. The funeral was attended by his son Tarik, and he was buried in the historic Sayeda Nafisa cemetery.{{Cite news |date=2015-07-12 |title=Omar Sharif's funeral held in Cairo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33501573 |access-date=2025-01-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Sharif was very supportive of the 2011 Egyptian revolution in his home country and called for the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, stating: "Given that the entire Egyptian people don't want him and he's been in power for 30 years, that's enough."{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/egypt-protests-actor-omar-shariff-worries-country-president-mubarak-resign-article-1.150218|title=Egypt protests: Actor Omar Shariff worries about his country, but wants President Mubarak to resign|work=NY Daily News|date=January 2011}}

Sharif had a triple heart bypass operation in 1992 and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994. Until his bypass, Sharif smoked 25 cigarettes a day. He quit smoking after the surgery.

In May 2015, it was reported that Sharif was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/25/omar-sharif-alzheimers-lawrence-of-arabia|title=Omar Sharif, star of Lawrence of Arabia, has Alzheimer's – agent|newspaper=the Guardian|access-date=13 July 2015|date=2015-05-25|agency=Associated Press}} His son Tarek Sharif (who portrayed his father's character as a child in Doctor Zhivago) said that his father was becoming confused when remembering some of the biggest films of his career; he would mix up the names of his best-known films, Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia, often forgetting where they were filmed.File:Omar Sharif 2015.jpgOn 10 July 2015, less than six months after his former wife's death at the same age, Sharif died after suffering a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo.{{cite news|title=Film star Omar Sharif dies aged 83|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33483877|access-date=10 July 2015|work=BBC News|date=10 July 2015}}

On 12 July 2015, Sharif's funeral was held at the Grand Mosque of Mushir Tantawi in eastern Cairo. The funeral was attended by a group of Sharif's relatives, friends and Egyptian actors, his coffin was draped in the Egyptian flag and a black shroud. His coffin was later taken to the El-Sayeda Nafisa cemetery in southern Cairo, where he was buried.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11734644/Hollywood-icon-Omar-Sharif-draped-in-the-Egyptian-flag-and-laid-to-rest-in-Cairo.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11734644/Hollywood-icon-Omar-Sharif-draped-in-the-Egyptian-flag-and-laid-to-rest-in-Cairo.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hollywood icon Omar Sharif draped in the Egyptian flag and laid to rest in Cairo|work=The Telegraph|date = 12 July 2015|

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At the 35th Academy Awards, Sharif was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia but lost to Ed Begley. He won two Golden Globe awards in the same year for his role. In 1966, he won a third Golden Globe award for the titular role in the film Doctor Zhivago. In November 2005, Sharif was awarded the inaugural Sergei Eisenstein 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 awarded very infrequently, is named after Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Only 25 have been struck, as determined by the agreement between UNESCO, Russia's Mosfilm and the Vivat Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16673&Cr=&Cr1=|title=United Nations News Centre|date=24 November 2005|work=UN News Service Section|access-date=10 July 2015}}

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• The Eternal Male, with Marie-Thérèse Guinchard, transl. Martin Sokolinsky (Doubleday, 1977); orig. French, Éternel masculin (Paris: Stock, 1976)
• Goren's Bridge Complete, Charles Goren with Omar Sharif (Doubleday, 1980) – one of several later editions of Goren
• Omar Sharif's Life in Bridge, with Anne Segalen and Patrick Sussel, transl. and adapted by Terence Reese (Faber, 1983); orig. French, Ma vie au bridge (Paris: Fayard, 1982)
• Omar Sharif Talks Bridge (2004)
• Bridge Deluxe II Play with Omar Sharif (instruction manual, 1966){{citation|title=The glory and the loneliness of Omar Sharif, Egypt's top bridge player|url=https://www.bidoun.org/articles/hello-gorgeous|website=bidoun.org}}

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