Omar Sharif (born Michael Demitri Shalhoub; Arabic: عمر الشريف; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe.
Omar Sharif was born Michael Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt to Egyptian Catholic parents. In a 4 September 2009 television program on Nile Cinema, O...
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Omar Sharif (born Michael Demitri Shalhoub; Arabic: عمر الشريف; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe.
Omar Sharif was born Michael Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt to Egyptian Catholic parents. In a 4 September 2009 television program on Nile Cinema, Omar specifically denied published claims that his family had originated in Lebanon as often reported, and affirmed that his parents and all his grandparents were born in Egypt. He recalled spending time in his childhood in his maternal grandparents' home in Tanta, Egypt. He was very attached to his grandmother, 'Abla Abdallah, who lived for more than 100 years.
He graduated from Alexandria’s Victoria College, then from Cairo University with a mathematics and physics major.
In 1955, Omar El-Sharif converted to Islam to marry Egyptian actress...
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