Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor of international acclaim, known for his dashing good looks and for iconic roles in such films as Lawrence of Arab...

Omar Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.

In the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia Omar Sharif played Sherif Ali. When Lawrence’s Bedouin guide drinks from a well belonging to Sherif Ali at the...

Omar Sharif was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on April 10, 1932. He moved to Cairo when he was four years old.

In 1955 Omar Sharif married Egyptian movie star Faten Hamama, who was known as the “Lady of the Arabic Screen.” They met in 1953 when they were cas...