![]() He bridled at travel restrictions imposed by the government of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to self-exile in Europe. Sharif spoke five languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. He made his final film appearance in 2013 with Laïla Marrakchi's Rock the Casbah. His acting career continued well into old age, with a well-received turn as a Muslim Turkish immigrant in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). He continued to play romantic leads, in films like Funny Girl (1968) and The Tamarind Seed (1974), and historical figures like the eponymous characters in Genghis Khan (1965) and Che! (1969). ![]() Sharif played opposite Peter O'Toole as Sherif Ali in the David Lean epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and portrayed the title role in Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965), earning him the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Sharif never remarried he stated that after his divorce he never fell in love with another woman again. The couple separated in 1966 and their marriage ended in divorce in 1974. They had one son, Tarek Sharif, born in 1957, who appeared in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri at the age of eight. Their marriage sparked a new iconic era in Egyptian cinema, as they came to represent the industry’s dream couple for years, starring in many romantic roles together. ![]() The two fell in love Sharif converted to Islam, changed his name, and married her. In 1954, Sharif began his acting career in Youssef Chahine's Struggle in the Valley with Faten Hamama, who shared a kiss with him although she had previously refused to kiss on screen. His career encompassed over 100 films spanning 50 years and brought him many accolades including three Golden Globe Awards and a César Award for Best Actor. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s, but is best known for his appearances in British, American, French, and Italian productions. Sharif and Julie Christie made a very handsome couple, although the movie’s alleged slushiness and its resemblance to a kind of Eastern Gone With The Wind meant it was not much liked by the critics and the film marked the beginning of the decline in Lean’s fortunes.Omar Sharif (born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub Ap– July 10, 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He was the soulful, romantic lover in the pre-revolutionary age, for the movie version of Pasternak’s 1958 novel whose forbidden status was still a hot-button topic in both the US and the USSR. He was upgraded to leading-man status with Doctor Zhivago: unlike Lawrence, this movie had women in it, and Sharif’s Egyptian provenance was an approximation of Russianness. It wasn’t, though he was very much the subordinate player to that other sensational newcomer: O’Toole. If Sharif had less dash and style, the rest of his performance in that film would have been an awful anti-climax. In Lawrence, he is Sherif Ali, the Arab tribe leader who befriends Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence, appearing almost like a force of nature or a djinn, in the shimmering haze of the desert in a mysterious, fascinating, daringly drawn-out continuous camera shot.
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