Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards. Omar Sharif was born Michel Dimitri Shalhoub in Alexandria into a wealthy Lebanese family., Sharif graduated from Alexandria's Victoria College, where he is reported by his schoolmate Edward W. Said to have been sadistic and physically abusive in his capacity as "head boy" at Alexandria's Victoria College. Sharif later graduated from Cairo University with degrees in both mathematics and... physics. Omar al Sharif is from a Syrian family, Damascus Bab Thomas area, as he announced in an interview at MTV Lebanon channel in 2005 for a program called Maraya. He and his mother moved, however, to Lebanon for sometime just before they moved permanently to Egypt. In 1953, Sharif began his acting career with a role in Sira` Fi al-Wadi.
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| Birthdate: | April 10, 1932 |
| Birthplace: | Alexandria |
| Age: | 79 |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| Education: | Cairo University |
| Religion: | Islam, Atheism |
| Also known as: | Michel Demitri Shalhoub, Omar Chérif, Omar Sharif |