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Acting

Omar Sharif

Career: Active from 1954 to 2015, busiest in 1959 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 88
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Lawrence of Arabia
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Omar Sharif Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 15
Political Intrigue 11
Social Commentary 10
Character-Driven 8
Character Study 6
Egyptian Cinema 6
Romance 4
Nostalgic 4
Melodrama 4
Period Piece 4
Biographical Drama 4
Adventure 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 62

1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham

as Grandfather

Rock the Casbah

78

as Moulay Hassan

A Castle in Italy

42

as Omar Sharif

I Forgot to Tell You

61

as Jaume

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

67

as (archive footage)

2000s

18 titles · average score 57

The Traveller

69

as Hassan

Hassan and Marcus

67

as Murqus Abdulshahid / Mahmood Saifuddin

Kronprinz Rudolf

59

TV show · as Hans Canon

One Night with the King

46

as Prince Memucan

The Ten Commandments

37

TV show · as Jethro

Fire at My Heart

as Principe Nicola

St. Peter

69

TV show · as Pietro

St. Peter

66

as San Pietro

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

55

as The King

Hidalgo

58

as Sheikh Riyadh

Monsieur Ibrahim

74

as Monsieur Ibrahim

Pyramid

72

as Nakht (voice)

1990s

21 titles · average score 60

The 13th Warrior

52

as Melchisidek

Gulliver's Travels

71

TV show · as Sorcerer

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

as Narrator

Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic

as Narrator (voice)

The Rainbow Thief

55

as Dima

Laughter, Joy, Work and Love

54

as Adham's father

588 rue Paradis

70

as Hagop Zakarian

Beyond Justice

34

as Emir Beni-Zair

Mother

77

as Hagop Zakarian

Memories of Midnight

52

TV show · as Constantin Demiris

Citizen Masrey

72

as Mayor Abdel Razek El-Shershaby

The Law of the Desert

68

TV show · as Emir Beni-Zair

1980s

21 titles · average score 58

The Possessed

61

as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky

Paradise Calling

as Alex

Peter the Great

78

TV show · as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky

Harem

57

as Sultan Hassan

as Garcin

The Far Pavilions

72

TV show · as Koda Dad

La Martingale

as Alex Joski

Green Ice

53

as Meno Argenti

Pleasure Palace

as Louie Lefevre

Oh! Heavenly Dog

49

as Bart

The Baltimore Bullet

57

as The Deacon

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

46

as Baron Cesare Magnasco

1970s

13 titles · average score 58

Ashanti

46

as Prince Hassan

Bloodline

39

as Ivo Palazzi

Crime and Passion

59

as Andre Ferren

Funny Lady

56

as Nick Arnstein

Juggernaut

73

as Captain Alex Brunel

The Tamarind Seed

63

as Feodor Sverdlov

Mysterious Island

69

TV show · as Captain Nemo

The Mysterious Island

57

as Captain Nemo

The Right to Love

as Pierre

The Last Valley

70

as Vogel

The Burglars

47

as Abel Zacharia

The Horsemen

44

as Uraz

1960s

26 titles · average score 65

Mackenna's Gold

40

as Colorado

Che!

48

as Che Guevara

Funny Girl

84

as Nick Arnstein

Mayerling

55

as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

The Night of the Generals

56

as Major Grau

More Than a Miracle

51

as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez

Doctor Zhivago

77

as Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Genghis Khan

57

as Genghis Khan / Temujin

Behold a Pale Horse

78

as Francisco

Lawrence of Arabia

91

as Sherif Ali

Agony of Love

68

as Hasan

Eshaet Hob

79

as Hussein

1950s

16 titles · average score 69

Goha

as Goha

Conflict in the Nile

71

as محسّب

We the Students

as عادل

Rendezvous with a Stranger

as Magdi

Scandal in Zamalek

as أحمد

Sayedat el kasr

68

as Adel

Sleepless

67

as Aziz

Land of Peace

as Ahmed

Struggle in the Harbor

66

as Ragab

Our Best Days

71

as أحمد

The Blazing Sun

70

as Ahmed أحمد

The Devil of the Desert

as Essam