His 1st English language film was Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. He as well played Dr. Zhivago in the movie by the same name. Omar Sharif is fluent inside English, Arabic, Greek, French and Turkish.

He conjoin it used to be that & it was by using a Egyptian actress Faten Hamama between 1954 and1974. It is divorced divorced & keep close at hand Ace boy known as Tarek Sharif.

Filmography
Hidalgo (2003) Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (2003) The 13th Warrior (1999) The Mysteries of Egypt (1998) Funny Girl/Funny Lady (1997) Heaven Before I Die (1997) Lebanon - Imprisoned Splendour (1997) The Possessed (1996) ''Gulliver's Travels (1996) Catherine the Great (1995) Lie Down With Lions (1994) Beyond Justice (1992) Grand Larceny (1992) Mayrig (1992) Memories of Midnight (1991) The Baltimore Bullet (1990) The Opium Connection (1990) Ashanti: Land of No Mercy (1989) Peter the Great (1986) Top Secret! (1984) Green Ice (1981) Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980) Pleasure Palace (1980) Bloodline (1979) S-H-E (1979) Crime and Passion (1975) Funny Lady (1975) Juggernaut (1974) The Tamarind Seed (1974) The Horsemen (1971) The Last Valley (1971) Che! (1969) Mackenna's Gold (1969) Funny Girl (1968) Mayerling (1968) The Night of the Generals (1967) Doctor Zhivago (1965) The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) Genghis Khan (1965) Behold a Pale Horse (1964) The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962)

Bridge
Sharif is likewise one of the world's most famous contract bridge players. He writes the syndicated newspaper bridge column, and there exists possibly the bridge computer game and tutorial that carries his name. Sharif is as well the regular within casinos in France, where he another time assaulted the casino employee fallowing losing hundreds to thousands of dollars in one roulette bet.