Omar Sharif | Egyptian actor | Britannica.com Egyptian actor Alternative Titles: Michael Demitri Shalhoub, Michel Demitri Chalhoub Omar Sharif Bob Hope Omar Sharif, original name Michael Demitri Shalhoub, Michael also spelled Michel, Shalhoub also spelled Chalhoub (born April 10, 1932, Alexandria , Egypt —died July 10, 2015, Cairo ), Egyptian actor of international acclaim, known for his dashing good looks and for iconic roles in such films as Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Omar Sharif, 1976. AF Archive/Alamy Shalhoub was born in Alexandria, the only son of a prosperous lumber merchant. When he was four years old, he moved with his family to Cairo, where he attended English schools. With early aspirations of being an actor, Shalhoub participated in theatre productions in secondary school. At the urging of his father, he worked for the family’s lumber business after graduating.

In 1953 his acting dreams were realized when he was cast opposite Egyptian star Faten Hamama in Siraa fil-wadi (1954; “Struggle in the Valley”). He began his acting career using a pseudonym, which went through several variations and eventually was rendered consistently in English as Omar Sharif. Sharif went on to star in several more films with Hamama, whom he married in 1955 (the couple divorced in 1974). Sharif quickly rose to stardom in his native Egypt, appearing in more than 20 films before garnering international acclaim as Sherif Ali in David Lean ’s epic Lawrence of Arabia . His portrayal of the loyal Arab chief earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Following this breakthrough role, Sharif was much in demand to play a variety of characters, including a Spanish priest in Behold a Pale Horse (1964) and the Mongolian conqueror in Genghis Khan (1965). Among Sharif’s most famous roles is the title character in Doctor Zhivago , Lean’s adaptation of Boris Pasternak ’s novel of the same name.

Starring opposite Julie Christie , Sharif portrayed a poet-doctor in the middle of a love triangle. He later was cast as a German military man in The Night of the Generals (1967), Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in Mayerling (1968), and revolutionary Che Guevara in Che! (1969). Sharif was also well known for his portrayal of Nick Arnstein, husband to Barbra Streisand ’s Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968); he reprised the role of Arnstein in the film’s sequel, Funny Lady (1975). Peter O’Toole (left) and Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Columbia Pictures/Getty Images Omar Sharif (foreground, left) and Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago … © 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968), directed by William … © Columbia Pictures Corporation Michel Demitri Chalhoub (1932 - 2015) - Genealogy Michel Demitri Chalhoub "Michel Demitri Chalhoub", "Omar Sharif" Birthdate: in Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt Cause of death: ex-wife's child About Omar Sharif Omar Sharif (Egyptian Arabic: عمر الشريـف, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕomɑɾˤ eʃʃɪˈɾiːf]; born Michel Demitri Chalhoub, [miˈʃel dɪˈmitɾi ʃælˈhuːb]; April 10, 1932 – July 10, 2015), also credited as Omar Cherif, was an Egyptian actor. The assumed surname Sharif means "noble" in Arabic. His films included Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968).

He was nominated for an Academy Award and won three Golden Globe Awards and a César Award. On July 10, 2015, at the age of 83, Sharif died after a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.[44][45] Sharif once ranked among the world's top 50 contract bridge players, and played in an exhibition match before the Shah of Iran. Sharif's autobiography 'L'Etenel Masculin"was published in France in 1976 and in America the following year as "The Eternal Male.". family Omar Sharif was born on 10 April 1932, as Michel Demitri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Melkite Greek Catholic family of Syro-Lebanese descent. His father, Joseph Chalhoub, a precious woods merchant originally from Zahle, moved to Egypt in the early 20th century. His mother, Claire Saada, was a noted society hostess, and Egypt's King Farouk was a regular visitor until he was deposed in 1952.

In his youth, Sharif studied at Victoria College, Alexandria, where he showed a talent for languages. He later graduated from Cairo University with a degree in mathematics and physics.[15] He then worked for a while in his father's precious wood business before studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[14][15] In 1955, Sharif changed his name and converted to Islam in order to marry[15][16] fellow Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. In 1954 acclaimed actress Faten Hamama accepted young Sharif as her co-star in the film Struggle in the Valley and shockingly accepted a scene involving a kiss with him, a first in her career. The two fell in love, and Sharif converted to Islam and married her.[34] The couple had one son, Tarek El-Sharif, born 1957 in Egypt, who appeared in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri at the age of eight.

They separated in 1966 and the marriage ended in 1974.[32] Sharif never remarried; he stated that since his divorce, he never fell in love with another woman.[32] Hamama died in 2015. egyptian actor | Tumblr egyptian actor Loading... Show more notes Reblog Forgotten Stars - One of Egypt’s longest lasting leading men in film and a friend of the internationally renowned actor Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy Loading... Show more notes Reblog rami malek circa night at the museum as much as he is embarrassed by it would’ve been an excellent fancast for khalid nassour Loading... Show more notes Reblog below the cut are #298 medium gifs of Egyptian-British actor Fady Elsayed in his role as Ram Singh in episodes 1 and 2 of the first season of the BBC show Class, requested by @hailthehelpful and @pxrsephonewrites . all gifs are textless and made by me expressly for roleplay purposes only; no credit is necessary but please do not use them in your own gif sets, crackship gifs, or put them in gif hunts.

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+ The football jock with a prosthetic leg and PTSD and Abby Yates’s luck with avoiding flying stuff (except switch ghost slime for lots of blood) who’s played by a British Egyptian actor. + Middle aged alien woman who hates everything, especially her job… not the teaching one, the other one… well the teaching one too. + Steven Moffat isn’t a writer or a director in any of the episodes. The minuses: - One case of a fridged girlfriend. - Icky, bloody, gory deaths by aliens. If the movie is about black people, use BLACK actors. If the movie is about Native Americans, use NATIVE AMERICAN actors. If the movie is about Chinese people, use CHINESE actors. If the movie is about Japanese people, use JAPANESE actors. If the movie is about Egyptians, use EGYPTIAN actors. If the movie is about Latinos, use LATINO actors. If the movie is about people who are biracial, use BIRACIAL actors. If the movie is about people who are different races, use the correct races or don’t do the movie at all. Our world is diverse, our culture is diverse and our movies should reflect that. Loading...

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I don’t say this lightly, but that review was some fake social justice warrior-esque shit, because this is simply the most ridiculous complain I’ve ever seen. Reblog I am Laughing at this website. On the recent cultural appropriation post, it showed a half Indian girl being denied the chance to wear something Indian because her skin and hair was too light and people might get offended. Then there was the post about an Egyptian movie, where the actors were called white due to their skin color, despite being Egyptian actors. Latinas get told that they dont look “Latina enough” or get excluded from their race if they arent experts in spanish. Not to mention the dreadlock posts where half black people wear them and get attacked on this website (not that dreads are exclusive to black people). It seems this sote focuses more on skin color than race or culture. Apparently you arent really black unless youre dark enough. You arent latina enough if your skin is light or you dont speak the right language. You arent black enough unless your skin tone is past caremel shade. People literally judging others by skin color first. And then they try to police people on what is and isnt racist. Reblog rami malek’s tinder profile: hi!

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nothing i act in is on netflix haha) Omar Sharif - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Writer Omar Sharif , the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a ... See full bio » Born: a list of 28 people created 01 Aug 2011 a list of 29 people created 27 Mar 2012 a list of 42 people created 25 Feb 2015 a list of 22 people created 29 Sep 2015 a list of 35 images created 5 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Omar Sharif's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 5 nominations.

See more awards » Known For 2007 Hanan Wa Haneen (TV Mini-Series) Raouf 2006 The Crown Prince (TV Movie) Hans Canon 2003-2004 Petits mythes urbains (TV Series) Le chauffeur de taxi - Une nuit inoubliable (2004) ... Le chauffeur de taxi - Égaré (2004) ... Le chauffeur de taxi 1994 Red Eagle (TV Movie) Safar Khan 1991 Desert Law (TV Mini-Series) Emir Beni-Zair 1985 Vicious Circle (TV Movie) Garcin 1983 La Martingale (TV Movie) Alex Joski 1980 Pleasure Palace (TV Movie) Louie Lefevre 2001 Black Hawk Down (performer: "Ul Iyo Dirkeed", "Dhibic Roob") / (writer: "Ul Iyo Dirkeed", "Dhibic Roob") 1981 Numéro 1 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Omar Sharif (1981) ...

(performer: "You Are Woman, I Am Man") 1968 Funny Girl (performer: "You Are Woman, I Am Man", "Sadie, Sadie" - uncredited) Hide 2003 Petits mythes urbains (TV Series) (writer) Hide - Zahi Hawass (2002) ... (special thanks) Hide 2013 Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2011 Imagine (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 Chasing Mummies (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2009 Séries express (TV Series) Himself 2008 Il était une fois... (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 British Film Forever (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 2007 Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2006 Corazón de...

(TV Series) Himself 2006 Sfuoco su di me (Video documentary short) Himself 2005 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2005 La méthode Cauet (TV Series) Himself 2004 Hollywood Legenden (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2004 Double je (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 Ombre et lumière (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 Comme au cinéma (TV Series documentary) Himself 1980-2004 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) Himself 2003 The 100 Greatest Musicals (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2003 Vivement dimanche (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Main Guest 2003 Vivement dimanche prochain (TV Series) Himself - Main Guest 2002 Building the Great Pyramid (TV Movie documentary) Nakht (voice) 2001 The 100 Greatest Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2000 Legends (TV Series documentary) Himself 1998 Cleopatra's Palace (TV Movie documentary) Narrator

 1995 What's the Bet?

(TV Series) Himself - Guest 1995 Vaya nochecita (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1993 Bridge Deluxe with Omar Sharif (Video Game documentary) Himself 1993 Clive James' Postcard from...

(TV Series documentary) Himself 1993 Querida Concha (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1989 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) Himself 1988 Le divan (TV Series documentary) Himself 1988 Àngel Casas Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1987 Land der Berge (TV Series documentary) Himself 1986 Hour Magazine (TV Series) Himself 1986 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1985 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 1984 Mardi cinéma (TV Series documentary) Himself 1978-1981 Numéro 1 (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Host 1980 Benji at Work (TV Short documentary) Himself 1978 Over Easy (TV Series) Himself 1978 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself - Guest - Episode #1.23 (1978) ...

Himself - Guest 1977 Donahue (TV Series) 1974 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) Himself 1971 Show Petula Clark (TV Movie) Himself 1971 Gala de l'union (TV Series) Himself 1971 Samedi soir (TV Series) Himself 1969 Girl Talk (TV Series) Himself 1969 Die Drehscheibe (TV Series) Himself 1968 Sophia: A Self-Portrait (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1967 Cinema (TV Series documentary) Himself 1965 Moscow in Madrid (Documentary short) Himself - Episode dated 15 November 1965 (1965) ...

Himself - Celebrity Guest 1963 Cinépanorama (TV Series documentary) Himself Himself - Winner: Most Promising Newcomer - Male and Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Hide 2015 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2015 Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) Himself 2011 Universum (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 20 to 1 (TV Series documentary) Yuri 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) Himself 1991 Northern Exposure (TV Series) Yuri Personal Details Other Works: Audio tour narration for the traveling museum exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Print Biography | 5 Interviews | 6 Articles | 3 Pictorials | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: I lived in America for a long time. Only ten per cent of all Americans have a passport. In other words, ninety per cent never left America.

They don't know anything. The typical Middle Eastern man is far more intelligent. See more » Trivia: Bollywood movie star Dilip Kumar was initially offered the role of Sherif Ali . He declined the role after which David Lean offered it to Omar Sharif which subsequently catapulted him onto the world scene. Sharif was supposed to play the role of Tafas who is shot by Sherif Ali in his introductory desert sequence. See more » Star Sign: Omar Sharif Has Died at Age 83 - ComingSoon.net Omar Sharif Has Died at Age 83 SHARE Legendary actor Omar Sharif has passed away at age 83. It is with great sadness that we report (via BBC ) that Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, best known for his Oscar-nominated turn as Sherif Ali in 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia, has passed away at the age of 83 after suffering a heart attack in a hospital in Cairo. His agent Steve Kenis also confirmed that the star had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Born Michel Demitri Chalhoub on April 10, 1932, Sharif began his acting career in 1953 and appeared in well over 100 films and TV movies over the next six decades, including a lead role opposite Julie Christie in director David Lean’s Russian WWI epic Doctor Zhivago. He also co-starred with Barbara Streisand in the hit 1968 musical Funny Girl and its 1975 sequel Funny Lady, and played Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1969’s Che! In 1984, he showed his comedic chops for the zany cult classic comedy Top Secret!, but deeply regretted his participation in the 1999 adventure film The 13th Warrior, one of the most notorious box office bombs of recent years. Sharif took on roles in other big budget productions in his later years, including the Viggo Mortensen vehicle Hidalgo and as the narrator of Roland Emmerich’s prehistoric epic 10,000 BC.

Sharif was also a celebrated contract bridge player, one of the world’s best, and even licensed his name to a bridge computer game, Omar Sharif on Bridge. The star was married to Egyptian actress Faten Hamama from 1954 to 1974 and never remarried. Hamama, who passed away earlier this year, had one child with Sharif, son Tarek El-Sharif. (Photo Credit: WENN) Omar Sharif Omar Sharif Омар аш-Шариф, Michel Demitri Chalhoub, عمر الشريف Categories: Set cemetery Person Omar Sharif (Egyptian Arabic: عمر الشريـف, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕomɑɾˤ eʃʃɪˈɾiːf]; born Michel Demitri Chalhoub, [miˈʃel dɪˈmitɾi ʃælˈhuːb]; 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015), also credited as Omar Al Cherif, was an Egyptian actor. The assumed surname Sharif means "noble" in Arabic.

His films included Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968). He was nominated for an Academy Award and won three Golden Globe Awards and a César Award. Early life Omar Sharif was born on 10 April 1932, as Michel Demetri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Melkite Greek Catholic family of Palestinian-Syro-Lebanese descent. His father, Joseph Chalhoub, who was born in Lebanon, was a wealthy merchant of exotic woods who settled in Egypt in the early 20th century, where Omar was born and raised. His mother, Claire Saada, was of Syrian and Lebanese ancestry. In his youth, Sharif studied at Victoria College where he showed a talent for languages; he graduated from the University of Cairo with a degree in mathematics and physics. In 1955, Sharif converted to Islam to marry Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. After obtaining a degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Cairo, he worked for a while in his father's precious wood business before studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Acting career In 1953, Sharif began his acting career in his native Egypt with a role in Sira` Fi al-Wadi. He quickly rose to stardom, appearing in Egyptian productions, including La anam in 1958, Sayedat el kasr in 1959 and the Anna Karenina adaptation Nahr el hub in 1961. He also starred with his wife, Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, in several movies as romantic leads. Sharif's first English-language film was in the role of Sharif Ali in David Lean's historical epic Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. This performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as a shared Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Following this breakthrough role, Sharif played a variety of characters, including a Spanish priest in Behold a Pale Horse (1964), a Yugoslav wartime patriot in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), and the Mongolian conqueror in Genghis Khan (1965).

In the same year, Sharif reunited with Lean to play the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), an adaptation of Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel, which was banned in the USSR for 30 years. Film historian Constantine Santas explains that Lean intended the film to be a poetic portrayal of the period, with large vistas of landscapes combined with a powerful score by Maurice Jarre. She notes that Sharif's role is seen as "passive," his eyes reflecting "reality" which then become "the mirror of reality we ourselves see." For his performance, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Over the next few years, Sharif starred as a German military officer in The Night of the Generals (1967), as Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in Mayerling (1968), and as Che Guevara in Che! (1969). Sharif was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Nicky Arnstein, husband to Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968), though some thought he was miscast as a New York Jewish gambler.

His decision to work with costar Barbra Streisand angered Egypt's government at the time due to Streisand's support for the state of Israel, and the country condemned the film. It was also "immediately banned" in numerous Arab nations. Streisand herself jokingly responded, "You think Cairo was upset? You should've seen the letter I got from my Aunt Rose!". Sharif and Streisand became romantically involved during the filming. He admitted later that he didn't find Streisand attractive at first, but her appeal soon overwhelmed him: "About a week from the moment I met her," he recalled, "I was madly in love with her. I thought she was the most gorgeous girl I'd ever seen in my life...I was lusting after her." Sharif reprised the role in the film's sequel, Funny Lady in 1975. Among his other films were the western Mackenna's Gold (1969), as an outlaw opposite Gregory Peck; the thriller Juggernaut (1974), which co-starred Richard Harris, and the romantic drama The Tamarind Seed (1974), co-starring Julie Andrews, directed by Blake Edwards.

Sharif also contributed comic cameo performances in Edwards' The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and in the 1980 spy-film spoof Top Secret! In 2003, he received acclaim for his leading role in Monsieur Ibrahim, the French-language film adaptation of the novel Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, as a Muslim Turkish merchant who becomes a father figure for a Jewish boy. For his performance, Sharif received the César Award for Best Actor. Subsequent film roles include performances in Hidalgo (2004) and Rock the Casbah (2013). Contract bridge career Sharif once ranked among the world's top 50 contract bridge players, and played in an exhibition match before the Shah of Iran. With Charles Goren, Sharif co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune for several years, but has mostly turned over the writing of the column to Tannah Hirsch.

He was also both author and co-author of several books on bridge and licensed his name to a bridge video game; initially released in a MS-DOS version and Amiga version in 1992, Omar Sharif on Bridge is still sold in Windows and mobile platform versions. Computer Gaming World in 1992 described the game as "easy to get into, challenging to play and well-designed", and named it one of the year's best strategy games. In 1993 the magazine stated that "it does not play a very good game of bridge", however, and criticized it for inadequate documentation and forcing players to conform to its bidding style. The magazine recommended two other bridge games instead. Sharif was a regular in casinos in France. In 2006, Sharif declared: "I've stopped altogether. I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling.

I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time." Personal life Family and personal relationships Sharif lived in his native Egypt from birth in 1932 until he moved to Europe in 1965. He recounted that, in 1932, his father "wasn't a wealthy man", but "earned quite a bit of money". Before the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, King Farouk frequented Sharif's family's house, and became a friend and card-game partner of Sharif's mother. His mother was an elegant and charming hostess who was all too delighted with the association because it gave her the privilege of "consorting only with the elite" of Egyptian society. Sharif also recounted that his father's timber business was very successful during that time, in ways that Sharif describes as dishonest or immoral. By contrast, after 1952, Sharif stated that wealth changed hands in Egypt, under Nasser's nationalisation policies. His father's business "took a beating".

Travel restrictions in the form of "exit visas" were required of Egyptians, and his own travel to take part in international films was sometimes impeded, which he could not tolerate. The Nasser government's travel restrictions influenced Sharif's decision to remain in Europe between his film shoots, a decision that cost him his marriage to Egyptian film legend Faten Hamama, though they remained friends. It was a major crossroad in Sharif's life and changed him from an established family man to a lifelong bachelor living in European hotels. When commenting about his fame and life in Hollywood, Sharif said, "It gave me glory, but it gave me loneliness also. And a lot of missing my own land, my own people and my own country." When Sharif's affair with Barbra Streisand was made public in the Egyptian press, his Egyptian citizenship was almost withdrawn by the Egyptian Government due to Streisand's vocal support of Israel, with which Egypt was then in a state of war. In 1954 acclaimed actress Faten Hamama accepted young Sharif as her co-star in the film Struggle in the Valley and shockingly accepted a scene involving a kiss with him, a first in her career.

The two fell in love, and Sharif converted to Islam and married her. The couple had one son, Tarek El-Sharif, born 1957 in Egypt, who appeared in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri at the age of eight. They separated in 1966 and the marriage ended in 1974. Sharif never remarried; he stated that since his divorce, he never fell in love with another woman. Hamama died in 2015. Sharif became friends with Peter O'Toole during the making of Lawrence of Arabia. They appeared in several other films together and remained close friends. He was also good friends with Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. Actor and friend Tom Courtenay revealed in an interview for the 19 July 2008, edition of BBC Radio's Test Match Special that Sharif supported Hull City Association Football Club and in the 1970s would telephone their automated scoreline from his home in Paris for score updates. Sharif was given an honorary degree by the University of Hull in 2010 and used the occasion to meet Hull City football player Ken Wagstaff. Sharif lived mostly in Cairo with his family.

In addition to his son, he had two grandsons, Omar (born 1983 in Montreal) and Karim. Omar Sharif, Jr. is also an actor. He was most recently known for playfully tussling on stage at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony with actor Kirk Douglas, who was presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress that evening. Sharif Jr. also generated buzz for coming out as both gay and half-Jewish during the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, saying he fears for his safety after Islamist parties' triumph in parliamentary elections. Criminal convictions In August 2003, Sharif received a one-month suspended prison sentence for striking a police officer in a suburban Parisian casino the previous month. He was fined the equivalent of US$1,700. On 13 February 2007, Sharif was "found guilty of assaulting a Beverly Hills parking lot attendant and breaking his nose". Illness and death In May 2015 it was reported that Sharif was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and his son said he was becoming confused when remembering some of the biggest films of his career.

Tarek El-Sharif, the only child of the star's marriage to ex-wife Faten Hamama, said his 83-year-old father would mix up the names of his best-known films, Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia, often forgetting where they were filmed. On 10 July 2015, at the age of 83, Sharif died after a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Awards In November 2005, Sharif was awarded the inaugural Sergei Eisenstein Medal by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in recognition of his significant contributions to world film and cultural diversity. The medal, which is handed out very infrequently, is named after Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Only 25 have been struck, as determined by the agreement between UNESCO, Russia's Mosfilm and the Vivat Foundation. Source: wikipedia.org Omar Sharif Family Tree & History, Ancestry & Genealogy - FameChain Victoria College, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Up The Tigers!

Sharif is an avid fan of Hull City Football Club, known as the Tigers due to their black and orange striped strip, and has received and honorary Doctorate of Letters from Hull University in recognition of his unswerving support of the football team. He developed a love for the Tigers in the 1960s when sharing a flat with Tom Courtney who introduced him the the game and the team. Conversion for Love In order to marry Faten Hamama, Sharif converted from Catholic to Muslim. He has said that since his divorce he has never fallen in love with another woman. Bridging the gap Sharif is known as one of the world's leading bridge players, and in 1969 he formed the Omar Sharif Bridge Circus which toured the world playing exhibition matches. It has been said that in bridge playing circles Sharif is thought of as "that famous bridge expert who happens to show up in movies from time to time". Courting Controversy While starring alongside Barbra Streisand in the film "Funny Girl", a photograph of Streisand and Sharif sharing a kiss resulted in Sharif's films being banned in Egypt as Egyptian born Sharif could be seen kissing a Jewish woman.

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Question: Egyptian actor Michel Demitri Chalhoub is better known by what name?
Answer: Omar Sharif