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Born April 10, 1932 - Born into a wealthy Lebanese-Egyptian family, Omar Sharif was a math and physics major at Cairo's Victory College. He worked briefly in his father's lumber business before pursuing an acting career. Entering movies in 1953 as Omar El-Sharif, the young actor's popularity zoomed when he married popular Egyptian star Faten Hamama (the marriage ended i... Continue Bio >>

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Filmography:
2009 The Traveller
2009 The Last Templar
2008 Hassan and Morcos
2008 10,000 B.C.
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