Omar Cherif
Omar Sharif was an Egyptian film and television actor, writer, and bridge player, born on 10 April 1932 in Alexandria.
Educated at Victoria College and later at Cairo University, Sharif built a career that extended across film and television work conducted in Arabic, English, and French. His notable film appearances include Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, two productions that brought him considerable recognition in the international film industry. His work in these films earned him multiple Golden Globe Awards, including the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. He also received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and the César Award for Best Actor, the latter representing one of the principal honors in French cinema.
Beyond his work as a film and television actor, Sharif was also active as a non-fiction writer and was a committed bridge player, two pursuits that occupied him alongside his screen career. He worked across three languages — Arabic, English, and French — reflecting the breadth of his professional engagements across different national film industries. Sharif died on 10 July 2015 at Behman Hospital. His career encompassed both film and television performance as well as non-fiction writing, and his association with internationally produced dramatic films, particularly those made in the English and French languages, remained a consistent thread across his professional life.
Quotes by Omar Cherif
Omar Cherif's insights on:
A prime essence of the Human Condition lies in realising the significance of our insignificance. Being nothing and everything simultaneously then becomes the greatest poetry there is.
If you are still waiting for a teacher, a guru, a middleman, or even a partner to make you feel whole, then you have not yet found the Tao.
For a healthy and balanced outcome, being opinionated must be paired with being informed.
Nothing is more alienating than being somewhere full of people and realising, perhaps mid-conversation, that what they talk about belongs to a totally different plan of existence than the one in which you exist.
My secret? I stopped chasing — people, situations, substances. When things unfold, I let them. When they don’t, I let them. Instead of chasing the dream, I taught myself how to wake up — as much as possible — in order to be able to live the dream: Here and Now. Hence manifest my own reality. This is how we become at peace and in harmony with the natural flow of the cosmos.
Whenever feeling overwhelmed by many things you have to do just take the very first step. Small daily improvements and innovations can lead to astounding achievements over time.
