OMAR SHARIF, TRIVIA (fun info)

Hello friends ..
i thought to start a topic on living memory of that Great Actor .. and for more than a hundred years is the ONLY world wide known ARABIC Holly-wood Actor ..


Spouse : Faten Hamama (1954 - 1974) (divorced) 1 child

World-class Bridge player, he has been known to anticipate or postpone shootings in order to be able to attend major bridge events.

Father of Tarek Sharif.

Fluent in English, Arabic, Greek and French

Of Lebanese/Syrian descent, but lived in Egypt all his life

5 August 2003 - Received a one-month suspended sentence and a $1700 fine for head-butting a police officer in a French casino in July.

He is both author and co-author of several books on Bridge and has licensed his name to a Bridge computer game.

Also fluent in Italian (ex. appearance in main RAI show ''Domenica In'' 10/23/2005)

Underwent triple bypass surgery in 1992, and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994. Until his bypass, Sharif smoked 100 cigarettes a day; after the operation he quit easily.

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1990.

Ordered by a US court in Beverly Hills, California to take an anger management course for punching a parking attendant who refused to accept his European currency on 11 June 2005. Sharif was not present for the hearing. (13 February 2007).



Personal Quotes

"I definitely want to do more theatre now. Or, two weeks in a film for a remarkable amount of money."

"I'd rather be playing bridge than making a bad movie."

It made me the hero of the whole of France. To head-butt a cop is the dream of every Frenchman.

"Aggressive feminists scare me."



Salary
Funny Girl (1968) £ 8,000
Doctor Zhivago (1965) £ 8,000
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) £ 8,000


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that is a good idea doc
how did you remember omar al-sharif !!!

The Only Arabic well-known Actor !!
its not that hard to remember him

He's notorious for such deeds.

About 2 weeks ago he was forced to pay a something US dollars fine for verbally assaulting a police officer after stopping him for speeding. That was in New York I recall..

BTW Gayath I salute you for starting this thread and I promise I will make a cool collection of celebrities trivia and post it here..

At last, I won't to mention something very important about Omar-Sharif that Gayath didn't mention. He was nominated for the Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sherif Ali in the his career's milestone, the masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia. The 6th greatest film of all-time in the American Film Institute list.

Also he won two Golden Globes, first as a Best Supporting Actor for Lawrence of Arabia and once again as a best actor in a leading role for his role in Dr.Zhivago.

A wonderful topic about a wonderful man from my wonderful friend!

Thanks G bro! it was a nice experience reading this topic.

Thanks for m7md too for additional info.


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