--- description: Actors and directors took to social media to remember their favorite Sharif performances title: Celebrities Mourn Omar Sharif image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Celebrities Mourn Omar Sharif by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2015 4:20 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2015 4:20 PM CUT Omar Sharif starred in some of the most iconic films in Hollywood history, from epics like _Lawrence of Arabia_ and _Doctor Zhivago_ to the musical comedy _Funny Girl_. His peers in the acting community took to social media on Friday to mourn the star’s [death at age 83](http://time.com/3952796/omar-sharif-dead/ "undefined"): > [](https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/619517509260156928) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/619513590320640000) > [](https://twitter.com/antoniobanderas/status/619525483823284224) > [](https://twitter.com/vincentdonofrio/status/619528601516376064) > [](https://twitter.com/ralphmacchio/status/619521780445773825) Sharif won Golden Globes for his performances in _Lawrence of Arabia_ and _Doctor Zhivago_. He died on Friday of a heart attack in Cairo. ### Take A Look Back At Some of Omar Sharif's Most Memorable Roles  Omar Sharif stars as Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia, 1962. Columbia Pictures/Getty Images  Omar Sharif plays the titular role of Gengis Khan in Gengis Khan, 1965. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Omar Sharif stars as Doctor Yuri Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago, 1965. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Omar Sharif as Prince Rodrigo Fernandez on the set of the movie More Than a Miracle, 1967. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Omar Sharif and Barbra Streisand star in the romantic comedy Funny Girl, 1968. Mondadori/Getty Images  Omar Sharif stars as Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling, 1968. Mondadori/Getty Images  Omar Sharif stars as Che Guevara in Che!, 1969. Mondadori/Getty Images  Omar Sharif and Julie Andrews starred together in the romantic drama The Tamarind Seed, 1974. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  James Coburn, left, and Omar Sharif starred together in The Baltimore Bullet, 1980. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Omar Sharif, right, plays Melchisidek in The 13th Warrior, 1999. Buena Vista ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/"},"headline":"Celebrities Mourn Omar Sharif","datePublished":"2015-07-10T16:20:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:33.468Z","description":"Actors and directors took to social media to remember their favorite Sharif performances","url":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/","keywords":["remembrance","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/","name":"Celebrities Mourn Omar Sharif"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Award-Winning Actor Omar Sharif Dies At Age 83","description":"Omar Sharif died Friday. Here's a look back at the career that spanned from","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NJnzfrez/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-10T18:00:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NJnzfrez.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3953592/celebrities-mourn-omar-sharif/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```