Omar Sharif, star of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia, has passed away at the age of 83.
The Egyptian-born actor rose to fame in the '60s thanks to his roles in director David Lean's sweeping epics and continued to work across TV and film for a further five decades. Digital Spy takes a look back at some of Sharif's greatest roles below.
David Lean cast Sharif as Arab revolutionary Sherif Ali in 1962's Lawrence of Arabia - the film was his English language debut and earned him an Oscar nomination.
Sharif reunited with Lawrence director David Lean to take on the lead role in Doctor Zhivago in 1965.
World War II drama The Night of the Generals (1967) saw Sharif star alongside Peter O'Toole once more, with Donald Pleasence, Tom Courtenay and Christopher Plummer in the supporting cast."
Sharif starred opposite Barbra Streisand in 1968's Funny Girl, playing a smooth gambler to her Vaudeville performer.
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1971's war epic The Last Valley centred on the Thirty Years' War and cast Sharif alongside Michael Caine.
A disaster movie set aboard a luxury cruise ship, director Richard Lester's Juggernaut was a high profile blockbuster release in 1974 with Sharif, Richard Harris and Anthony Hopkins among the starry cast.
Jim Abrahams and David Zucker's follow-up to Airplane! was this Sharif-starring Top Secret! in 1984, a spoof of classic spy movies.
John McTiernan's 1999 historical epic The 13th Warrior cast Sharif in support of Antonio Banderas's heroic exiled fighter.
Viggo Mortensen's 2004 adventure epic Hidalgo was lent class thanks to Sharif's Sheikh Riyadh, a horse breeder specialising in pure bloodline steeds.
2013's Rock the Casbah, a French/Moroccan production, marked the final big screen outing for Sharif.
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