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

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.

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

Fluent in English, Arabic, Greek and French

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.

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

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.

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).

Writes a weekly syndicated column on Bridge.