1941年，奥尼尔出生于美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶，他是女演员帕特里夏的长子，他的父亲叫查尔斯·奥尼尔，是一个编剧和小说家。他的哥哥凯文是一个演员和编剧。奥尼尔的外祖父是爱尔兰人和他的外祖母俄罗斯犹太人。奥尼尔原本在美国读书，并且练就了一身拳击术，后来他们家搬到了德国慕尼黑，他在那儿上高中。
Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business.
英国演员，曾出演《星球大战2：帝国反击战》《夺宝奇兵》等影片。
