Omar Sharif a foreigner of some sort. He bridled at travel restrictions imposed by the government of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to self-exile in Europe. He was a lifelong horse racing enthusiast, and at one time ranked among the world's top contract bridge players. Omar Sharif, whose adopted surname means "noble" or "nobleman", was born as Michel Dimitri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Melkite Catholic family, either of Syrian or Lebanese descent: he belonged to a small ethnocultural minority known as the Levantine 'Antiochian' Greek Catholics of Egypt ("Rum Katuleek"), an offshoot of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.
Michel Gill fellow "House of Cards" actor Jayne Atkinson (Secretary of State Catherine Durant), whom he met when they were both in a production of "The Heiress" at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. They began dating in 1992 and were married in 1998. Gill and Atkinson reside with their son in the Berkshires. Michel Gill Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series "House of Cards" and Gideon Goddard on "Mr. Robot". Gill is a first generation American who was born