Sacha Baron Cohen 1971 54
Sacha Baron Cohen 1971 54
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (/ˈsæʃə/ SA-shə; Hebrew: סָשָׁה נֹעַם בָּרוֹן כֹּהֵן; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, and performance artist. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen. At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, Baron Cohen received the Outstanding Achievement Award and accepted the award in-character as Ali G. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. In 2018, The Times named him among the 30 best living comedians.
Beginning his career in television, Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards for The 11 O'Clock Show. He created and starred as his character Ali G in Da Ali G Show (2000–2004), receiving two BAFTA Awards. His next television project, Who Is America? (2018) for Showtime, saw him nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 2019, he portrayed Eli Cohen in the limited series The Spy for OCS and Netflix, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film.
Baron Cohen has produced and/or performed in comedic films, such as Ali G Indahouse (2002), Borat (2006) and its sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Brüno (2009), and The Dictator (2012). He has also appeared in dramatic films including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Hugo (2011), Les Misérables (2012), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). In 2016, he starred in Grimsby and co-starred in Alice Through the Looking Glass. His voice acting roles include King Julien XIII in the Madagascar film series (2005–2012) and Uncle Ugo in Luca (2021).
Baron Cohen has two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and six Golden Globe Award nominations, resulting in three wins: two for Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his work in the feature film Borat and its sequel, and he also won the award for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy as producer of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. In 2021, he received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performance as Abbot "Abbie" Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7. He has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch since 2008.
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2025 Super Toys
2025 Ladies First
2025 Mandrake the Magician as Mandrake the Magician
2025 Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth Executive Producer, Writer
2021 Luca as Uncle Ugo (voice)
2021 Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision as Borat Sagdiyev Writer, Executive Producer
2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Borat Sagdiyev Story, Characters, Screenplay, Producer
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Associate Producer
2018 Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity as Self
2016 Past Forward as The Man with No Mouth
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Time
2016 The Last Laugh as Self
2016 The Trouble Agent as Norman "Nobby" Grimsby
2016 Grimsby as Kyle 'Nobby' Butcher Screenplay, Producer, Story
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as BBC News Anchor
2013 Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
2012 Django Unchained Thanks
2012 Les Misérables as Thénardier
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Julien (voice)
2012 The Dictator as Aladeen / Efawadh Producer, Screenplay
2012 Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime as Self
2012 Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
2011 Hugo as Station Inspector
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Executive Producer
2009 Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection as Ali G (segment "Music")
2009 Brüno as Brüno Screenplay, Story, Producer
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Julien (voice)
2008 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd as Self
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Pirelli
2007 Ali G-Da UK Seereez
2006 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as Borat Sagdiyev Producer, Screenplay, Story
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Jean Girard
2005 Madagascar as Julien (voice)
2003 Spyz as Ali G Writer, Executive Producer
2002 Ali G Before He Was Massiv as Ali G
2002 Ali G Indahouse as Alistair Leslie "Ali G" Graham / Borat Sagdiyev Screenplay, Executive Producer
2001 Ali G: Bling Bling as Ali G
2001 The Best of Borat as Borat Writer
2000 Ali G, Aiii as Ali G
2000 The Jolly Boys' Last Stand as Vinnie
1999 Ali G, Innit as Ali G Writer
1997 Out for Love... Be Back Shortly as English Narrator