![]() Baron Cohen's paternal grandfather, Morris Moses Cohen, added "Baron" to his surname. His father, editor-turned-clothing store owner Gerald "Jerry" Baron Cohen (1932–2016), was born into a Belarusian family of Ashkenazi Jews in London and grew up in the Welsh town of Pontypridd. His mother, photographer Daniella (née Weiser), was born in British Mandatory Palestine in 1939. Sacha Noam Baron Cohen was born into a Jewish family in the Hammersmith area of London on 13 October 1971. He has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch since 2008. 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. 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.īaron Cohen has two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, three Golden Globe Award nominations, resulting in two wins for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his work in the feature film Borat and its sequel. 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. He created and starred in Da Ali G Show (2000–2004), receiving two BAFTA Awards. His voice acting roles include King Julien XIII in the Madagascar film series (2005–2012) and Uncle Ugo in Luca (2021).īeginning his career in television, Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards for The 11 O'Clock Show. In 2016, he starred in Grimsby and co-starred in Alice Through the Looking Glass. He has also appeared in dramatic films including Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011), Tom Hooper's Les Misérables (2012), and Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). In 2018, The Times named him among the 30 best living comedians.īaron 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). ![]() In 2013, he received the BAFTA Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, he received the Outstanding Achievement Award and accepted the award in-character as Ali G. He adopts a variety of accents and guises for his characters and interacts with unsuspecting subjects who do not realise they have been set up. ![]() He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Aladeen. Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( English: / ˈ s ɑː ʃ ə n ə ʊ ˈ b æ r ə n ˈ k ə ʊ ə n/ Hebrew: סָשָׁה נֹעַם בָּרוֹן כֹּהֵן born 13 October 1971) is a British actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. ![]()
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