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Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy (2019)
He was voted Personality of the year at the TV Quick awards in London, England, UK. [September 2000]
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Der Diktator (2012)
Studied History at Christ's College, Cambridge.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Anna Faris in Der Diktator (2012)
He plays three principal characters on Da Ali G Show (2003). The title character is Ali G, a lower-class white male who acts like a Jamaican Londoner and enrages his politically active and powerful guests with stupid questions. Another one is the Kazakhstani TV reporter Borat, who naïvely searches for porn and outlets for his scatological, accidental humor and anti-Semitism. The last one is the superficial Austrian fashion expert Brüno, who often talks up heartless fashionistas and makes macho men uncomfortable with his blatant homosexuality.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Megan Fox in Der Diktator (2012)
Gave 2004 Harvard class day address in character as Ali G.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln (2016)
Appears on talk shows in character; he has rarely appeared as his real self. Nevertheless, he did appear as himself on the Golden Globe Awards show in 2007, as well as on the NPR radio talk show "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross. He was also asked to appear in character (as Borat) at the Oscars, but refused and went as himself.
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His cousin, Simon Baron-Cohen, is a preeminent psychologist who became famous for his theory that autism is caused by an extreme male brain.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Conan (2010)
Went to Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys in Hertfordshire, the same school as broadcaster Alan Whicker, Little Britain (2003) star Matt Lucas, comedian David Baddiel, and former Formula 1 champion Damon Hill.
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Sacha Baron Cohen, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian West in Conan (2010)
For Borat, Sacha takes about 6 weeks to grow body, head, and facial hair. For Ali G., the facial hair takes about 4 weeks to grow. When preparing for Brüno, he shaves all of his hair (including body hair), and works out and cleans his body vigorously.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Liam Gallagher in Conan (2010)
During an "All Things Considered" interview in 2004, Baron Cohen told NPR's Robert Siegel that he wrote his Cambridge thesis on Jewish involvement in the U.S. Civil Rights movement, focusing especially on the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Conan (2010)
Brother of Erran Baron Cohen, a member of the British electronica world-music group, Zohar.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Olivia Wilde in Conan (2010)
Brüno the reporter, one of Cohen's characters, once interviewed Gisele Bündchen.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Sweeney Todd: Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street (2007)
In 2004 he appeared on the "Howard Stern Show" as himself and went into character on camera.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Sweeney Todd: Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street (2007)
He has been a lifelong fan of professional wrestling.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Der Spion und sein Bruder (2016)
Daughter, Olive Cohen, born 17 October 2007. Mother is fiancée Isla Fisher.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln (2016)
2007 - Ranked #34 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Mia Wasikowska in Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln (2016)
Putting a rest to Ali G and Borat, the anti-Semitic Khazakh. He said to British newspaper "Friday," "I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day, and I came to love them, so admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing.". [December 2007]
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One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
His wife Isla Fisher gave birth to their second child during summer 2010.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
Cousin of Sam Baron.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
Stepbrother-in-law of Conor Reid.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Kellie Bright in Ali G in da House (2002)
His Four By Two film production company is rhyming slang for 'Jew'.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
Attended the "Brüno" Premiere (in full character) at Tuschinski Theatre on June 20th in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [June 2009]
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
His paternal grandparents, Morris Cohen and Miriam Nichelby, were from Eastern European Jewish families (from Belarus and Poland) that moved to Wales and England. His maternal grandparents, Hans Weiser and Leisel Levi, were both German Jews.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
In 2010, it was announced that Baron Cohen was considering starring as singer Freddie Mercury (to whom he bears a resemblance) in a biopic about the late Queen frontman. Baron Cohen was actively involved in trying to get the movie off the ground, even consulting major directors like David Fincher and Tom Hooper, but in 2013, he pulled out and to date (2017), the film still hasn't been made. Queen guitarist Brian May said it was because Baron Cohen's "presence in the movie would be very distracting," doubting that the larger-than-life actor could disappear into the role. In 2016, Baron Cohen gave his side of the story: He left because the surviving members of Queen wanted the movie to be a tame biopic about the entire band; he wanted it to be purely a Freddie Mercury movie, one that included the singer's rock 'n' roll exploits.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
When questioned whether he would make another movie based on two of his most famous characters, Borat and Bruno, Baron Cohen said he fears he's too recognizable, and the world too connected and aware, for him to pull off a movie like Borat or Bruno again. There's also the matter of the inherent danger in making those kinds of movies. He's got a family to support, and his wife, Isla Fisher, says she was constantly worried that his actions would get him arrested or sued. Cohen recounted an incident while filming Bruno in Kansas when he was appeared on the show 'WTF with Marc Maron' - he had to make a quick exit when a hotel manager called the cops when he and the actor playing his assistant Gustaf Hammarsten were found "chained to each other in this S&M crazy gear." Baron Cohen and Hammarsten had to jump off of a fire escape to avoid capture.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in Ali G in da House (2002)
When Baron Cohen made a surprise appearance as Ali G at the 2016 Academy Awards (it was truly a surprise-show producers had told him not to do it), his wife, Isla Fisher had to be complicit in the prank, and smuggled the Ali G costume into the awards ceremony under her dress. She then had to stand outside a door backstage at the Oscars while Baron Cohen changed inside and producers kept knocking to see what he was up to. "I had to lie to everyone, which made me feel really guilty," Fisher said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Afterward Fisher said she "went straight to the bar, I'm not gonna lie.".
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson in Der Spion und sein Bruder (2016)
He can speak fluent English and Hebrew.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong in Der Spion und sein Bruder (2016)
His surname is Baron Cohen, not just Cohen.
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong in Der Spion und sein Bruder (2016)
He was considered for the role of Boris The Animal in Men in Black 3 (2012), but the role was given to Jemaine Clement.
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