Sacha Baron Cohen
Known for: Acting
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (/ˈsæʃə/ SASH-ə; born 13 October 1971) is an English actor, filmmaker, and comedian. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, he has received various accolades, including two British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. For his character work, Baron Cohen has been described as a performance artist. Baron Cohen found fame on the late-night television series The 11 O'Clock Show (1998–1999), winning the British Comedy Award for Best Male Newcomer, before creating and starring as his character Ali G in the satirical sketch comedy show Da Ali G Show (2000–2004), for which he received two British Academy Television Awards. He created and starred in the Showtime satirical mockumentary series Who Is America? (2018), for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He portrayed Eli Cohen in the Netflix limited series The Spy (2019), earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film nomination, and acted in the Apple TV+ limited series Disclaimer (2024). He starred as Mephisto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the miniseries Ironheart (2025). Baron Cohen wrote and starred in Borat (2006) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. For his portrayal of Abbie Hoffman in the legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also wrote, produced and starred in the comedy films Ali G Indahouse (2002), Brüno (2009), The Dictator (2012) and Grimsby (2016) and has acted in drama films such as Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Hugo (2011) and Les Misérables (2012). Baron Cohen voiced King Julien XIII in the Madagascar film series (2005–2012) and Uncle Ugo in Luca (2021). He has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch since 2008. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Sacha Baron Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Simpsons
Jakob (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Top of the Pops
Self — Ali G
1964
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Borat Sagdiyev (uncredited)
1975
Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guide #2
2000
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Borat Sagdiyev
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Ali G
1993
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Borat Sagdiyev
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Disclaimer
Robert Ravenscroft
2024
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Winner
1992
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Ironheart
Mephisto
2025
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
Madagascar
King Julien (voice)
2005
Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Eastbound & Down
Ronnie Thelman
2009
Film
Luca
Uncle Ugo (voice)
2021
Film
Balls Up
Pavio Curto
2026
Series
Today
Self
1952
Film
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Julien (voice)
2012
Film
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat Sagdiyev
2020
Film
Les Misérables
Monsieur Thénardier
2012
Film
Ladies First
Damien Sachs
2026
Film
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Julien (voice)
2008
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Time
2016
Series
MTV Europe Music Awards
Ali G - Host
1994
Series
MTV Europe Music Awards
Borat - Host
1994
Film
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat
2006
Film
The Dictator
Aladeen / Efawadh
2012
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self / Borat Sagdiyev
2001
Series
The 11 O'Clock Show
Ali G
1998
Series
Icons
2002
Film
Hugo
Station Inspector
2011
Series
Da Ali G Show
Borat
2000
Series
Da Ali G Show
Brüno Gehard
2000
Series
Da Ali G Show
Ali G
2000
Series
The Spy
Eli Cohen / Kamel Amin Thabeth
2019
Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Pirelli
2007
Film
Grimsby
Kyle 'Nobby' Butcher
2016
Film
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Jean Girard
2006
Series
Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen
Self
1996
Film
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
BBC News Anchor
2013
Film
Brüno
Brüno
2009
Film
Ali G Indahouse
Alistair Leslie 'Ali G' Graham / Borat Sagdiyev
2002
Film
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Abbie Hoffman
2020
Series
Who Is America?
Various Characters
2018
Film
The Trouble Agent
Norman "Nobby" Grimsby
2016
Series
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Self
2018
Series
Evening Urgant
Haffaz Aladeen (from The Dictator)
2012
Series
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Borat
2021
Film
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Self (archive footage)
2026
German Comedy Award
Self
1997
Series
Ali G: Rezurection
Ali G/Borat/Bruno
2014
Series
This Morning
Borat Sagdiyev
1988
Film
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self
2018
Film
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
2012
Film
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
2013
Film
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Self
2012
Film
Ali G, Innit
Ali G
1999
Film
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
Ali G (segment "Music")
2009
Film
Past Forward
The Man with No Mouth
2016
Ali G: Who Iz I?
Alistair Leslie 'Ali G' Graham
2026
Borat's Television Programme
2004
Film
Out for Love... Be Back Shortly
English Narrator
1997
The Alternative Christmas Message
Ali G
1993
Film
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Time (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Series
Borat's Guide to Britain
Borat Sagdiyev
2000
Film
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Borat Sagdiyev
2021
Film
Ali G, Aiii
Ali G
2000
Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
2008
Film
The Best of Borat
Borat
2001
Film
Ali G: Bling Bling
Ali G
2001
Super Toys
Film
Spyz
Ali G
2003
F2F
Self
1996
Film
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Vinnie
2000
Film
Ali G Before He Was Massiv
Ali G
2002
Film
Ali G-Da UK Seereez
2007
Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician