Sacha Baron Cohen

  • Name: Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Date of Birth: October 13, 1971
  • Place of Birth: Staines, Surrey, England
Mini-bio: Best known for his character Ali G, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in London in 1971 to a Welsh father and an Israeli mother. He first assumed the role on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show in 1... read more999, embarrassing himself as well as clueless interviewees as a British hip-hop wannabe, acting as the "voice of da youth." The character was wildly popular, gaining Baron Cohen his own program, Da Ali G Show, in 2000, which was brought to the U.S. in 2003. Baron Cohen employed a comedic technique that consisted mainly of acting stupid as many well-known guests such as Pat Buchanan, Buzz Aldrin, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, afraid of looking uncool, would play along and try to answer his inane or bizarre questions. He eventually took his alter ego to the big screen with the feature film, Ali G Indahouse; the 2002 movie found Ali G trying to prevent his neighborhood from being demolished after he is elected to Parliament.Da Ali G Show also included segments from two of Baron Cohen's other characters. Bruno, an Austrian fashion reporter from a fictional program called Gay TV, frequently put homophobic guests on the spot, while misogynistic Kazakhstani immigrant Borat showcased his flagrant anti-Semitism to clueless interviewees who, failing to catch onto the satirical nature of the show, would either join him in his bigoted beliefs or try to explain American values to him. Controversy surrounded all three of Baron Cohen's characters, as critics blasted him for endorsing racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia. HBO, which aired Da Ali G Show, insisted that all of the show's characters were meant to make fun of the prejudiced and ignorant, not the persecuted. It has also been noted that Baron Cohen himself is Jewish and comes from a very religious background.In 2005, he lent his vocal talents to the animated film Madagascar, marking a departure from his Ali G Show characters that he would cement in 2006 with a role in the Will Ferrell comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as a flamboyant French Formula 1 driver who challenges Ferrell's NASCAR supremacy. A comedy match made in stock-car heaven, the summer release was the perfect chance for the comedian to try his hand at ensemble work, but he was soon growing his mustache out to reprise his Kazakhstani alter ego for the feature film Borat. Though followed by the usual controversy from those who misunderstood Baron Cohen's style, the film began generating buzz when it earned massive praise at Cannes, and despite beginning with a relatively small core audience, became the talk of Hollywood as perhaps the most innovative form of comedy to grace the screen in years. Baron Cohen took home a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance, and quickly became a household name in the States. Looking ahead, Baron Cohen signed on to star in a big screen version of another character of his creation, the ever-fabulous Bruno, which garnered him headlines when he was arrested for crashing a fashion show in Milan. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
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SACHA BARON COHEN - MINI-BIOGRAPHY:


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Sacha Baron Cohen is a British actor, comedian and writer, probably best known for his characters Ali G, Borat and Brüno. Despite how these characters might portray him, he has been described as a very soft-spoken and intelligent as well as private person. He was born in Staines (Surrey, England) into an Orthodox Jewish family, one of three sons to Daniella and Gerald Baron Cohen. He is currently engaged to the Australian actress Isla Fisher, whom he had his daughter, Olive Baron Cohen with.

Before going into acting/comedy he considered pursuing a PhD, and went to and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a major in History. He also acted in various plays such as Fiddler on the Roof and Cyrano de Bergerac at the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club.

After leaving university he worked as a fashion model, which he says is where the inspiration for this character Brüno came from, as well as being on various television broadcasts, such as hosting a weekly programme on Windsor's cable's television's local broadcasts with Carol Kirkwood, being the host for Pump TV, presenting the youth chat programme (alongside Natasha Kaplinsky) in F2F, and working for a Paramount Comedy channel. During these years he began to perfect his characters, such as Ali G, who shot to fame when first appearing on the British television show The Eleven O'Clock Show in 1998.

Da Ali G Show first began in 2000, a show in which Sacha Baron Cohen, in either his character of Ali G, Borat or Brüno, would interview various people, often celebrities or politicians with seemingly brainless questions, which no matter how dumb, the person being interviewed would try their best to answer for him. The show was short-lived, with 2 seasons and a total of 12 episodes, with subjects such as war, peace and 'respek'.

Apart from Da Ali G Show, as well as his three full-length films based off the characters in that show; Ali G Indahouse, Borat and Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen has also appeared in films, with much more minor roles, such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and as a voice over in Madagascar and Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa.

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Sacha Baron Cohen is currently working on a new film, Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill, although there is very little information on the film at this time.


SACHA BARON COHEN - PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Eye color: Brown
Height: 6'3"
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Education:Graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge - Majored in History
Family: Isla Fisher Married
wedding to be held on February 26 2010

Children: Olive Baron Cohen (daughter)

Father: Gerald Baron Cohen (born in Wales)

Mother: Daniella Baron Cohen (born in Israel, of Persian Jewish descent)

Siblings: Amnon Baron Cohen, Erran Baron Cohen (member of the British electronica world-music group Zöhar - composed music for Borat)

Cousin: Ash Baron Cohen, Simon Baron Cohen (professor in the study of autism spectrum disorders, Cambridge University
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Religious affiliations: Orthodox Jewish
Political affiliation:
Personal interests/hobbies: Life-long fan of wrestling, Civil Rights (particularly of Civil Rights movement of the 1960s)
Charities/Causes: Has supported the following charities:
• Charity Projects Entertainment Fund
• Comic Relief
• Declare Yourself
• International Medical Corps.
• Save the Children
• UNICEF

• He (or rather "Brüno") recently supported Feeding America's "Fill A Bowl, Feed America" campaign by autographing a bowl. (July 2009)
Other: • Is good friends with professional wrestler John Cena
• Ranked #34 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (2007)
• 1 of 105 people invited to join AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) (2008)


Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher, Olive Baron Cohen
(Sacha Baron Cohen with fiancée Isla Fisher, and their daughter Olive Baron Cohen)



FILMS/TELEVISION:
1995 - Jack and Jeremy's Police 4 (as various characters)
1995-1996 - presenter on PUMP TV
1996 - Punch (short film)
1998 - Live from the Lighthouse (as Ali G)
1998 -1999 - The 11 O'Clock Show
2000 - The Jolly Boys' Last Stand (as Vincent "Vinnie" Di Luga)
- Da Ali G Show (UK)
2002 - Ali G Indahouse (As Ali G/Borat)
2003 - Spyz (short film) (As Ali G as James Bond)
2003-2004 - Da Ali G Show (US)
2005 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Madagascar (voice of King Julien)
2006 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (as Jean Girard)
- Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education (as Borat)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of American for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2007 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (as Adolfo Pirelli)
2008 - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (voice of King Julien)
2009 - Brüno (Bruno, or sometimes referred to as Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt)


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