Sacha Baron Cohen

Acting

Born 1971-10-13 Hammersmith, London, England, UK 87 credits Golden Globe Awards 3 BAFTA Awards 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 MTV Comedic Genius Award 1 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 1 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 1 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 1

Awards

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 nominated

2021 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2021 Best Supporting Actor Nominated The Trial of the Chicago 7
2007 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Borat

Primetime Emmy Awards 5 nominated

2019 Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Nominated Who Is America?
2019 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Nominated Who Is America?
2005 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Nominated Da Ali G Show
2005 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated Da Ali G Show
2003 Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming Nominated Da Ali G Show

Golden Globe Awards 3 won

2021 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Won Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2007 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Won Borat
— Golden Globe Awards Won

BAFTA Awards 2 won

2001 Best Comedy Performance Won Da Ali G Show
— British Academy Television Awards Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 won

2021 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won The Trial of the Chicago 7

MTV Comedic Genius Award 1 won

2021 MTV Comedic Genius Award Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 1 won

2021 Best Supporting Actor Won The Trial of the Chicago 7

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 1 won

2007 Best Actor Won Borat

MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 1 won

2007 Best Comedic Performance Won Borat

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Read biography

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.