Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen, born on 13 October 1971, is an English actor, filmmaker, and comedian best known for satirical characters including Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Aladeen. His character work has earned him two British Academy Television Awards, three Golden Globes, and nominations for three Academy Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards, and has led to him being described as a performance artist.

He found early fame on the late night series The 11 O'Clock Show (1998 to 1999), winning the British Comedy Award for Best Male Newcomer, then created and starred as Ali G in Da Ali G Show (2000 to 2004), which brought him two BAFTA Television Awards. He later created the Showtime mockumentary series Who Is America? (2018), played Eli Cohen in the Netflix series The Spy (2019), appeared in Apple TV Plus's Disclaimer (2024), and took on the role of Mephisto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting with Ironheart (2025).

On film, he wrote and starred in Borat (2006) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).