Guide Note
Sacha Baron Cohen is an English born comedian and actor who famously inhabits comic characters Borat, Ali G and Bruno. Cohen received a Golden Globe award for Best Actor for his role in the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. He started his comedy career on the British television show The Eleven O'Clock Show along with the likes of Ricky Gervais. He developed the characters that would be featured on Da Ali G Show and when that became a hit in England it aired in the U.S. on HBO. Though he has acted in other films, such as Talladega Nights and Sweeney Todd, Cohen's Borat and Bruno characters have gotten him the widest acclaim.
Fast Facts
- Birth name: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen
- Born: October 13, 1971
- Birthplace: London, England
- Engaged to Isla Fisher
- One daughter, Olive
- Graduate of Cambridge University
- Bruno film due in May of 20091
Hamas-Hummus Interview
Cohen staged an interview in Jerusalem with unsuspecting Israeli Yossi Alpher and Palestinian Ghassam Khalib. The two were interviewed by Cohen acting as "Bruno" as part of his upcoming film, Bruno. During the interview Cohen asked why Hamas was named after the food product hummus and asked the pair to join hands and sing a song about their conflict.1
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