Sacha Baron Cohen (Sacha Baron Cohen) - a famous comedian actor, producer, screenwriter, TV presenter. Born in the capital of Great Britain on October 13, 1971 in a Jewish family. After graduation, he studied history at Christ's College in Cambridge. Here I tried myself for the first time as an actor, speaking in one of the productions of the student theater. After studying for some time he worked as a model. His photo could be seen in many prestigious magazines. Then, together with his brother, he founded a comedy club, in which he himself acted as an actor. He later switched to working on television, performing Albanian journalist Cristo in the show "Jack Dee and Jeremy Hardy" on the British channel "Channel 4".
Sasha Baron Cohen gained wide fame thanks to the created images of rapper Ali G, Austrian homosexual and fashion show host Bruno, Kazakhstani reporter Borat Sagdiev. In the image of rapper Ali G, the actor led the author’s program on the MTV channel called “Ali G Show”, in this role he took part in the filming of several films and music videos. For example - voiced the lemur Julian in the animated film "Madagascar", starred in Madonna’s video "Music". Later, the artist moved to the United States, where he continued his show in the image of Bruno on the HBO entertainment channel.
In 2006, a movie about the Kazakhstani reporter, racist and homophobe Borat Sagdiev - “Borat: familiarity with American culture for the benefit of the glorious people of Kazakhstan” was released. In this project, Cohen acted as a producer, screenwriter and leading actor. The pseudo-documentary film caused a storm of various reactions. Someone found a joke of truth, someone was outraged by the misconception of sovereign Kazakhstan. As a result, movie rental was banned in Russian and Kazakhstan, and Kazakh officials launched a company to adjust the country's image. Despite the indignation and condemnation of Cohen by the Kazakh public, the film was nominated for an award from the US Scriptwriters Guild, an Oscar for the most adapted script. He also entered the top ten films of 2006 according to the American Film Institute.
After the scandalous image of Borat, Sasha Baron Cohen reincarnated as a homosexual Bruno in the project "Bruno: Amazing travels in America with the goal of making heterosexual males feel uncomfortable in the presence of a gay foreigner in a mesh shirt." In the vastness of the countries of the former CIS, comedy was banned at the Ukrainian box office.
Having earned worldwide popularity on scandalous comic images, the artist said that he would no longer perform in such roles. Since he is recognized on the street, and this interferes with his creative career. However, Cohen will continue acting, only in more relaxed roles.
