Sacha Baron Cohen

British comedian and actor

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2025 Sacha Baron Cohen will appear as the Mystery Man / Mephisto in the post-production series Ironheart.
2024 He is set to star as Robert Ravenscroft in the miniseries Disclaimer.
2024 Sacha Baron Cohen donated $500,000 to Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee to support efforts addressing a displacement crisis and famine in Sudan.
April 5 2024 Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher jointly revealed that they had filed for divorce at the end of 2023.
2023 Sacha Baron Cohen was one of the actors to sign an open letter to President Biden calling for the release of all hostages taken by Hamas.
2023 Sacha Baron Cohen was part of a group of TikTok creators and celebrities confronting TikTok executives over allegations of antisemitism on the platform.
October 2023 Sacha Baron Cohen joined fellow Writers Guild of America members in calling out guild leaders for their lack of support for Israel amidst the conflict with Hamas.
August 2023 Sacha Baron Cohen spoke at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington alongside Martin Luther King III and Rev. Al Sharpton.
2022 Borat performed a standup routine during the Kennedy Center Honors for the induction of U2.
2021 Sacha Baron Cohen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'.
2021 Sacha Baron Cohen won the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'.
2021 Sacha Baron Cohen's film 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
2021 Baron Cohen received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7.
2021 Baron Cohen voiced Uncle Ugo in the animated film Luca.
2021 He was named one of the 30 best living comedians by The Times.
2021 Sacha Baron Cohen's performance in 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' contributed to the film winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
2021 Sacha Baron Cohen won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Comedic Genius.
July 13 2021 The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Roy Moore's $95 million lawsuit against Baron Cohen.
2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher partnered with Marc Benioff to send Personal Protective Equipment to National Health Service workers in the UK.
2020 Baron Cohen reprised his role in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, winning three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
September 2020 Sacha Baron Cohen portrayed political activist/anarchist Abbie Hoffman in the drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, which was released to positive reviews.
June 2020 Sacha Baron Cohen crashed the right-wing 'March for Our Rights 3' protest in Olympia, Washington, disguised and performing a song that prompted a realization among the crowd that they were being pranked.
2019 Sacha Baron Cohen was awarded the Anti-Defamation League's International Leadership Award for opposing bigotry and prejudice.
2019 He portrayed Eli Cohen in the limited series The Spy for OCS and Netflix, receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
2018 Former Senate candidate Roy Moore sued Baron Cohen for $95 million over a mock interview in 'Who is America?' but the lawsuit was dismissed in 2021.
2018 He appeared as himself in the television special Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity.
2018 Baron Cohen created and starred in the television series Who Is America? for Showtime, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
2018 The Times named Sacha Baron Cohen among the 30 best living comedians in 2018.
2018 He appeared as himself in the television documentary The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
2018 Borat made a return during Sacha Baron Cohen's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
2018 Appeared in two television productions: The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling documentary and Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity special
July 31 2018 Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Erran Morad teaches Georgia state representative Jason Spencer how to detect and repel terrorists in a segment of Who Is America?, which leads to Spencer stepping down from his position on this date after initially refusing to resign.
May 2018 Jason Spencer lost his primary election to Steven Sainz, which was seen as a potential consequence of his appearance on Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy show.
2016 Sacha Baron Cohen played the character Time in 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'.
2016 He starred in the film Grimsby and co-starred in Alice Through the Looking Glass.
2016 Sacha Baron Cohen starred in the film Grimsby (The Brothers Grimsby in the US), playing the role of a football hooligan brother of a British MI6 spy.
2015 Sacha Baron Cohen served as the executive producer for the series Highston.
2015 Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher welcomed their son.
December 28 2015 Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, Isla Fisher, donated £335,000 ($500,000) to Save the Children to vaccinate children in northern Syria against measles, and an equal amount to the International Rescue Committee to assist Syrian refugees.
2014 The first-look deal between Sacha Baron Cohen's Four By Two Films and Paramount Pictures was renewed for three years with a two-film commitment.
2013 Sacha Baron Cohen made a cameo as a BBC News Reporter in 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'.
2013 Sacha Baron Cohen dropped out of the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic, citing creative differences with the surviving members of Queen.
2013 Sacha Baron Cohen was honored with the BAFTA Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy.
2013 He played Ronnie Thelman in an episode titled 'Chapter 29' of Eastbound and Down.
2012 Baron Cohen starred in the movie The Dictator.
2012 Sacha Baron Cohen voiced the character King Julien XIII in 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'.
2012 Sacha Baron Cohen and his production company Four By Two Films signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures.
2012 He received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Comedy Awards, accepting the award in-character as Ali G.
2012 Sacha Baron Cohen played the role of M. Thénardier in 'Les Misérables'. The film won the National Board of Review Award for Best Cast and the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture.
2012 Stars in 'The Dictator' as Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, which he also wrote and produced

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