Sacha Baron Cohen is a famous comedian actor, producer, screenwriter, TV presenter. Born in the capital of Great Britain on October 13, 1971 into a Jewish family. After graduation, he studied history at Christ College, Cambridge. Here he tried himself for the first time as an actor, performing in one of the performances of the student theater. After studying, he worked as a model for some time. 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. Later he went to work in television, playing Albanian journalist Christo on the show "Jack Dee and Jeremy Hardy" on the British channel "4".
Sasha Baron Cohen gained wide popularity thanks to the created images of rapper Ali Ji, Austrian homosexual and host of a fashion show Bruno, Kazakhstani reporter Borat Sagdiev. In the form of rapper Ali Ji, the actor hosted the author's program on the MTV channel called "Show Ali Ji", in this role he took part in the filming of several films and music videos. For example - he voiced 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 as Bruno on the HBO entertainment channel.
In 2006, a film about the Kazakhstani reporter, racist and homophobe Borat Sagdiev - "Borat: Acquaintance with American Culture for the Benefit of the Glorious People of Kazakhstan" was released worldwide. In this project, Cohen acted as a producer, screenwriter and leading actor. The pseudo-documentary caused a stormy wave of all kinds of reactions. Someone found a grain of truth in the joke, someone was outraged by the misconception of sovereign Kazakhstan. As a result, the release of the film was banned in the Russian and Kazakh box office, and Kazakh officials launched a campaign to adjust the country's image. Despite the indignation and condemnation of Cohen by the Kazakh public, the film was nominated for an award by the US Writers Guild, for the Oscar for the most adapted screenplay. Also included in the top ten films of 2006 according to the American Film Institute.
After the scandalous image of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen reincarnated as a homosexual Bruno in the project Bruno: Delightful Voyages across America to make heterosexual males feel uncomfortable in the presence of a gay foreigner in a fishnet T-shirt. In the vastness of the countries of the former CIS, comedy was banned in the Ukrainian box office.
Having earned worldwide popularity on scandalous comic images, the artist announced 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.
