British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is the middle son of an Israeli mother and Welsh father. He was educated at a private school, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire, and went on to read History at Christ's College, Cambridge. Baron Cohen had an interest in performing from an early age, forming a breakdancing group as a teenager and acting in amateur plays with a Jewish youth group. While at university he joined the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, and took part in such plays as "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Fiddler on the Roof".Upon leaving University, Baron Cohen briefly worked as a model, before moving on to work as a host on a satellite TV station. In 1995, Channel 4 put out an open call for new presenters, and Baron Cohen sent in a tape featuring himself in character as an Albania TV reporter (an early prototype for Borat). He was hired and worked on various 'youth TV' projects before, in 1998, appearing in The 11 O'Clock Show which became a cult hit thanks to his character, Ali G. Ali G proved so popular that a spin-off show Da Ali G Show and film Ali G Indahouse where produced. America soon beckoned with a stateside version of Da Ali G Show. Feature film work followed with Baron Cohen providing the voice of Julien in Madagascar and appearing as Jean Girard alongside Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. He followed this with the smash-hit Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a writing Oscar. Other projects include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Brüno and Hugo. See full bio on IMDb »
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