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Sacha Baron Cohen
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Biography:Best known for his character Ali G, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in London in 1971 to a Welsh father and an Israeli mother. He first assumed the role on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show in 1999, embarrassing himself as well as clueless interviewees as a British hip-hop wannabe, acting as the "voice of da youth." The character was wildly popular, gaining Baron Cohen his own program, Da Ali G Show, in 2000, which was brought to the U.S. in 2003. Baron Cohen employed a comedic technique that consisted mainly of acting stupid as many well-known guests such as Pat Buchanan, Buzz Aldrin, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, afraid of looking uncool, would play along and try to answer his inane or bizarre questions. He eventually took his alter ego to the big screen with the feature film, Ali G Indahouse; the 2002 movie found Ali G trying to prevent his neighborhood from being demolished after he is elected... Full Biography
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Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of his film "Brüno" at Grauman's Chinese Theater in...
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of his film "Brüno" at Grauman's Chinese Theater in...
Sacha Baron Cohen pictured at the UK film premiere of "Brüno" at Empire Leicester Square in...
Sacha Baron Cohen pictured at the UK film premiere of "Brüno" at Empire Leicester Square in...
Sacha Baron Cohen in "Brüno" (Universal Pictures)
Sacha Baron Cohen poses for the media while attending the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City,...
Sacha Baron Cohen accepts the award for funniest M.F. at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" awards in Culver...
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