We sometimes watched him with the characters of Ali G (a white rapper from West Staines, England), sometimes Borat (a newsman from Kazakhstan), and sometimes Bruno (a homosexual fashion newsman from Austria). Sometimes we laughed, sometimes we felt sad.
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen was born in London in 1971. He studied History at Cambridge University. He is the son of a Jewish family. Cohen, an actor and comedian, became famous for his television programs and movies in which he intervened in society by creating various characters.
With his Ali G character, he gave interviews to politicians and famous people, convincing them that he was a hip-hop journalist. It revealed that these people were prejudiced and even ignorant. Later, he revealed the racism, homophobia, and antisemitism in people with the characters of Kazakh journalist Borat and Austrian gay fashion reporter Bruno.
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen. His characters interact with unsuspecting subjects who do not realise they have been set up. At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, Baron Cohen received the Outstanding Achievement Award and accepted the award in-character as Ali G. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. In 2018, The Times named him among the 30 best living comedians.
He received the BAFTA award in 2001. In 2007, he was selected as the best actor in a comedy for his role as Borat and won the Golden Globe award.
In 2018, “Who is America?” He started the television series called. Again, he assumed various characters met with American politicians and senior executives, and showed the facts through satire. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his performance.
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Cohen played Cohen in “The Spy”
British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, once a funnyman, is nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV series "The Spy". Sacha Cohen, who plays the legendary Mossad agent in the six-episode mini-series telling the real-life story of Israeli Eli Cohen, is also the producer of the series.
“The Spy” was adapted from the book “Our Man in Damascus” by Eli Ben-Hanan. The book, which tells about Eli Cohen's life, family, and incredible experiences, was adapted into a television series by master Israeli director and screenwriter Gideon Raff. Eli Cohen, an Egyptian-born Israeli, was sent to Syria by the Israeli secret service Mossad in 1961. Wealthy businessman Kamel Amin Thaabet, who returned to his country Syria from Argentina, lived in Damascus with his fake identity. He made friends with Syrian politicians and soldiers and even managed to become an advisor to the defense ministry. In this way, he provided very important military information for his country. When his true identity was revealed in 1965, he was hanged to death in Damascus.
Sacha Cohen's first acquaintance with Eli Cohen was thanks to the book he saw in the living room of their house when he was a child, called "Our Man in Damascus", which told him about his life, and was very impressed by him. Maybe that's why, for the first time, he accepted this role and the production of the series, which is not in the comedy genre. To do justice to his role, he learned three dialects and lived in Casablanca for four months.
Nominated for a Golden Globe award
Sacha Baron Cohen was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role as Eli Cohen, acting successfully in a non-comedy film for the first time. In his Twitter message, Cohen stated that he was very proud of "The Spy" and that it was exciting for the series to be watched and embraced worldwide. He stated that he shared this appreciation with Eli Cohen's family and everyone who contributed to the series.
Is the common feature of the Cohens just the similarity of their surnames?
Eli Cohen was undoubtedly a very brave person who sacrificed himself for his country. Sacha Cohen also disguises himself and speaks English with different accents to make people believe in his fake identity. Moreover, he puts himself in danger. To give an example, he spoke to one of the leaders of a terrorist organization under the identity of Bruno, an Austrian gay fashion designer. Chaos broke out when she, again disguised as Bruno, pretended to kiss her boyfriend while watching a cage fight in Arkansas. When he said that he wanted to build a mosque in a rural area as an entrepreneur, he received harsh reactions. The video showed how people enthusiastically chanted the song "Jews should be thrown into the well", which he sang in a bar in Arizona, pretending to be Kazakh journalist Borat.
He aimed to reveal that racism and homosexuality phobia can lead to violence, that Islamophobia has become acceptable, and that there is indifference towards anti-Semitism.
Sacha, “Who is America?” In the TV series, he met with many members of parliament under the identity of Israeli terrorism expert Erran Morad and made strange suggestions. In this way, he exposed the gun addiction and Islamophobia in America. By making these people believe everything he said, he showed how 'uninformed' and, to put it politely, 'irrational' they were. In this way, he was serving not only his country but also humanity.
Sacha Baron Cohen's wife, actress Isla Fisher, says being married to Sacha is like winning the lottery. Fisher states that their relationship was built on a mutual sense of humor and desire for marriage. The couple, who have been together for eighteen years, got married in 2010. Because it took time for Isla Fisher to convert to Judaism, they were only able to get married years later. Explaining that he is proud of his wife, Fisher finds Sacha's muscles developed for the TV series "Spy" very attractive. So much so that she sees no harm in sharing scenes in which her husband is seen doing sports topless.
(In his previous roles, Sacha Cohen showed off his body by wearing funny swimsuits, even though his body was not this muscular...)
The couple, who met at a party in Australia, where Fisher was born, got married in Paris in a very simple ceremony with only six guests. They have three children, two of whom are girls. In an interview with a magazine, Isla Fisher said that when her husband came home, he asked, "Have you been beaten today?" Has a lawsuit been filed against him? She said she asked questions like When he returned home with his back covered in blood and his thumb broken after the shooting of the movie "Bruno", Sacha Baron Cohen explained the situation as a "work accident". Since Sacha Baron Cohen remained in the character he played for a long time, he tolerated his husband's mustache and other aspects with pleasure.
His unforgettable speech at the "International Leadership" night
The actor, who very rarely appears as Sacha Baron Cohen, participates in interviews and attends award ceremonies, once again surprising his fans. This time, it was Sacha Baron Cohen on stage, and he gave an unforgettable speech. So much so that he was compared to the master comedian Charlie Chaplin. Funny and deep...
Sacha Baron Cohen, the keynote speaker at the “International Leadership” night organized by the ADL organization that fights against hate, began his speech as follows: “For the first time, I am speaking as Sacha Baron Cohen, my least popular character. “I have to admit, it's scary.”
He slammed social media and claimed that it was the greatest propaganda tool in history. He explained the dangers of freedom of speech on social media, stating that lies, hatred, and conspiracy theories have increased for this reason.
One of his most striking sentences is; “The ultimate goal of society should be that people should not be harassed, targeted, or killed because of who they are, where they come from, who they love, or how they pray.”
Even though he states in his speech that he is not an academic, he is just a comedian, what he says, his explanations, and the examples he gives are quite impressive. In addition to his experiences, the fact that he studied history at a university like Cambridge may have had a great impact on this.
Sacha Baron Cohen reflects real life on the screen through humor and satire with the characters he creates. It continues to reveal the racism, prejudices, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and homophobia that exist in people. It makes us say, "We will laugh and cry at our human condition."