Portrait of Sacha Baron Cohen

Acting

Sacha Baron Cohen

Career

Active from 1997 to 2028, busiest in 2000 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
32
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
GoodWatch score84/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Supporting Actor

    2021 · Won

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Source: Wikidata

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards · MTV Comedic Genius Award

    2021 · Won · 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

    2021 · Won

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    2021 · Won

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

    2007 · Won

    Borat

    Source: Wikidata

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards · MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

    2007 · Won

    Borat

    Source: Wikidata

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards · MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

    2007 · Won

    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

    2006 · Won

    Borat

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Comedy Performance

    2001 · Won

    Da Ali G Show

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role

    2021 · Nominated · 93rd Academy Awards

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2021 · Nominated · 93rd Academy Awards

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

    2019 · Nominated

    Who Is America?

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

    2019 · Nominated

    Who Is America?

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2007 · Nominated · 79th Academy Awards

    Borat

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

    2005 · Nominated

    Da Ali G Show

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

    2005 · Nominated

    Da Ali G Show

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

31

The characters Sacha Baron Cohen played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sacha Baron Cohen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.3, average 4.7
  • Mystery
    1.7, average 3.9
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    3.6, average 5.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Satirical Comedy 5
  • Cringe Humor 5
  • Extreme Cringe Comedy 4
  • Social Experiment 4
  • Cringe Comedy 3
  • Mockumentary Satire 3
  • British Comedy 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Absurdist Comedy 3
  • Satirical Mockumentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician

as Mandrake the Magician

Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth
Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth

Writer, Executive Producer

2020s

12 titles · average score 59
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (2028)

as Mephisto

Ali G: Who Iz I?
Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026)
GoodWatch score 44

as Ali G / Nira Cain-N'Degeocello / Erran Morad

Balls Up
Balls Up (2026)
GoodWatch score 35

as Pavio Curto

Ladies First
Ladies First (2026)
GoodWatch score 54

as Damien Sachs

Ironheart
Ironheart (2025)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Mephisto

Disclaimer
Disclaimer (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Robert Ravenscroft

Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat (2021)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Borat

Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Borat Sagdiyev

Luca
Luca (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

as Uncle Ugo (voice)

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021)

as Time (archive footage) (uncredited)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Borat Sagdiyev

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

as Abbie Hoffman

2010s

14 titles · average score 64
The Spy
The Spy (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Eli Cohen / Kamel Amin Thabeth

Who Is America?
Who Is America? (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Various Characters

Grimsby
Grimsby (2016)
GoodWatch score 48

as Kyle 'Nobby' Butcher

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
GoodWatch score 45

as Time

Trouble Agent
Trouble Agent (2016)

as Norman "Nobby" Grimsby

Ali G: Rezurection
Ali G: Rezurection (2014)

TV show · as Ali G/Borat/Bruno

The Dictator
The Dictator (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Aladeen / Efawadh

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

as Julien (voice)

Les Misérables
Les Misérables (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

as Monsieur Thénardier

Django Unchained
Django Unchained (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

Thanks

Hugo
Hugo (2011)
GoodWatch score 77

as Station Inspector

Dinner for Schmucks
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

Executive Producer

2000s

21 titles · average score 68
Brüno
Brüno (2009)
GoodWatch score 55

as Brüno

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Julien (voice)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

as Pirelli

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

as Borat

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jean Girard

Madagascar
Madagascar (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as King Julien (voice)

Ali G Indahouse
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

as Alistair Leslie 'Ali G' Graham / Borat Sagdiyev

Ali G: Bling Bling
Ali G: Bling Bling (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ali G

The Best of Borat
The Best of Borat (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Borat

Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G Show (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Brüno Gehard / Borat

Ali G, Aiii
Ali G, Aiii (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ali G

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Guide #2

1990s

7 titles · average score 65
Ali G, Innit
Ali G, Innit (1999)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ali G

The 11 O'Clock Show
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Ali G

Out for Love... Be Back Shortly
Out for Love... Be Back Shortly (1997)

as English Narrator

MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards (1994)

TV show · as Ali G - Host / Borat - Host

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Ali G / Borat Sagdiyev

The Alternative Christmas Message
The Alternative Christmas Message (1993)

TV show · as Ali G

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

1980s

3 titles · average score 57
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Jakob (voice)

This Morning
This Morning (1988)
GoodWatch score 31

TV show · as Borat Sagdiyev

Comic Relief
Comic Relief (1988)

TV show

1970s

1 title · average score 71
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Borat Sagdiyev (uncredited) / Admiral General Aladeen (uncredited)