Sacha Baron Cohen is an English actor, comedian and writer with an estimated net worth of $100 million. He was born in London, England on November 13, 1971 and has two older brothers. He has received several Emmy nominations for his work as an actor and writer and an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Cohen’s success and fame are the direct result of two performances and the characters he portrayed – Borat and Bruno. Cohen started in acting while he was still a student at Cambridge University. After graduation, he began working professionally as a fashion model, but quickly moved on to acting. Early roles on British TV led to better roles in movies, culminating with his two signature performances. . Sacha Baron Cohen has often stepped into the Borat character he created to conduct “serious” interviews with internationally-known celebrities, including Ralph Nader … Gore Vidal … Donald Trump … Newt Gingrich and others.

He attended Cambridge where he participated in stage productions of Fiddler on the roof and Cyrano Deburgesac. After leaving Cambridge he worked as a fashion model until he was offered a job a weekly show. During this time he worked on the character of Ali G. Ali G began popping up on the eleven o’ clock show on England’s channel four in 1998. He became an instant hit was Ali G was given his own show in 2000. With the Ali G show intact Baron Cohen was able to explore Borat and Bruno until soon they became hits.

In 2006 Baron Cohen released Borat to huge acclaim and box office success. Baron Cohen’s career boomed in ways he never imagined. He was next seen in Will Ferrell’s “Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby”. He has a daughter with actress Isla Fisher who he has been engaged to since 2004. Sadly, he has chosen to retire his famous characters but he still has a wonderful film career. He will next be seen in Sherlock Holmes also starring Will Ferrell.