Even after years in the spotlight, there's still a lot of mystery to Sacha Baron Cohen, and much about the comic many casual viewers wouldn't know. Here's a look at some of the most interesting and least known bits and pieces about Baron Cohen's life.
Baron Cohen wanted to be a performer since childhood, having been most influenced by actor and comedian Peter Sellers. Baron Cohen told The Guardian:
"He was this incredibly realistic actor, who was also hilarious and who managed to bridge the gap between comedy and satire."
It's an easy influence to understand: Sellers, who claimed he had no personality outside his characters, wouldn't just act his roles, he'd become them.
When he was 12, Baron Cohen formed a breakdancing troupe specifically so they could perform at his bar mitzvah. During his teenage years, he wrote and performed many sketches as part of a youth group, including one with his brothers: "The Schvitzing Brothers." Baron Cohen described the sketch on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, saying:
"[It] was about how these Hasidic Jews get so hot that they end up shaving their beards and taking their clothes off and actually converting to Christianity at the end. And it would go down terribly. I mean these old-age homes would hate it."
In college, Baron Cohen joined Footlights, Cambridge University's theater club. After graduating, he gave himself five years to make it as a performer, and spent some time working for small TV stations, where he developed a character who'd later become Ali G. Keep watching the video to see the untold truth of Sasha Baron Cohen.
#UntoldTruth #SashaBaronCohen
Performer origins | 0:00
Deep Jewish Roots | 1:31
Borat as a tool | 2:22
Golden Globe Win | 3:43
Collaboration on set | 4:35
Original urn-spilling target | 5:33
Passing on Queen | 6:43
“Too dark and wrong” | 8:10
Numerous lawsuits | 9:30
Baron Cohen vs. the Silicon Six | 11:04
Close Calls | 12:33
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What's your favorite Sacha Baron Cohen movie?
Borat 1 & 2, Bruno, The Dictator!
Da Ali g show
THE SPY !
the truth. Our country is an inch away from a civil war.
The Dictator
I don't know that much about sacha baron, but the thing I know is that he is a comical legend, and I will always love him for that, amen
bright, right, clever man.
I though Sacha was a funny comedian until he decided to pull the stunt with Giuliani, if that's the kind of stuff you need to do to promote your new flick... I'm done! No respect for that sort of garbage, nor any of your so called "comedy."
Sacha is not 100% straight, just saying...he is at least bisexual....!
No one cares
IF MESSED UP BECAUSE THE JUDGE DIDNT SIGN A CONTRACT
I was able to recognize the Hebrew Borat was using.
The untold truth is that Cohen is a creep and anti-American.
Oh Brilliant, what a political satirist
3:03 you filterd the uncomfortable pause from that gun shop owner and he was just saying what the best defense weapons were.
I loveeee him so much, he's such a genius
This sucks....
Cohen for president!
Name of the song in the last part of the video ?
I Loved everything about your video.
Actually I heard him in one scene say a greeting in Turkish to an American with "MAGA" hat: "İyi akşamlar"
The most over rated comedian on this planet.
He fights intolerance, does he ? Really ? Last time I saw him he was trying to shut down the 1st Amendment !
Gotta bring back Ali G
I’m just wondering why he so hates Kazakhs or he is simply racist as the author of this sort of film?
This man lives brilliantly within the line between reality and fantasy.
Well I've seen enough of Sacha , he would do anything for a laugh and is many times vulgar and deplorable ...what's the point? Why does he constantly shock the audience with absurdities? But at the same time it is somewhat hilarious I have to admit.
The man isn't just brilliant at social commentary, he's doing real praxis during a very dangerous time. I just adore him, what a stud.❤✊
I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
Damn.. 130% is an understatement.
To much commercials. Not interesting enough to go trough all of them.
What a load of shiot
Sacha Baron Cohen is a phenomenal actor! He contributed greatly to the election. I thank him for his perseverance, it was a success. So happy for him...Although I loved Bo Rap, cast & crew, Sacha would have made a great Freddie & brought more of his essence, fun & laughter to the film...Sad Brian & Roger couldn't see it his way... Congratulations to Sacha on his success. Many more blessings to him & his family, always!
Sacha is a Genius.
He's not just a clown, he's an intelligent one!
Borat speaks promarily Polish. Baron Cohen has said as much. Does Looper research the subject material they make videos on or..?
here comes some bullshit.
......its important not to be shelfish.
He's a wanker
Clooney probably would have loved it, he has a dark sense of humor too.
What an entertaining satirist, actor and an exemplary human being B.S. Cohen is.
Sacha is a known liar, tricked Palestinian Christian and told Letterman outside of character. That he actually talked to a terrorist. Fun fact no ?
6 adds looper wtf 🤯
He is such a douchebag
Whose Martin Scorsezy?😂
In his own way, Borat has saved The Republic. One that is NOT named Kazakhstan.
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Homeboy was really reaching with that Gulliani stuff
He honestly is in the top comedians and actors, just doesn’t follow the rules
I think he was speaking Polish in Borat. The video said he spoke Hebrew in Borat.
So much advertisment....fy
Mossad puppet.
ummmm dmf
God the new Borat was boring, dude hasn’t don’t anything funny since the first Borat
it was hilarious
11:28 this look on his face creeps me the f**k out
He keeps in touch with his Jewish religious beliefs, yet the main characters he plays are non-Jewish! I don't give a rat's arse about Islam o Christianity (or any other religion), but at least when other comedians (at least the funny ones) make fun of religious people, they don't reserve the right to adhere to a particular religion for themselves! That's the epitome of hypocrisy!
The untold truth would be how he is a shill for the democratic party. No doubt hes a funny guy but he is where he is for a reason.
I cracked up when a country west manager said "Kaka-kaka-stan', me being from the real Kazakhstan lol
On that exactly episode.. She spelled Kazakhstan correctly.. So seems she's wasn't honest while interview, at least she revealed her indifference, which been shown by that performance
Actually, it is a hybrid of Hebrew, Russian, and probably a few other languages and made up words.
Polish
As a Borat he often use Polish jak sie masz, which mean how are you.
Borat speaks some Polish. For example "jak się masz?" meaning how are you? He also says "dziękuję" which is thank you in Polish.
Came looking for a comment like this!
Sacha is a genius, but everybody has their drawbacks. Everybody on camera "tolerates" his bigotry because they know it's a performance. He's amazing, but not quite totally believable.
tell that to the guy who shouted "yes I'm a racist towards muslims" in Who Is America
Sure, but memes are funnier than His preformances, but he wants to censor the internet. As Long as he does it it is ok, but he right up says: normal people DO not dare to do it!
Sacha Baron Cohen is a complete douchebag and asshole
Ali G is my Favvvvv
If its unknown why do u tell about it
Wait, where is that breakdancing scene from?
the bigger bald guy that was trying to escort him away, you can see he is trying not to laugh as he tries to do his job lol
He is 100% right about social media.
Or so he would have you believe
No lobster or bacon? I could never convert... just saying
Very Niice
his name is a strong password level
i refused to see the queen movie because sacha wasn't in it, instead they got whoever fixed Brian May's internet.
He’s a disinformation artist
Johnny Depp? is he that wife beater has been?
I like how you leave out the whole Rudi Gulliani part. He will prolly get sued for that.
@Gustavo Matozo jewish khazar censorship
Who dat?
the heck? I've seen a number of interviews saying that he actually interviewed a real terrorist and how risky it was, so it was all fake?
He is actually speaking Polish
Comedy genius
What part of this is “untold”??? Literally everything you’ve said is sourced from reports, and you even list the sources when you tell us ie; “Barron told the Guardian”, “during a Rolling Stone interview”, etc.
Damn you're a genius. Just because the information is derived from public sources, does not mean that its a complete story about a person. This video required some research, and thus tried to bring it all together to deliver a more cohesive point of view.
i didn't want to know this, lucky he might be able to get a job simulating a GREAT actor dying in covid. "why don't my auto-correct work when I put in covid-19 oh now it works, any who" It hurts so much that he didn't get the role in the queen movie...he would make the role not the act...
Shouldn’t you post this after the movie comes out?
ok so if there's a guy in a bar singing an anti semitic song and someone is cheering. The one that cheers is to blame, not the instigator to antisemitism. OK
@Ben Scott I don't think you quite understood me, I was backing the point you are making. Re-read what I wrote.
@John McSudden Wtf are you talking about. Sacha is Jewish so in your example it would be a black man singing anti black songs. That changes the context quite dramatically
So that does not make sense to you? If I'm singing a racist song about black people, and the whole bar is happy and starts singing along and cheering the song up, do you not feel like it's the crowds fault? Bet you also don't blame Nazi's cause they just "followed orders" right?
Well yeah. Because that's not his belief but somebody else reveals themselves that that is their belief or... as he stated indifferent but not stopping him.
The guy is a legit genius who just happens to be a great comic
I literally think Sasha is the best method actor of our days, I think this since ali G and that was a long time ago.
@Travis R nice, mom jokes. nice comeback
you're mom's a pretty darn good method actress too @overshare
That's not what method acting is. You don't know his process of getting into a character so you have no idea if it's method acting or classical. Plus, i doubt there is a Ali G/Borat/Bruno in real life that Sascha followed for months trying to incorporate his persona
5:27 Did Sacha say it was "worrying to the producers" or was the quotation misplaced?
Love that he gets sued because these people are being exposed for what they truly are
It takes guts and integrity to do what Sasha Baron Cohen does!
Borat, Ali G, Bruno and Admiral Aladeen. Maaaan! His movies are all funny and great! Ooooh I almost forgot, the brother's grimsby! Such an underrated movie!
Her voice is annoying af
I think Sacha holds a mirror up to society in the brashist of ways!
Well, SBC gets a lot of engagement by engaging himself.
I always thought Sacha Baron Cohen was a character played by Borat...
He's also mossad be4 anything≠Vsusk
How can someone as comedically offensive as him ask for the government to censor and control free speech on social media? That makes him a much less likable figure in my eyes.
Did you expect that by accomplishing what is expected from you, progress is guaranteed? That promises made are promises kept? That the will of the majority will prevail? That by abiding the law, justice will be served? How many more pitfalls do you have to climb out of, before realizing that in this universe nothing is stable and expectations are based on fictitious assumptions? Proactive engagement calls for creating hypothetical solutions for assumptions and as time goes by, augmenting or dismissing solutions. Being proactively engaged does not mean losing hope. It means taking hope seriously. Shalom.
tHe uNtoLd tRuTh oF- no shut up youre just stating random facts
WaWaWeeWa
I swear I've seen an exact word for word replica of this video on another Channel
He's also a roaring Anti-American
@Shelley Pasini Speak for yourself. Maybe you should leave. No one is stopping you. How 'bout Kazakhstan 🇰🇿?
@Shelley Pasini it is getting more and more difficult not to be.
Isn't everyone these days? I sure am
*He's merely a leprechaun. Nothing more.*
Tempting people with a Pot 'o Gold but without the urge to literally murder people.
Its discrimination towards Kazakhs
Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius, point blank.
.. creepy ..
would have been perfect for Queen, the other actor lisps even recording audios of speech, seems he recorded the audios with fake teeth
Enlightening
Wtf there’s like 20 ads in this video