Sacha Baron Chen Net Worth and Biography

Sacha Baron Chen is an English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter, with an estimated net worth of  $160 Million. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Aladeen. Here is how he accumulated his $160 Million fortune and became one of the top comedians in the United Kingdom.

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Biography

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen was born in the Hammersmith area of London on 13 October 1971. He was born to Daniella Naomi and Gerald Jerry Baron Cohen, both of Jewish descent. Baron Cohen was raised Jewish in London and is fluent in Hebrew.

Baron Cohen was first educated at the independent Catholic St Columba’s College in St Albans, Hertfordshire, before attending the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He then studied History with a focus on antisemitism at Christ’s College, Cambridge, graduating in 1993 with upper-second-class honors.

As an undergraduate, he said that he wrote his thesis on Jewish activists in the American civil rights movement. He was a member of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, where he performed in shows such as Fiddler on the Roof and Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as in Habonim Dror, a Labour Zionist youth movement.

Career

After leaving university, Baron Cohen worked for a time as a fashion model. By the early 1990s, he was hosting a weekly program on Windsor cable television’s local broadcasts with Carol Kirkwood. He also hosted Pump TV from 1995 to 1996. In 1996, Baron Cohen began presenting the youth chat program F2F for Granada Talk TV and had a small role in an advertisement for McCain Microchips.

Baron made his first feature film appearance in the British comedy The Jolly Boys’ Last Stand (2000). He however shot to fame with his comic character Ali G, a fictional stereotype of a British suburban male “chav” who imitates urban black British hip hop culture and British Jamaican culture.

Baron has also produced and performed in comedic films such as Ali G Indahouse (2002), Borat (2006) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Brüno (2009), and The Dictator (2012). After the release of Borat, Baron Cohen said he would retire Borat and Ali G because the public had become too familiar with the characters.

After the release of Brüno, he said he would retire that character. However, the character of Borat was brought back for the 2020 sequel Borat Subsequent Movie film. He has also appeared in dramatic films including Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (2011), Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables (2012), and Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).

He made a cameo as a BBC News anchor in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). In 2016, he appeared in the comedy film Grimsby and co-starred in the fantasy sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass. His voice acting roles include King Julien XIII in the Madagascar film series (2005–2012) and Uncle Ugo in Luca (2021).

Honors and Accolades

Beginning his career in television, Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards for The 11 O’Clock Show. After creating and starring in Da Ali G Show (2000–2004), he received two BAFTA Awards. His next television project, Who Is America? (2018) for Showtime, saw him nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

In 2019,  he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, for portraying  Eli Cohen in the limited series The Spy. In 2021, he received an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performance as Abbot “Abbie” Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Baron Cohen has two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and three Golden Globe Award nominations, resulting in two wins for Best Actor.

Sacha Baron Chen’s Net Worth

Sacha Baron Chen is one of the richest comedians in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of $160 Million. Like many filmmakers and comedians, Baron made the majority of his fortune from merchandising, VOD, streaming video, and foreign sales.

His mockumentary, Borat (2006) debuted at the No. 1 spot in the US, taking in an estimated $26.4 million in just 837 theatres. In 2007, Hollywood powerhouse, Universal Pictures won and paid a reported $42.5 million for the film rights to a collection of interviews of Brüno, an alter ego of Sacha Baron Cohen