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![Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G in Ali G Indahouse, 2002.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-ali-g.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, (aka MADAGASCAR: THE CRATE ESCAPE, aka MADAGASCAR 2), from left: King Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII in Madagascar, 2005.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-madagascar.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, Sacha Baron Cohen, 2006, (c) Sony Pictures/courtesy Eve Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-talladega-nights.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, Sacha Baron Coh Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2006.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-borat.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-sweeney-todd.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno Gehard in Brüno, 2009.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-bruno.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Invention Of Hugo Cabret Sacha Baron Cohen as Inspector Gustav in Hugo, 2011.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-hugo.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen in The Dictator, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-the-dictator.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Les Misérables Sacha Baron Cohen as Thénardier in Les Misérables, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-les-miserables.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Baron Cohen as Norman "Nobby" Butcher in The Brothers Grimsby, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-the-brothers-grimsby.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sacha Baron Cohen as Time in Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sacha-baron-cohen-through-the-looking-glass.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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