Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen was born into a Jewish family in the Hammersmith area of London on 13 October 1971. His mother, photographer Daniella, was born in British Mandatory Palestine in 1939. His father, editor-turned-clothing store owner Gerald "Jerry" Baron Cohen, was born into a Belarusian Ashkenazi Jewish family in London and grew up in the Welsh town of Pontypridd.