The Dictator

film by Charles [2012]

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The film The Dictator (2012) features Sacha Baron Cohen as a new comedic character: the despotic military ruler of a fictitious North African country. Baron Cohen is a British actor and comedian known for his politically incorrect social satire. He created characters like Ali G, Borat, and Brünno, who interviewed unsuspecting politicians and celebrities to expose their prejudices. The Dictator was a starring vehicle for Baron Cohen, who cowrote the film.12

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Fred Armisen
Portlandia and other work
…Ex (2006), Easy A (2010), The Dictator (2012), and The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017). In 2018 he released the Netflix comedy special Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers.
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…Ex (2006), Easy A (2010), The Dictator (2012), and The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017). In 2018 he released the Netflix comedy special Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers.
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Sacha Baron Cohen
For his next starring vehicle, The Dictator (2012), Baron Cohen created a new comedic character—the despotic military ruler of a fictitious North African country. He subsequently portrayed the wicked Thénardier in a 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables.
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Ben Kingsley
Later works
…later appeared in the satire The Dictator (2012), which starred Sacha Baron Cohen; as the sinister archenemy of the superhero Iron Man in Iron Man 3 (2013); and as a half-Maori war hero in the 2013 adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel Ender’s Game. He played the colleague of…
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