What is the name of the British comedian behind the characters Bruno and Borat?
Borat Borat Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (or simply Borat) is a 2006 British-American mockumentary comedy film written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who also plays the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist travelling through the United States recording real-life interactions with Americans. The film was directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with Americans, who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. It is the second of
Borat on YouTube, "Borat" was also exposed to viral communication. This triggered discussions on different national identities (Kazakh, American, Polish, Romanian, Jewish, British) that Baron Cohen had exploited in creating the Borat character. American audiences embraced the film, which played to sold-out crowds at many showings on its opening, despite having been shown on only 837 screens. "Borat" debuted at No. 1 on its opening weekend, with a total gross of $26.4 million, beating its competitors "Flushed Away" and "". The film's opening weekend's cinema average was an estimated $31,511, topping "", yet behind "" and "Spider-Man". It retained the top