This article is about the Sacha Baron Cohen character. For the TV series, see Da Ali G Show. For the film, see Ali G Indahouse.
Fictional character
Ali G
Da Ali G Show character
Ali G giving a commencement speech at Harvard in 2004
First appearance
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
Last appearance
MTV Movie & TV Awards (2021)
Created by
Sacha Baron Cohen
Based on
Tim Westwood (voice and accent)
Portrayed by
Sacha Baron Cohen
In-universe information
Full name
Alistair Leslie Graham[1]
Occupation
Interviewer, singer, rapper, MP, Ambassador
Home
Staines, England
Nationality
British
Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, is a satirical fictional character created and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. A faux-streetwise poseur from Staines, England, Ali G speaks in rude boy-style Multicultural London English and brags about coming up "in da heart of da Staines ghetto" and leading a local street gang, "Da West Staines Massiv." He conducts interviews with unsuspecting subjects who do not realise they have been set up.[2]
Ali G first appeared as the "voice of da yoof" on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show in 1998, and he subsequently became the title character of Da Ali G Show in the early 2000s, and was also the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse. In a 2001 poll by Channel 4, Ali G was ranked eighth on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.[3][4]
In a 2007 interview with The Daily Telegraph, Baron Cohen announced that Ali G, along with Borat (another fictional character made by Baron Cohen), had been retired.[5] However, Ali G returned at the 2012 British Comedy Awards to accept Baron Cohen's Outstanding Achievement Award, causing controversy by making jokes about Kate Middleton and Jimmy Savile.[6] Ali G returned to television with Ali G Rezurection in 2014.[7]Rezurection features new footage of Ali G introducing old highlights of Da Ali G Show, while Borat reappeared for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm in 2020.
^Mylod, Mark (Director) (22 March 2002). Ali G Indahouse (Motion picture).
^"Da Ali G Show (TV Series)". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^"100 Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^"100 Greatest ... (100 Greatest TV Characters (Part 1))". ITN Source. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^"Borat and Ali G are dead for Sacha Baron Cohen". actressarchives.com. 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
^Jackson, James (13 December 2012). "Ali G mocks Jimmy Savile at British Comedy Awards". The Times. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^"Ali G Has Been 'Rezurected' For New TV Series On FXX". HuffPost. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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