Sacha Baron Cohen to receive ADL International Leadership Award for exposing antisemitism and hate

Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is to receive the International Leadership Award from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for using satire to expose racism and antisemitism.

The International Leadership Award is given “to those exceptional individuals whose vision, imagination and creativity have left an indelible mark upon the global community.”

He will accept the award at ADL’s ‘Never Is Now’ Summit, which will be held on Thursday in New York City.

ADL chief executive Jonathan A. Greenblatt said: “Sacha’s fictional satirical characters have made us laugh at the kinds of hatred and prejudice that under normal circumstances would be no laughing matter.