Baron Cohen will star in The Spy, a six-part limited series about the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor and comedian best known for his outrageous comic characters like Ali G and Borat, is taking a serious turn for Netflix.
Baron Cohen previously spoofed the spy genre in his last movie The Brothers Grimsby, which was a box office failure.
Eli Cohen went deep undercover in Damascus, Syria in the ’60s, and insinuated himself into Syrian political high society.
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