# Comedians who turn out to have good dramatic acting skills

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**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-who-turn-out-to-have-good-dramatic-acting-skills/962515 "2022-04-08T12:57:40Z")\
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Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat and Ali G fame is amazing in his serious roles. The Spy on Netflix in particular was a fantastic performance.

I’m thinking that in general comics do better with serious than actors of serious roles do with comedy.

Inthe other direction I got Leslie Nielsen but no one else pops right into mind.

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