Sacha Baron Cohen To Star in Netflix’s The Spy

Sacha Baron Cohen is set to star in Netflix’s upcoming limited series drama The Spy. Netflix announced on Wednesday that Cohen will star as Eli Cohen in the series, which is written and directed by and Gideon Raff. The six-episode drama globally on Netflix outside of France, and on OCS in France.

The Spy tells the story of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen (Baron Cohen). Eli Cohen lived in Damascus undercover in the beginning of the ’60s, spying for Israel. He managed to embed himself into Syrian high society and rise through the ranks of their politics until he was uncovered by the Syrian regime, sentenced to death and publicly hanged in a Damascus square in 1965. Cohen is considered a national hero in Israel. His actions, connections and immense sacrifice have had lasting consequences, shaping the Middle East of today.