Film

The Dictator

2012 · 1h 23m · Comedy

Make way for Aladeen.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Metacritic

58

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Aladeen / Efawadh

Ben Kingsley

Tamir

Anna Faris

Zoey

Jason Mantzoukas

Nadal

Sayed Badreya

Omar

Adeel Akhtar

Maroush

Aasif Mandvi

Doctor

Rizwan Manji

Patient

Rocky Citron

Baby Aladeen

Liam Campora

Aladeen Age 6

Rick Chambers

Newscaster Voiceover (voice)

Elsayed Mohamed

Wadiyan Olympic Official

Horatio Sanz

Aide on Balcony

Elena Goode

Virgin Guard

Nazanin Homa

Virgin Guard

Dawn Jackson

Virgin Guard

• Larry CharlesDirector
• Sacha Baron CohenScreenplay · Producer
• Alec BergScreenplay · Producer
• David MandelProducer · Screenplay
• Jeff SchafferProducer · Screenplay
• Anthony HinesProducer
• Scott RudinProducer
• Todd SchulmanProducer
• Dan MazerExecutive Producer
• Mari-Jo WinklerExecutive Producer

The Dictator - Official Trailer

Release date

May 15, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Budget

$65,000,000

Revenue

$179,379,533

Genres

Comedy

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