Lawrence will portray a soldier who suffers a traumatic brain injury in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to civilian life after leaving the service.
At the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Academy Award-Nominated Actor and Screenwriter and Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to Receive the Comedic Genius Award at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards
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MTV reveal that Academy Award-nominated actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Sacha Baron Cohen will be honored with the Comedic Genius Award at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, airing LIVE from Los Angeles on Sunday, May 16 at 9PM ET/PT with host Leslie Jones.
Baron Cohen will become only the fourth recipient of the highly-coveted award, which honors an actor who has made incomparable contributions to the world of comedy, providing a major influence through their work and transforming the genre at-large. He joins an impressive roster of past comedic trailblazers who have received the award, including Melissa McCarthy (2016), Kevin Hart (2015) and Will Ferrell (2013).
Sacha Baron Cohen to Receive Comedic Genius Award at 2021 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS
The ceremony airs LIVE from Los Angeles on Sunday, May 16 at 9PM ET/PT with host Leslie Jones. by TV News Desk
TV TODAYREVEALED that Academy Award-nominated actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Sacha Baron Cohen will be honored with the Comedic Genius Award at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, airing LIVE from Los Angeles on Sunday, May 16 at 9PM ET/PT with host Leslie Jones.
Baron Cohen will become only the fourth recipient of the highly-coveted award, which honors an actor who has made incomparable contributions to the world of comedy, providing a major influence through their work and transforming the genre at-large. He joins an impressive roster of past comedic trailblazers who have received the award, including Melissa McCarthy (2016), Kevin Hart (2015) and Will Ferrell (2013).