The Dictator
“Make way for Aladeen.”
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
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Cast
135 people
Sacha Baron Cohen
Aladeen / Efawadh
Known for
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Grimsby
Ben Kingsley
Tamir
Known for
Schindler's List
Shutter Island
Anna Faris
Zoey
Known for
Scary Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Jason Mantzoukas
Nadal
Known for
INVINCIBLE
Big Mouth
Sayed Badreya
Omar
Known for
Iron Man
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Adeel Akhtar
Maroush
Known for
Sweet Tooth
The Night Manager
Aasif Mandvi
Doctor
Known for
Evil
The Internship
Rizwan Manji
Patient
Known for
The Magicians
Paterson
Rocky Citron
Baby Aladeen
No other roles listed
Liam Campora
Aladeen Age 6
Also in
The Blacklist
Swinger
Rick Chambers
Newscaster Voiceover (voice)
Known for
Nightcrawler
9-1-1
Elsayed Mohamed
Wadiyan Olympic Official
No other roles listed
Larry Charles Director · Sacha Baron Cohen Screenplay Jeff Schaffer Screenplay
Worldwide gross $179M · Budget $65M · United States release May 16, 2012
Box office
Budget
$65,000,000
Worldwide gross
$179,379,533
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Berg Mandel Schaffer Productions
Production
Scott Rudin Productions
Production
Four by Two Films
Production
Four By Two Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hebrew
Release dates
Australia · May 15, 2012
Theatrical
United States · May 16, 2012
Theatrical
Argentina
July 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Armenia
May 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Austria
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Belgium
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Cambodia
July 5, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Chile
August 23, 2012 · Theatrical
Colombia
July 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Croatia
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Estonia
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Finland
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
France
June 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Georgia
May 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
September 20, 2012 · Physical
Greece
July 19, 2012 · Theatrical
August 18, 2012 · Physical · DVD
October 10, 2012 · Physical · BluRay
Hong Kong SAR China
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Iceland
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Israel
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
June 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
September 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Latvia
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Lithuania
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
September 19, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
April 11, 2014 · TV · RTL 5
New Zealand
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Norway
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Peru
July 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Poland
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Romania
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Singapore
June 14, 2012 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
September 5, 2014 · TV · Markíza
October 17, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
Slovenia
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 10, 2012 · Digital
Spain
July 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Switzerland
June 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Thailand
July 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Ukraine
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Vietnam
July 27, 2012 · Theatrical
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