Gen X and Millennials will remember fondly the faux-streetwise poseur from Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, with his 'rude boy' accent and never ending supply of tracksuits.

Gen X and Millennials will remember fondly the faux-streetwise poseur from Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, with his 'rude boy' accent and never ending supply of tracksuits.

Ali G first appeared on the UK’s Channel 4 in the late 1990s before becoming a cultural phenomenon. Baron Cohen retired the character in 2007 after becoming too recognizable.