Sacha Baron Cohen Dumps Kim Jong Il's 'Ashes' On Ryan Seacrest

Sacha Baron Cohen hits the red carpet as his character from The Dictator at the 2012 Oscars held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood.

The 40-year-old actor carried around an urn of Kim Jong Il‘s “ashes” on the red carpet – and during an interview, dumped the remnants from the container on Ryan Seacrest‘s head!

Earlier in the week, there was some controversy surrounding Sacha‘s attendance on the red carpet. It was originally rumored that Sacha would be banned from the festivities, but the Academy finally allowed him to walk as The Dictator from his upcoming film of the same name.

Billy Crystal hosts the 2012 Oscars live TONIGHT at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT on ABC!