Comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife actress Isla Fisher have donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to help children in Syria.

The A-lister couple gave the grand sum of £336,000 to fund Save the Children, which is working to protect 250,000 children against a threatened measles outbreak in Syria.

Medics from the charity are administering vaccinations in the war-torn country, where a measles outbreak is now threatening to sweep through the devastated population.

Star donation: A-list couple Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife Isla Fisher have split their donation of more than £670,000 between Save the Children and International Rescue Committee

The charity was chosen by The Sunday Times as their Christmas appeal.

Baron Cohen, 44, and Fisher, 39, are also giving £336,000 to the New York-based International Rescue Committee, run by former foreign secretary David Miliband.

Mr Miliband found himself brought to his knees by refugee children in the heart of Nigeria’s war zone this month, while on a visit with his charity.

The children stunned him with a rendition of ‘ABC’ in a refugee camp in Maiduguri, the northeastern city that has 1million residents and 2million refugees, half of them children.

Baron Cohen is well-known for creating satirical characters including Borat and Ali G, while Fisher has appeared in films including The Great Gatsby and Wedding Crashers, as well as Australian soap Home and Away.