Alexei Sayle
Born
August 7, 1952 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic of all time on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007. In an updated 2010 poll he came 72nd.
Much of Sayle's humour is in the tradition of Spike Milligan and Monty Python, with riffs based on often absurd and surreal premises. His act is known for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.
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Known For
Censoring Palestine
Self
2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2024
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
Narrator (voice)
2024
Bottom: Exposed
Self
2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Narrator
2023
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Self
2022
How to Build a Girl
Karl Marx
2020
Mandy
Darren Dugdale · (1 episode)
2020
Sometimes Always Never
Bill
2019
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Gloves Off
Algy
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist · (5 episodes)
2017
Red Top
Colin Goodman
2016
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · (1 episode)
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
For the Love of Cars
Himself · (1 episode)
2014
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Story of Music Hall
Self
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · (1 episode)
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Planet Jimmy (voice)
2011
The Michael Ball Show
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Horrible Histories
Dr. Ushma · (1 episode)
2009
My Dad Was a Communist
Self
2008
Q&A
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2008
The Surprise Demise Of Francis Cooper's Mother
Narrator
2008
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Self
2007
Tapping the Wire
Self
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Double Life of Saki
Self
2007
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
(1 episode)
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever
Self
2006
The Thief Lord
Barbarossa
2006
The Roots of Monty Python
Self
2005
A Bear's Tail
(1 episode)
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004
Blood Matters
(1 episode)
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Newspaper Editor
2004
Spine Chillers
Graham · (1 episode)
2003
Keen Eddie
(3 episodes)
2003
Tipping the Velvet
Charles Frobisher · (2 episodes)
2002
Richard & Judy
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Arabian Nights
BacBac · (2 episodes)
2000
Don't Walk
Uncle Henry
2000
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Pope John Paul II · (89 episodes)
1999
Swing
Mighty Mac
1999
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
(6 episodes)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Puppeteer · (1 episode)
1997
Two Minutes
Bernie
1997
Hospital!
X Ray Operator
1997
Renford Rejects
(52 episodes)
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Beluga
1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
Moonlighters
Narrator (voice)
1996
Sorry About Last Night
Andy Carolides
1995
Paris
Alain Degout · (6 episodes)
1994
Room 101
Self · (1 episode)
1994
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
(6 episodes)
1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
(12 episodes)
1994
I Was That Monster
Himself
1993
Rubbish, King of the Jumble
Rubbish (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Curaçao
Seemuller
1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Inspector
1993
Selling Hitler
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1993
Reckless Kelly
Major Wib
1993
Carry On Columbus
Achmed
1992
Red Nose of Courage
Dad
1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991
Meeting Venus
Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
1991
Selling Hitler
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer · (5 episodes)
1991
'Itch
Rittblatt
1991
Have I Got News for You
Himself · (1 episode)
1990
Les Dogs
Bride's Father
1990
Night Voice
Clarence Flamer
1990
The Gravy Train
Vlad Milcic · (4 episodes)
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
Mog
1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sultan
1989
Just Like That!
Self
1989
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
(18 episodes)
1988
The Love Child
The Voices
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1988
The Strike
Paul
1988
Jake's Journey
Head torturer
1988
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Toll Gate Keeper
1987
Siesta
Cabbie
1987
The Lenny Henry Show
(13 episodes)
1987
Up Line
Melvin Coombes
1987
Solarbabies
Malice
1986
Casualty
Anton Malinovsky · (2 episodes)
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
1986
Lovejoy
Freddy Reeve · (1 episode)
1986
The Supergrass
Motorbike Cop
1985
The Bride
Magar
1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
John Bull
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
DJ
1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Lavrenti
1985
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Frank
1984
Gorky Park
Golodkin
1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
Self
1983
The Young Ones
The Balowski Family · (12 episodes)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Paul · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Mog · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Bride's Father · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Dad · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Inspector · (1 episode)
1982
Whoops Apocalypse
Commissar Solzhenitsyn · (6 episodes)
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
1982
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Self - Presenter
1982
O.T.T.
(3 episodes)
1982
Wolcott
Speaker in Market · (1 episode)
1981
The Comic Strip
1981
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
(2 episodes)
1980
Question Time
Himself - Panellist · (1 episode)
1979
Repeater
2nd Detective
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self · (15 episodes)
1976
Doctor Who
D.J. · (2 episodes)
1963