Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Known for
Acting
Born
August 7, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

Alexei David Sayle 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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew poster

They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew

Movie · as Self

2025
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke poster

Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke

Movie · as Self

2024
Bottom: Exposed poster

Bottom: Exposed

Movie · as Self

2024
Censoring Palestine

Censoring Palestine

Movie · as Self

2024
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide

The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry poster

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie poster

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie

Movie · as Narrator

2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter poster

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

Movie · as Self

2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip poster

The Rise of the Comic Strip

Movie · as Self

2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry poster

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

Movie · as Self

2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me poster

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Movie · as Self

2020
How to Build a Girl poster

How to Build a Girl

Movie · as Karl Marx

2020
Mandy poster

Mandy

TV · as Darren Dugdale · 1 ep

2019
Sometimes Always Never poster

Sometimes Always Never

Movie · as Bill

2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy poster

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Movie

2017
Gloves Off poster

Gloves Off

Movie · as Algy

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Panellist · 5 eps

2016
Red Top poster

Red Top

Movie · as Colin Goodman

2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule poster

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Movie · as Self

2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Movie · as Self

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
For the Love of Cars poster

For the Love of Cars

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2012
30 Years of Comic Strip poster

30 Years of Comic Strip

Movie

2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit poster

The Itch of the Golden Nit

Movie · as Planet Jimmy (voice)

2011
The Story of Music Hall poster

The Story of Music Hall

Movie · as Self

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
The Michael Ball Show

The Michael Ball Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Horrible Histories poster

Horrible Histories

TV · as Dr. Ushma · 1 ep

2008
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother poster

The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother

Movie · as Narrator

2008
My Dad Was a Communist poster

My Dad Was a Communist

Movie · as Self

2008
Q&A poster

Q&A

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years poster

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Movie · as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
The Double Life of Saki

The Double Life of Saki

Movie · as Self

2007
Tapping the Wire poster

Tapping the Wire

Movie · as Self

2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones' poster

The Making of 'The Young Ones'

Movie · as Self

2007
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene poster

Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene

Movie · as Self

2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2006
When Comedy Changed Forever poster

When Comedy Changed Forever

Movie · as Self

2006
The Thief Lord poster

The Thief Lord

Movie · as Barbarossa

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive poster

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective poster

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2005
The Roots of Monty Python poster

The Roots of Monty Python

Movie · as Self

2005
A Bear's Tail poster

A Bear's Tail

TV · 1 ep

2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? poster

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Movie · as Self

2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two poster

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

Movie · as Newspaper Editor

2004
Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence

Movie · as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)

2004
Blood Matters

Blood Matters

TV · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Dr Maverick · 1 ep

2003
Strike: When Britain Went to War

Strike: When Britain Went to War

Movie

2003
Keen Eddie poster

Keen Eddie

TV · 3 eps

2003
Spine Chillers poster

Spine Chillers

TV · as Graham · 1 ep

2002
Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet

TV · as Charles Frobisher · 2 eps

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Don't Walk poster

Don't Walk

Movie · as Uncle Henry

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as BacBac · 2 eps

1999
Swing poster

Swing

Movie · as Mighty Mac

1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune poster

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

TV · as Pope John Paul II · 89 eps

1998
What's a Carry On? poster

What's a Carry On?

Movie · as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round poster

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

TV · 6 eps

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Two Minutes poster

Two Minutes

Movie · as Bernie

1997
Hospital! poster

Hospital!

Movie · as X Ray Operator

1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest poster

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Movie · as Beluga

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Puppeteer · 1 ep

1997
Renford Rejects poster

Renford Rejects

TV · 52 eps

1996
Moonlighters poster

Moonlighters

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1995
Sorry About Last Night poster

Sorry About Last Night

Movie · as Andy Carolides

1994
The Greatest F***King Show on TV poster

The Greatest F***King Show on TV

Movie · as Self

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show poster

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

TV · 12 eps

1994
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller poster

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller

TV · 6 eps

1994
Paris poster

Paris

TV · as Alain Degout · 6 eps

1993
Reckless Kelly poster

Reckless Kelly

Movie · as Major Wib

1993
Selling Hitler poster

Selling Hitler

Movie · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier poster

Queen of the Wild Frontier

Movie · as Inspector

1993
Curaçao poster

Curaçao

Movie · as Seemuller

1993
I Was That Monster poster

I Was That Monster

Movie · as Himself

1993
Rubbish, King of the Jumble poster

Rubbish, King of the Jumble

TV · as Rubbish (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as Achmed

1992
Red Nose of Courage poster

Red Nose of Courage

Movie · as Dad

1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 poster

Amnesty International's Big 30

Movie · as Self

1991
'Itch poster

'Itch

Movie · as Rittblatt

1991
Meeting Venus poster

Meeting Venus

Movie · as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)

1991
Selling Hitler poster

Selling Hitler

TV · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer · 5 eps

1991
New Voices

New Voices

TV · as Bernie · 1 ep

1990
Les Dogs poster

Les Dogs

Movie · as Bride's Father

1990
Spaghetti Hoops poster

Spaghetti Hoops

Movie · as Mog

1990
Night Voice

Night Voice

Movie · as Clarence Flamer

1990
The Gravy Train poster

The Gravy Train

TV · as Vlad Milcic · 4 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Movie · as Sultan

1989
Just Like That! poster

Just Like That!

Movie · as Self

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Rittblatt · 1 ep

1988
Jake's Journey poster

Jake's Journey

Movie · as Head torturer

1988
The Love Child poster

The Love Child

Movie · as The Voices

1988
The Strike poster

The Strike

Movie · as Paul

1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother? poster

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Movie · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss

1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff poster

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

TV · 18 eps

1987
Up Line poster

Up Line

Movie · as Melvin Coombes

1987
Siesta poster

Siesta

Movie · as Cabbie

1987
Mister Corbett's Ghost poster

Mister Corbett's Ghost

Movie · as Toll Gate Keeper

1987
The Lenny Henry Show poster

The Lenny Henry Show

TV · 13 eps

1987
Up Line

Up Line

TV · as Melvin Coombes · 4 eps

1986
Solarbabies poster

Solarbabies

Movie · as Malice

1986
Whoops Apocalypse poster

Whoops Apocalypse

Movie · as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Freddy Reeve · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Anton Malinovsky · 2 eps

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Clarence Flamer · 1 ep

1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain poster

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

Movie · as John Bull

1985
The Bride poster

The Bride

Movie · as Magar

1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Movie · as DJ

1985
The Supergrass poster

The Supergrass

Movie · as Motorbike Cop

1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle poster

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Movie · as Lavrenti

1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle poster

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Movie · as Frank

1983
Gorky Park poster

Gorky Park

Movie · as Golodkin

1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video poster

The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video

Movie · as Self

1982
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina poster

The Private Life of the Ford Cortina

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Movie · as Self

1982
The Young Ones poster

The Young Ones

TV · as The Balowski Family · 12 eps

1982
O.T.T. poster

O.T.T.

TV · 3 eps

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss, Paul, Mog, Bride's Father · 1 ep

1982
Whoops Apocalypse poster

Whoops Apocalypse

TV · as Commisar Solzhenitsyn · 4 eps

1981
The Comic Strip poster

The Comic Strip

Movie · as Compere

1981
Wolcott poster

Wolcott

TV · as Speaker in Market · 1 ep

1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights poster

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

TV · 2 eps

1980
Great Railway Journeys poster

Great Railway Journeys

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1979
Repeater poster

Repeater

Movie · as 2nd Detective

1979
Question Time poster

Question Time

TV · as Himself - Panellist · 1 ep

1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

TV · as Self · 15 eps

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as D.J. · 2 eps