
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

They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
Movie · as Self

Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Movie · as Self

Bottom: Exposed
Movie · as Self
Censoring Palestine
Movie · as Self
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Movie · as Narrator

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Movie · as Self

The Rise of the Comic Strip
Movie · as Self

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Movie · as Self

The Fringe, Fame and Me
Movie · as Self

How to Build a Girl
Movie · as Karl Marx

Mandy
TV · as Darren Dugdale · 1 ep

Sometimes Always Never
Movie · as Bill

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Movie

Gloves Off
Movie · as Algy

House of Games
TV · as Self - Panellist · 5 eps

Red Top
Movie · as Colin Goodman

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Movie · as Self

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie · as Self

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep

For the Love of Cars
TV · as Himself · 1 ep

30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie

The Itch of the Golden Nit
Movie · as Planet Jimmy (voice)

The Story of Music Hall
Movie · as Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
The Michael Ball Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Horrible Histories
TV · as Dr. Ushma · 1 ep

The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
Movie · as Narrator

My Dad Was a Communist
Movie · as Self

Q&A
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Double Life of Saki
Movie · as Self

Tapping the Wire
Movie · as Self

The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Movie · as Self

Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene
Movie · as Self

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps

When Comedy Changed Forever
Movie · as Self

The Thief Lord
Movie · as Barbarossa

The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV · 1 ep

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie · as Self

The Roots of Monty Python
Movie · as Self

A Bear's Tail
TV · 1 ep

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie · as Self

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Movie · as Newspaper Editor

Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie · as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
Blood Matters
TV · 1 ep

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Dr Maverick · 1 ep
Strike: When Britain Went to War
Movie

Keen Eddie
TV · 3 eps

Spine Chillers
TV · as Graham · 1 ep

Tipping the Velvet
TV · as Charles Frobisher · 2 eps

Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Don't Walk
Movie · as Uncle Henry

Arabian Nights
TV · as BacBac · 2 eps

Swing
Movie · as Mighty Mac

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV · as Pope John Paul II · 89 eps

What's a Carry On?
Movie · as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
TV · 6 eps

Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Two Minutes
Movie · as Bernie

Hospital!
Movie · as X Ray Operator

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie · as Beluga

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV · as Puppeteer · 1 ep

Renford Rejects
TV · 52 eps

Moonlighters
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Sorry About Last Night
Movie · as Andy Carolides

The Greatest F***King Show on TV
Movie · as Self

Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
TV · 12 eps

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
TV · 6 eps

Paris
TV · as Alain Degout · 6 eps

Reckless Kelly
Movie · as Major Wib

Selling Hitler
Movie · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

Queen of the Wild Frontier
Movie · as Inspector

Curaçao
Movie · as Seemuller

I Was That Monster
Movie · as Himself

Rubbish, King of the Jumble
TV · as Rubbish (voice) · 1 ep

Carry On Columbus
Movie · as Achmed

Red Nose of Courage
Movie · as Dad

Amnesty International's Big 30
Movie · as Self

'Itch
Movie · as Rittblatt

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

Selling Hitler
TV · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer · 5 eps
New Voices
TV · as Bernie · 1 ep

Les Dogs
Movie · as Bride's Father

Spaghetti Hoops
Movie · as Mog
Night Voice
Movie · as Clarence Flamer

The Gravy Train
TV · as Vlad Milcic · 4 eps

Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Movie · as Sultan

Just Like That!
Movie · as Self
4 Play
TV · as Rittblatt · 1 ep

Jake's Journey
Movie · as Head torturer

The Love Child
Movie · as The Voices

The Strike
Movie · as Paul

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Movie · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
TV · 18 eps

Up Line
Movie · as Melvin Coombes

Siesta
Movie · as Cabbie

Mister Corbett's Ghost
Movie · as Toll Gate Keeper

The Lenny Henry Show
TV · 13 eps
Up Line
TV · as Melvin Coombes · 4 eps

Solarbabies
Movie · as Malice

Whoops Apocalypse
Movie · as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt

Lovejoy
TV · as Freddy Reeve · 1 ep

Casualty
TV · as Anton Malinovsky · 2 eps

ScreenPlay
TV · as Clarence Flamer · 1 ep

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Movie · as John Bull

The Bride
Movie · as Magar

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Movie · as DJ

The Supergrass
Movie · as Motorbike Cop

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Movie · as Lavrenti

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Movie · as Frank

Gorky Park
Movie · as Golodkin

The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
Movie · as Self

The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Movie · as Self - Presenter

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie · as Self

The Young Ones
TV · as The Balowski Family · 12 eps

O.T.T.
TV · 3 eps

The Comic Strip Presents...
TV · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss, Paul, Mog, Bride's Father · 1 ep

Whoops Apocalypse
TV · as Commisar Solzhenitsyn · 4 eps

The Comic Strip
Movie · as Compere

Wolcott
TV · as Speaker in Market · 1 ep

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV · 2 eps

Great Railway Journeys
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Repeater
Movie · as 2nd Detective

Question Time
TV · as Himself - Panellist · 1 ep

The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps

Doctor Who
TV · as D.J. · 2 eps