Alexei Sayle
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 7, 1952 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2024 | Bottom: ExposedSelf | |
| 2024 | Censoring PalestineSelf | |
| 2024 | The Big Lie II: Starmer and the GenocideNarrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Legends of Comedy with Lenny HenrySelf - Guest | |
| 2023 | Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big LieNarrator | |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterSelf | |
| 2023 | The Rise of the Comic StripSelf | |
| 2022 | Robin Williams: Laugh Until You CrySelf | |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and MeSelf | |
| 2020 | How to Build a GirlKarl Marx | |
| 2020 | MandyDarren Dugdale | |
| 2019 | Sometimes Always NeverBill | |
| 2018 | How The Young Ones Changed Comedy | |
| 2017 | Gloves OffAlgy | |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Panellist | |
| 2016 | Red TopColin Goodman | |
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleSelf | |
| 2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf | |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledSelf | |
| 2014 | For the Love of CarsHimself | |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden NitPlanet Jimmy (voice) | |
| 2011 | The Story of Music HallSelf | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant | |
| 2010 | The Michael Ball ShowSelf | |
| 2009 | Horrible HistoriesDr. Ushma | |
| 2008 | The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's MotherNarrator | |
| 2008 | My Dad Was a CommunistSelf | |
| 2008 | Q&ASelf - Panellist | |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy YearsD.J. (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | The Double Life of SakiSelf | |
| 2007 | Tapping the WireSelf | |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Young Ones'Self | |
| 2006 | When Comedy Changed ForeverSelf | |
| 2006 | The Thief LordBarbarossa | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | |
| 2005 | The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveSelf | |
| 2005 | The Roots of Monty PythonSelf | |
| 2005 | A Bear's Tail | |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self | |
| 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth TwoNewspaper Editor | |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless ViolenceBilly Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Blood Matters | |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | |
| 2003 | Spine ChillersGraham | |
| 2002 | Tipping the VelvetCharles Frobisher | |
| 2001 | Richard & JudySelf | |
| 2000 | Don't WalkUncle Henry | |
| 2000 | Arabian NightsBacBac | |
| 1999 | SwingMighty Mac | |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and FortunePope John Paul II | |
| 1998 | What's a Carry On?Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1998 | Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | Two MinutesBernie | |
| 1997 | Hospital!X Ray Operator | |
| 1997 | Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestBeluga | |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingPuppeteer | |
| 1997 | Renford Rejects | |
| 1996 | MoonlightersNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf | |
| 1995 | Sorry About Last NightAndy Carolides | |
| 1994 | Room 101Self | |
| 1994 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | |
| 1994 | The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | |
| 1994 | ParisAlain Degout | |
| 1993 | Reckless KellyMajor Wib | |
| 1993 | Selling HitlerKonrad 'Conny' Fischer | |
| 1993 | Queen of the Wild FrontierInspector | |
| 1993 | CuraçaoSeemuller | |
| 1993 | I Was That MonsterHimself | |
| 1993 | Rubbish, King of the JumbleRubbish (voice) | |
| 1992 | Carry On ColumbusAchmed | |
| 1992 | Red Nose of CourageDad | |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30Self | |
| 1991 | 'ItchRittblatt | |
| 1991 | Meeting VenusVon Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited) | |
| 1991 | Selling HitlerKonrad 'Conny' Fischer | |
| 1990 | Les DogsBride's Father | |
| 1990 | Spaghetti HoopsMog | |
| 1990 | Night VoiceClarence Flamer | |
| 1990 | The Gravy TrainVlad Milcic | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf | |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSultan | |
| 1989 | Just Like That!Self | |
| 1988 | Jake's JourneyHead torturer | |
| 1988 | The Love ChildThe Voices | |
| 1988 | The StrikePaul | |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother?Carl Moss/Sterling Moss | |
| 1988 | Alexei Sayle's Stuff | |
| 1987 | Up LineMelvin Coombes | |
| 1987 | SiestaCabbie | |
| 1987 | Mr. Corbett's GhostToll Gate Keeper | |
| 1987 | The Lenny Henry Show | |
| 1986 | SolarbabiesMalice | |
| 1986 | Whoops ApocalypseAlexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt | |
| 1986 | LovejoyFreddy Reeve | |
| 1986 | CasualtyAnton Malinovsky | |
| 1985 | Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help BritainJohn Bull | |
| 1985 | The BrideMagar | |
| 1985 | Doctor Who: Revelation of the DaleksDJ | |
| 1985 | The SupergrassMotorbike Cop | |
| 1985 | The Caucasian Chalk CircleLavrenti | |
| 1984 | Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleFrank | |
| 1983 | Gorky ParkGolodkin | |
| 1983 | The Alexei Sayle Pirate VideoSelf | |
| 1982 | The Private Life of the Ford CortinaSelf - Presenter | |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf | |
| 1982 | The Young OnesThe Balowski Family | |
| 1982 | O.T.T. | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Carl Moss/Sterling Moss | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Paul | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Mog | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Bride's Father | |
| 1982 | Whoops ApocalypseCommisar Solzhenitsyn | |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip | |
| 1981 | WolcottSpeaker in Market | |
| 1980 | Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights | |
| 1980 | Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter | |
| 1979 | Repeater2nd Detective | |
| 1979 | Question TimeHimself - Panellist | |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's BallSelf | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoD.J. |
| 1995 | Sorry About Last NightWriter | |
| 1991 | 'ItchWriter | |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother?Writer | |
| 1983 | The Alexei Sayle Pirate VideoWriter | |
| 1982 | The Young OnesWriter | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Writer | |
| 1981 | The Comic StripWriter |
| 1982 | The Young OnesAdditional Writing |