Alexei Sayle
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-08-07 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
Alexei Sayle
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
Acting
(2024)
Censoring Palestine
as Self
(2024)
Bottom: Exposed
as Self
(2024)
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
as Narrator (voice)
(2023)
(2023)
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
(2023)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as Narrator
(2022)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
(2022)
(2020)
How to Build a Girl
as Karl Marx
(2019)
Sometimes Always Never
as Bill
(2018)
(2017)
Gloves Off
as Algy
(2016)
Red Top
as Colin Goodman
(2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
(2014)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Planet Jimmy (voice)
(2011)
The Story of Music Hall
as Self
(2008)
My Dad Was a Communist
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2007)
(2007)
The Double Life of Saki
as Self
(2007)
Tapping the Wire
as Self
(2006)
When Comedy Changed Forever
as Self
(2006)
The Thief Lord
as Barbarossa
(2005)
The Roots of Monty Python
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Newspaper Editor
(2004)
(2000)
Don't Walk
as Uncle Henry
(1999)
Swing
as Mighty Mac
(1997)
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as Beluga
(1997)
Hospital!
as X Ray Operator
(1997)
Two Minutes
as Bernie
(1996)
Moonlighters
as Narrator (voice)
(1995)
Sorry About Last Night
as Andy Carolides
(1993)
Reckless Kelly
as Major Wib
(1993)
Curaçao
as Seemuller
(1993)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Inspector
(1993)
Selling Hitler
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
(1993)
I Was That Monster
as Himself
(1992)
Carry On Columbus
as Achmed
(1992)
Red Nose of Courage
as Dad
(1991)
(1991)
Meeting Venus
as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
(1991)
'Itch
as Rittblatt
(1990)
Les Dogs
as Bride's Father
(1990)
Spaghetti Hoops
as Mog
(1990)
Night Voice
as Clarence Flamer
(1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Sultan
(1989)
Just Like That!
as Self
(1988)
The Love Child
as The Voices
(1988)
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
(1988)
The Strike
as Paul
(1988)
Jake's Journey
as Head torturer
(1987)
Siesta
as Cabbie
(1987)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Toll Gate Keeper
(1987)
Up Line
as Melvin Coombes
(1986)
Whoops Apocalypse
as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
(1986)
Solarbabies
as Malice
(1985)
The Bride
as Magar
(1985)
(1985)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Lavrenti
(1985)
(1985)
The Supergrass
as Motorbike Cop
(1984)
(1983)
Gorky Park
as Golodkin
(1983)
(1982)
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
as Self - Presenter
(1982)
(1981)
(1979)
Repeater
as 2nd Detective
Crew
(1995)
Sorry About Last Night
Writer
(1991)
'Itch
Writer
(1988)
(1983)
(1981)
The Comic Strip
Writer