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Alexei Sayle

Acting • 1952-08-07 • Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK

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

The Young Ones

The Young Ones

1982

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

Reckless Kelly

Reckless Kelly

1993

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983

Keen Eddie

Keen Eddie

2003

The Thief Lord

The Thief Lord

2006

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Filmography

2026
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2025
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John ClarkeFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2024
Bottom: ExposedFilm
Self
★ 6.3
2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny HenryTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.2
2024
Censoring PalestineFilm
Self
2024
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the GenocideFilm
Narrator (voice)
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2023
The Rise of the Comic StripFilm
Self
2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big LieFilm
Narrator
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You CryFilm
Self
★ 9.3
2022
The Fringe, Fame and MeFilm
Self
2020
MandyTV
Darren Dugdale • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2020
How to Build a GirlFilm
Karl Marx
★ 5.8
2019
Sometimes Always NeverFilm
Bill
★ 6.4
2018
How The Young Ones Changed ComedyFilm
★ 7.0
2017
House of GamesTV
Self - Panellist • 5 episodes
★ 6.1
2017
Gloves OffFilm
Algy
★ 4.9
2016
Red TopFilm
Colin Goodman
★ 5.3
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2014
50 Years of BBC Two ComedyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2014
For the Love of CarsTV
Himself • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
2012
30 Years of Comic StripFilm
★ 5.0
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road TripTV
Self - Participant • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2011
The Itch of the Golden NitFilm
Planet Jimmy (voice)
★ 7.7
2011
The Story of Music HallFilm
Self
2010
The Michael Ball ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
2009
Horrible HistoriesTV
Dr. Ushma • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2008
Q&ATV
Self - Panellist • 1 episodes
★ 3.7
2008
My Dad Was a CommunistFilm
Self
2008
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's MotherFilm
Narrator
2007
Tapping the WireFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2007
Hitler: The Comedy YearsFilm
D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.0
2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do ComedyTV
Self • 3 episodes
2007
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy SceneFilm
Self
2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'Film
Self
2007
The Double Life of SakiFilm
Self
2006
The One ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
The Thief LordFilm
Barbarossa
★ 6.0
2006
Rob Brydon's Annually RetentiveTV
★ 7.0
2006
When Comedy Changed ForeverFilm
Self
2005
A Bear's TailTV
★ 7.6
2005
The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2005
The Roots of Monty PythonFilm
Self
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
Dr Maverick • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
Bottom Mindless ViolenceFilm
Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Film
Self
★ 4.8
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth TwoFilm
Newspaper Editor
★ 5.0
2004
Blood MattersTV
2003
Keen EddieTV
★ 7.9
2003
Spine ChillersTV
Graham • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2003
Strike: When Britain Went to WarFilm
2002
Tipping the VelvetTV
Charles Frobisher • 2 episodes
★ 6.9
2001
Richard & JudyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.4
2000
Arabian NightsTV
BacBac • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
2000
Don't WalkFilm
Uncle Henry
★ 7.0
1999
Bremner, Bird and FortuneTV
Pope John Paul II • 89 episodes
★ 7.5
1999
SwingFilm
Mighty Mac
★ 5.8
1998
What's a Carry On?Film
Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.7
1998
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-RoundTV
★ 6.7
1998
ParkinsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
1997
Renford RejectsTV
★ 7.0
1997
The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingTV
Puppeteer • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1997
Two MinutesFilm
Bernie
★ 9.0
1997
Hospital!Film
X Ray Operator
★ 6.0
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestFilm
Beluga
★ 8.0
1996
Never Mind the BuzzcocksTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1996
MoonlightersFilm
Narrator (voice)
1995
Sorry About Last NightFilm
Andy Carolides
★ 8.0
1994
Room 101TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1994
The Unpleasant World of Penn & TellerTV
★ 7.2
1994
The All New Alexei Sayle ShowTV
★ 6.3
1994
ParisTV
Alain Degout • 6 episodes
★ 5.0
1994
The Greatest F***King Show on TVFilm
Self
1993
Reckless KellyFilm
Major Wib
★ 4.6
1993
CuraçaoFilm
Seemuller
★ 6.4
1993
Selling HitlerFilm
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
★ 8.0
1993
Rubbish, King of the JumbleTV
Rubbish (voice) • 1 episodes
1993
I Was That MonsterFilm
Himself
1993
Queen of the Wild FrontierFilm
Inspector
1992
Carry On ColumbusFilm
Achmed
★ 3.9
1992
Red Nose of CourageFilm
Dad
★ 8.0
1991
Meeting VenusFilm
Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
★ 5.8
1991
Selling HitlerTV
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer • 5 episodes
★ 7.0
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30Film
Self
★ 4.0
1991
New VoicesTV
Bernie • 1 episodes
1991
'ItchFilm
Rittblatt
1990
Have I Got News for YouTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1990
The Gravy TrainTV
Vlad Milcic • 4 episodes
★ 8.0
1990
Night VoiceFilm
Clarence Flamer
★ 10.0
1990
Spaghetti HoopsFilm
Mog
1990
Les DogsFilm
Bride's Father
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeFilm
Sultan
★ 7.9
1989
4 PlayTV
Rittblatt • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1989
Just Like That!Film
Self
1988
Alexei Sayle's StuffTV
★ 7.2
1988
The StrikeFilm
Paul
★ 7.0
1988
The Love ChildFilm
The Voices
★ 7.5
1988
Jake's JourneyFilm
Head torturer
★ 7.0
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?Film
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1987
SiestaFilm
Cabbie
★ 5.2
1987
The Lenny Henry ShowTV
★ 7.2
1987
Mister Corbett's GhostFilm
Toll Gate Keeper
★ 6.2
1987
Up LineTV
Melvin Coombes • 4 episodes
★ 9.0
1987
Up LineFilm
Melvin Coombes
1986
CasualtyTV
Anton Malinovsky • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
1986
LovejoyTV
Freddy Reeve • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1986
SolarbabiesFilm
Malice
★ 5.3
1986
Whoops ApocalypseFilm
Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
★ 5.6
1986
ScreenPlayTV
Clarence Flamer • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1985
The BrideFilm
Magar
★ 5.4
1985
The SupergrassFilm
Motorbike Cop
★ 6.1
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the DaleksFilm
DJ
★ 8.7
1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help BritainFilm
John Bull
★ 9.0
1985
The Caucasian Chalk CircleFilm
Lavrenti
1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleFilm
Frank
1983
Gorky ParkFilm
Golodkin
★ 6.3
1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate VideoFilm
Self
1982
The Young OnesTV
The Balowski Family • 12 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Paul • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Mog • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Bride's Father • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
Whoops ApocalypseTV
Commisar Solzhenitsyn • 4 episodes
★ 6.9
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other BallFilm
Self
★ 6.3
1982
O.T.T.TV
1982
The Private Life of the Ford CortinaFilm
Self - Presenter
1981
The Comic StripFilm
Compere
★ 8.0
1981
WolcottTV
Speaker in Market • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the LightsTV
★ 6.5
1980
Great Railway JourneysTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1979
Question TimeTV
Himself - Panellist • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
1979
RepeaterFilm
2nd Detective
1976
The Secret Policeman's BallTV
Self • 15 episodes
★ 5.0
1963
Doctor WhoTV
D.J. • 2 episodes
★ 7.9