
Alexei Sayle
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1952-08-07 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- Alexei David Sayle · Alexy Syale
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
TV Shows (47)

Doctor Who
1963
as D.J.

Casualty
1986
as Anton Malinovsky

The One Show
2006
as Self

Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self

Question Time
1979
as Himself - Panellist

Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist

Richard & Judy
2001
as Self

Horrible Histories
2009
as Dr. Ushma

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss / Paul / Mog / Bride's Father

The Young Ones
1982
as The Balowski Family

Lovejoy
1986
as Freddy Reeve

Parkinson
1998
as Self

ScreenPlay
1986
as Clarence Flamer

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Panellist

Room 101
1994
as Self

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
as Pope John Paul II

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self

Keen Eddie
2003

Arabian Nights
2000
as BacBac

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

Mandy
2020
as Darren Dugdale

Spine Chillers
2003
as Graham

Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Charles Frobisher

Renford Rejects
1997
The Michael Ball Show
2010
as Self

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Puppeteer

Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter

O.T.T.
1982

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988

The Lenny Henry Show
1987

Selling Hitler
1991
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

Whoops Apocalypse
1982
as Commisar Solzhenitsyn

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994

A Bear's Tail
2005

Wolcott
1981
as Speaker in Market

The Gravy Train
1990
as Vlad Milcic

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
1994

For the Love of Cars
2014
as Himself

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
as Self - Guest

Paris
1994
as Alain Degout
Blood Matters
2004

Rubbish, King of the Jumble
1993
as Rubbish (voice)
Movies (75)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Sultan

Gorky Park
1983
as Golodkin

Curaçao
1993
as Seemuller

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self

How to Build a Girl
2020
as Karl Marx

'Itch
1991
as Rittblatt

Swing
1999
as Mighty Mac

Solarbabies
1986
as Malice

The Bride
1985
as Magar

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self

Carry On Columbus
1992
as Achmed

Meeting Venus
1991
as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
as DJ

The Thief Lord
2006
as Barbarossa

When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
as Self

Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt

Siesta
1987
as Cabbie

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self

Sometimes Always Never
2019
as Bill

Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012

Hospital!
1997
as X Ray Operator

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
as Self

The Strike
1988
as Paul

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss

Reckless Kelly
1993
as Major Wib

The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Planet Jimmy (voice)

Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Andy Carolides

Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self

The Supergrass
1985
as Motorbike Cop

The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self

What's a Carry On?
1998
as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)

Up Line
1987
as Melvin Coombes

Selling Hitler
1993
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Self

Moonlighters
1996
as Narrator (voice)

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985
as John Bull

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Newspaper Editor

The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
as Self

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
as Lavrenti

Jake's Journey
1988
as Head torturer

Spaghetti Hoops
1990
as Mog

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self

The Comic Strip
1981

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)

The Love Child
1988
as The Voices

Bottom: Exposed
2024
as Self

Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
as Toll Gate Keeper

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
as Frank

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self

Just Like That!
1989
as Self

Red Nose of Courage
1992
as Dad

Gloves Off
2017
as Algy

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
as Beluga
Night Voice
1990
as Clarence Flamer

Red Top
2016
as Colin Goodman

Don't Walk
2000
as Uncle Henry

I Was That Monster
1993
as Himself

The Story of Music Hall
2011
as Self

The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
as Self
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
2024
as Narrator (voice)

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
as Narrator
Censoring Palestine
2024
as Self

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
as Self

Two Minutes
1997
as Bernie

The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
2008
as Narrator

Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
as Inspector

My Dad Was a Communist
2008
as Self

Les Dogs
1990
as Bride's Father

Repeater
1979
as 2nd Detective
The Double Life of Saki
2007
as Self

The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982
as Self - Presenter

The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
1983
as Self
About Alexei Sayle
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 phys… With 122 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Alexei Sayle has appeared in 75 films and 47 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alexei Sayle Movies
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — as Sultan
- Gorky Park (1983) — as Golodkin
- Curaçao (1993) — as Seemuller
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004) — as Self
- How to Build a Girl (2020) — as Karl Marx
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