Alexei Sayle
Actor · WriterAlexei 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
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They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026
Self
Bottom: Exposed
2024
Self
- Censoring Palestine
Censoring Palestine
2024
Self
- The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
2024
Narrator (voice)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
Narrator
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
Self
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Self
How to Build a Girl
2020
Karl Marx
Sometimes Always Never
2019
Bill
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Gloves Off
2017
Algy
Red Top
2016
Colin Goodman
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Planet Jimmy (voice)
The Story of Music Hall
2011
Self
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
2008
Narrator
My Dad Was a Communist
2008
Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Double Life of Saki
The Double Life of Saki
2007
Self
Tapping the Wire
2007
Self
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
Self
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
Self
The Thief Lord
2006
Barbarossa
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
Self
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Self
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Newspaper Editor
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
- Strike: When Britain Went to War
Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003
Don't Walk
2000
Uncle Henry
Swing
1999
Mighty Mac
What's a Carry On?
1998
Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two Minutes
1997
Bernie
Hospital!
1997
X Ray Operator
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
Beluga
Moonlighters
1996
Narrator (voice)
Sorry About Last Night
1995
Andy Carolides
Reckless Kelly
1993
Major Wib
Selling Hitler
1993
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
Inspector
Curaçao
1993
Seemuller
I Was That Monster
1993
Himself
Carry On Columbus
1992
Achmed
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Dad
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
Self
'Itch
1991
Rittblatt
Meeting Venus
1991
Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
Les Dogs
1990
Bride's Father
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
Mog
- Night Voice
Night Voice
1990
Clarence Flamer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
Sultan
Just Like That!
1989
Self
Jake's Journey
1988
Head torturer
The Love Child
1988
The Voices
The Strike
1988
Paul
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
Up Line
1987
Melvin Coombes
Siesta
1987
Cabbie
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
Toll Gate Keeper
Solarbabies
1986
Malice
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985
John Bull
The Bride
1985
Magar
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
DJ
The Supergrass
1985
Motorbike Cop
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
Lavrenti
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
Frank
Gorky Park
1983
Golodkin
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
1983
Self
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982
Self - Presenter
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
Self
The Comic Strip
1981
Repeater
1979
2nd Detective
