Alexei Sayle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-08-07 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Alexei David Sayle
  • Alexy Syale

Alexei Sayle

Biography

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) 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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Known For

Doctor Who
7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

Gorky Park
6.3%

Gorky Park

Dec 15, 1983

The Thief Lord
5.9%

The Thief Lord

Jan 4, 2006

The Young Ones
7.9%

The Young Ones

Nov 9, 1982

Solarbabies
5.3%

Solarbabies

Nov 26, 1986

Casualty
6.0%

Casualty

Sep 6, 1986

The Bride
5.3%

The Bride

Aug 16, 1985

Have I Got News for You
7.1%

Have I Got News for You

Sep 28, 1990

Sometimes Always Never
6.3%

Sometimes Always Never

Mar 14, 2019

How to Build a Girl
5.8%

How to Build a Girl

Sep 24, 2020

Horrible Histories
8.1%

Horrible Histories

Apr 16, 2009

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Acting

2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry as Self - Guest
2024
Bottom: Exposed as Self
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self
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
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry as Self
2020
How to Build a Girl as Karl Marx
2020
Mandy as Darren Dugdale
2019
Sometimes Always Never as Bill
2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2017
Gloves Off as Algy
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Panellist
2016
Red Top as Colin Goodman
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
2014
For the Love of Cars as Himself
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2011
The Story of Music Hall as Self
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit as Planet Jimmy (voice)
2010
The Michael Ball Show as Self
2009
Horrible Histories as Dr. Ushma
2008
My Dad Was a Communist as Self
2008
Q&A as Self - Panellist
2008
The Surprise Demise Of Francis Cooper's Mother as Narrator
2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones' as Self
2007
Tapping the Wire as Self
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Double Life of Saki as Self
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
When Comedy Changed Forever as Self
2006
The Thief Lord as Barbarossa
2005
The Roots of Monty Python as Self
2005
A Bear's Tail
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
2004
Blood Matters
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Newspaper Editor
2003
Spine Chillers as Graham
2003
Keen Eddie
2002
Tipping the Velvet as Charles Frobisher
2001
Richard & Judy as Self
2000
Arabian Nights as BacBac
2000
Don't Walk as Uncle Henry
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune as Pope John Paul II
1999
Swing as Mighty Mac
1998
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
Parkinson as Self
1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Puppeteer
1997
Two Minutes as Bernie
1997
Hospital! as X Ray Operator
1997
Renford Rejects
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest as Beluga
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1996
Moonlighters as Narrator (voice)
1995
Sorry About Last Night as Andy Carolides
1994
Paris as Alain Degout
1994
Room 101 as Self
1994
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1993
I Was That Monster as Himself
1993
Curaçao as Seemuller
1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier as Inspector
1993
Reckless Kelly as Major Wib
1992
Carry On Columbus as Achmed
1992
Red Nose of Courage as Dad
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
1991
Meeting Venus as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
1991
Selling Hitler as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1991
Selling Hitler as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1991
'Itch as Rittblatt
1990
Have I Got News for You as Himself
1990
Les Dogs as Bride's Father
1990
Night Voice as Clarence Flamer
1990
The Gravy Train as Vlad Milcic
1990
Spaghetti Hoops as Mog
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Sultan
1989
Just Like That! as Self
1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
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
Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Toll Gate Keeper
1987
Siesta as Cabbie
1987
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
Up Line as Melvin Coombes
1986
Solarbabies as Malice
1986
Casualty as Anton Malinovsky
1986
Whoops Apocalypse as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
1986
Lovejoy as Freddy Reeve
1985
The Supergrass as Motorbike Cop
1985
The Bride as Magar
1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain as John Bull
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as DJ
1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Lavrenti
1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle as Frank
1983
Gorky Park as Golodkin
1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video as Self
1982
The Young Ones as The Balowski Family
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Motorbike Cop
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Paul
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Mog
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Dad
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Bride's Father
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Inspector
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Compere
1982
Whoops Apocalypse as Commissar Solzhenitsyn
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self
1982
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina as Self - Presenter
1982
O.T.T.
1981
Wolcott as Speaker in Market
1981
The Comic Strip
1980
Great Railway Journeys as Self - Presenter
1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1979
Question Time as Himself - Panellist
1979
Repeater as 2nd Detective
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
1963
Doctor Who as D.J.

Creator

1982
The Young Ones as Creator

Crew

1982
The Young Ones as Additional Writing

Writing

1995
Sorry About Last Night as Writer
1991
'Itch as Writer
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother? as Writer
1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video as Writer
1982
The Young Ones as Writer
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Writer
1981
The Comic Strip as Writer
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