Alexei Sayle
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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
Credits
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
as Sultan
Gorky Park (1983)
as Golodkin
The Bride (1985)
as Magar
How to Build a Girl (2020)
as Karl Marx
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
as Bill
The Thief Lord (2006)
as Barbarossa
Red Top (2016)
as Colin Goodman
Solarbabies (1986)
as Malice
Bottom: Exposed (2024)
as Self
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025)
as Self
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
Reckless Kelly (1993)
as Major Wib
Two Minutes (1997)
as Bernie
Carry On Columbus (1992)
as Achmed
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry (2022)
as Self
Siesta (1987)
as Cabbie
'Itch (1991)
as Rittblatt
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
as Self
Up Line (1987)
as Melvin Coombes
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
as Self
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
as DJ
Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
as Mog
Hospital! (1997)
as X Ray Operator
Swing (1999)
as Mighty Mac
The Itch of the Golden Nit (2011)
as Planet Jimmy (voice)
Tapping the Wire (2007)
as Self
The Supergrass (1985)
as Motorbike Cop
Meeting Venus (1991)
as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
The Comic Strip (1981)
as Compere
Strike: When Britain Went to War (2003)
Actor
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
as Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
as Self
Censoring Palestine (2024)
as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
Actor
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
as Dad
Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1987)
as Toll Gate Keeper
The Strike (1988)
as Paul
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
Jake's Journey (1988)
as Head torturer
Curaçao (1993)
as Seemuller
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984)
as Frank
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018)
Actor
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
as Self
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)
as Newspaper Editor
What's a Carry On? (1998)
as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1988)
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
Les Dogs (1990)
as Bride's Father
The Fringe, Fame and Me (2022)
as Self
The Roots of Monty Python (2005)
as Self
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985)
as Lavrenti
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother (2008)
as Narrator
The Love Child (1988)
as The Voices
Repeater (1979)
as 2nd Detective
Sorry About Last Night (1995)
as Andy Carolides
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule (2014)
as Self
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997)
as Beluga
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain (1985)
as John Bull
Gloves Off (2017)
as Algy
I Was That Monster (1993)
as Himself
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
Don't Walk (2000)
as Uncle Henry
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective (2005)
as Self
When Comedy Changed Forever (2006)
as Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie (2023)
as Narrator
Just Like That! (1989)
as Self
Night Voice (1990)
as Clarence Flamer
Queen of the Wild Frontier (1993)
as Inspector
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew (2026)
as Self
The Story of Music Hall (2011)
as Self
My Dad Was a Communist (2008)
as Self
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982)
as Self - Presenter
The Making of 'The Young Ones' (2007)
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip (2023)
as Self
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video (1983)
as Self
The Double Life of Saki (2007)
as Self
The Greatest F***King Show on TV (1994)
as Self
Moonlighters (1996)
as Narrator (voice)