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