Person
Alexei Sayle
Acting · Born 1952-08-07 · Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
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
Casualty
Anton Malinovsky
Doctor Who
D.J.
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
The One Show
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
Q&A
Self - Panellist
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
Richard & Judy
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Parkinson
Self
Filmography
- 2026They Call Us The Wrong Kind of JewSelf
- 2024Censoring PalestineSelf
- 2024Legends of Comedy with Lenny HenrySelf - Guest
- 2024The Big Lie II: Starmer and the GenocideNarrator (voice)
- 2024Bottom: ExposedSelf
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterSelf
- 2023The Rise of the Comic StripSelf
- 2023Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big LieNarrator
- 2022The Fringe, Fame and MeSelf
- 2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You CrySelf
- 2020How to Build a GirlKarl Marx
- 2020MandyDarren Dugdale
- 2019Sometimes Always NeverBill
- 2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
- 2017Gloves OffAlgy
- 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Panellist
- 2016Red TopColin Goodman
- 2014Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleSelf
- 2014Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledSelf
- 201450 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf
- 2014For the Love of CarsHimself
- 201230 Years of Comic Strip
- 2011The Story of Music HallSelf
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2011The Itch of the Golden NitPlanet Jimmy (voice)
- 2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
- 2009Horrible HistoriesDr. Ushma
- 2008My Dad Was a CommunistSelf
- 2008Q&ASelf - Panellist
- 2008The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's MotherNarrator
- 2007The Making of 'The Young Ones'Self
- 2007Tapping the WireSelf
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsD.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007The Double Life of SakiSelf
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2006Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
- 2006When Comedy Changed ForeverSelf
- 2006The Thief LordBarbarossa
- 2005The Roots of Monty PythonSelf
- 2005A Bear's Tail
- 2005The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveSelf
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self
- 2004Bottom Mindless ViolenceBilly Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
- 2004Blood Matters
- 2004The Legend of the Tamworth TwoNewspaper Editor
- 2003Spine ChillersGraham
- 2003Keen Eddie
- 2003Strike: When Britain Went to War
- 2002Tipping the VelvetCharles Frobisher
- 2001Richard & JudySelf
- 2000Arabian NightsBacBac
- 2000Don't WalkUncle Henry
- 1999Bremner, Bird and FortunePope John Paul II
- 1999SwingMighty Mac
- 1998What's a Carry On?Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingPuppeteer
- 1997Two MinutesBernie
- 1997Hospital!X Ray Operator
- 1997Renford Rejects
- 1997Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestBeluga
- 1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf
- 1996MoonlightersNarrator (voice)
- 1995Sorry About Last NightAndy Carolides
- 1994ParisAlain Degout
- 1994Room 101Self
- 1994The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
- 1994The All New Alexei Sayle Show
- 1993I Was That MonsterHimself
- 1993Rubbish, King of the JumbleRubbish (voice)
- 1993CuraçaoSeemuller
- 1993Queen of the Wild FrontierInspector
- 1993Selling HitlerKonrad 'Conny' Fischer
- 1993Reckless KellyMajor Wib
- 1992Carry On ColumbusAchmed
- 1992Red Nose of CourageDad
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30Self
- 1991Meeting VenusVon Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
- 1991Selling HitlerKonrad 'Conny' Fischer
- 1991'ItchRittblatt
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- 1990Les DogsBride's Father
- 1990Night VoiceClarence Flamer
- 1990The Gravy TrainVlad Milcic
- 1990Spaghetti HoopsMog
- 19894 PlayRittblatt
- 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSultan
- 1989Just Like That!Self
- 1988Alexei Sayle's Stuff
- 1988The Love ChildThe Voices
- 1988Didn't You Kill My Brother?Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
- 1988The StrikePaul
- 1988Jake's JourneyHead torturer
- 1987Mr. Corbett's GhostToll Gate Keeper
- 1987SiestaCabbie
- 1987The Lenny Henry Show
- 1987Up LineMelvin Coombes
- 1986SolarbabiesMalice
- 1986CasualtyAnton Malinovsky
- 1986ScreenPlayClarence Flamer
- 1986Whoops ApocalypseAlexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
- 1986LovejoyFreddy Reeve
- 1985The SupergrassMotorbike Cop
- 1985The BrideMagar
- 1985Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help BritainJohn Bull
- 1985Doctor Who: Revelation of the DaleksDJ
- 1985The Caucasian Chalk CircleLavrenti
- 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleFrank
- 1983Gorky ParkGolodkin
- 1983The Alexei Sayle Pirate VideoSelf
- 1982The Young OnesThe Balowski Family
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents...Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
- 1982Whoops ApocalypseCommisar Solzhenitsyn
- 1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf
- 1982The Private Life of the Ford CortinaSelf - Presenter
- 1982O.T.T.
- 1981WolcottSpeaker in Market
- 1981The Comic Strip
- 1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 1980Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
- 1979Question TimeHimself - Panellist
- 1979Repeater2nd Detective
- 1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
- 1963Doctor WhoD.J.
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