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