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