Alexei Sayle

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

Doctor Who

Casualty

The One Show

Have I Got News for You

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Horrible Histories

Question Time

Q&A

All Movies (77)

• They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew2026 · as Self
• Censoring Palestine2024 · as Self
• The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bottom: Exposed2024 · as Self
• imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter2023 · as Self
• The Rise of the Comic Strip2023 · as Self
• Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie2023 · as Narrator
• The Fringe, Fame and Me2022 · as Self
• Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry2022 · as Self
• How to Build a Girl2020 · as Karl Marx
• Sometimes Always Never2019 · as Bill
• How The Young Ones Changed Comedy2018
• Gloves Off2017 · as Algy
• Red Top2016 · as Colin Goodman
• Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule2014 · as Self
• 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy2014 · as Self
• 30 Years of Comic Strip2012
• The Story of Music Hall2011 · as Self
• The Itch of the Golden Nit2011 · as Planet Jimmy (voice)
• My Dad Was a Communist2008 · as Self
• The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother2008 · as Narrator
• The Making of 'The Young Ones'2007 · as Self
• Tapping the Wire2007 · as Self
• Hitler: The Comedy Years2007 · as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Double Life of Saki2007 · as Self
• When Comedy Changed Forever2006 · as Self
• The Thief Lord2006 · as Barbarossa
• The Roots of Monty Python2005 · as Self
• The Comic Strip - A Retrospective2005 · as Self
• Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?2004 · as Self
• Bottom Mindless Violence2004 · as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
• The Legend of the Tamworth Two2004 · as Newspaper Editor
• Strike: When Britain Went to War2003
• Don't Walk2000 · as Uncle Henry
• Swing1999 · as Mighty Mac
• What's a Carry On?1998 · as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Two Minutes1997 · as Bernie
• Hospital!1997 · as X Ray Operator
• Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest1997 · as Beluga
• Moonlighters1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sorry About Last Night1995 · as Andy Carolides
• I Was That Monster1993 · as Himself
• Curaçao1993 · as Seemuller
• Queen of the Wild Frontier1993 · as Inspector
• Selling Hitler1993 · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
• Reckless Kelly1993 · as Major Wib
• Carry On Columbus1992 · as Achmed
• Red Nose of Courage1992 · as Dad
• Amnesty International's Big 301991 · as Self
• Meeting Venus1991 · as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
• 'Itch1991 · as Rittblatt
• Les Dogs1990 · as Bride's Father
• Night Voice1990 · as Clarence Flamer
• Spaghetti Hoops1990 · as Mog
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989 · as Sultan
• Just Like That!1989 · as Self
• The Love Child1988 · as The Voices
• Didn't You Kill My Brother?1988 · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
• The Strike1988 · as Paul
• Jake's Journey1988 · as Head torturer
• Mr. Corbett's Ghost1987 · as Toll Gate Keeper
• Siesta1987 · as Cabbie
• Up Line1987 · as Melvin Coombes
• Solarbabies1986 · as Malice
• Whoops Apocalypse1986 · as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
• The Supergrass1985 · as Motorbike Cop
• The Bride1985 · as Magar
• Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain1985 · as John Bull
• Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks1985 · as DJ
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle1985 · as Lavrenti
• Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle1984 · as Frank
• Gorky Park1983 · as Golodkin
• The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video1983 · as Self
• The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982 · as Self
• The Private Life of the Ford Cortina1982 · as Self - Presenter
• The Comic Strip1981
• Repeater1979 · as 2nd Detective

All TV Shows (50)

• Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry2024 · as Self - Guest
• Mandy2020 · as Darren Dugdale
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self - Panellist
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled2014 · as Self
• For the Love of Cars2014 · as Himself
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• The Michael Ball Show2010 · as Self
• Horrible Histories2009 · as Dr. Ushma
• Q&A2008 · as Self - Panellist
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive2006
• A Bear's Tail2005
• Blood Matters2004
• Spine Chillers2003 · as Graham
• Keen Eddie2003
• Tipping the Velvet2002 · as Charles Frobisher
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• Arabian Nights2000 · as BacBac
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune1999 · as Pope John Paul II
• Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round1998
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling1997 · as Puppeteer
• Renford Rejects1997
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996 · as Self
• Paris1994 · as Alain Degout
• Room 1011994 · as Self
• The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller1994
• The All New Alexei Sayle Show1994
• Rubbish, King of the Jumble1993 · as Rubbish (voice)
• Selling Hitler1991 · as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• The Gravy Train1990 · as Vlad Milcic
• Alexei Sayle's Stuff1988
• The Lenny Henry Show1987
• Casualty1986 · as Anton Malinovsky
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Clarence Flamer
• Lovejoy1986 · as Freddy Reeve
• The Young Ones1982 · as The Balowski Family
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Paul
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Mog
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Bride's Father
• Whoops Apocalypse1982 · as Commisar Solzhenitsyn
• O.T.T.1982
• Wolcott1981 · as Speaker in Market
• Great Railway Journeys1980 · as Self - Presenter
• Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights1980
• Question Time1979 · as Himself - Panellist
• The Secret Policeman's Ball1976 · as Self
• Doctor Who1963 · as D.J.