Personal Info
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1952-08-07 (73 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known For
Alexei David SayleAlexy Syale
Alexei Sayle
Biography
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Bottom: Exposed
| Self
2023 --
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
| Self
2023 --
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
| Narrator
2022 --
The Fringe, Fame and Me
| Self
2022 --
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
| Self
2020 --
How to Build a Girl
| Karl Marx
2019 --
Sometimes Always Never
| Bill
2018 --
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
|
2017 --
Gloves Off
| Algy
2016 --
Red Top
| Colin Goodman
2014 --
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
| Self
2014 --
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
| Self
2012 --
30 Years of Comic Strip
|
2011 --
The Story of Music Hall
| Self
2011 --
The Itch of the Golden Nit
| Planet Jimmy (voice)
2008 --
My Dad Was a Communist
| Self
2008 --
The Surprise Demise Of Francis Cooper's Mother
| Narrator
2007 --
Tapping the Wire
| Self
2007 --
Hitler: The Comedy Years
| D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 --
The Double Life of Saki
| Self
2006 --
When Comedy Changed Forever
| Self
2006 --
The Thief Lord
| Barbarossa
2005 --
The Roots of Monty Python
| Self
2005 --
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
| Self
2004 --
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
| Self
2004 --
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
| Newspaper Editor
2000 --
Don't Walk
| Uncle Henry
1999 --
Swing
| Mighty Mac
1997 --
Two Minutes
| Bernie
1997 --
Hospital!
| X Ray Operator
1997 --
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
| Beluga
1995 --
Sorry About Last Night
| Andy Carolides
1993 --
Curaçao
| Seemuller
1993 --
Queen of the Wild Frontier
| Inspector
1993 --
Reckless Kelly
| Major Wib
1992 --
Carry On Columbus
| Achmed
1992 --
Red Nose of Courage
| Dad
1991 --
Amnesty International's Big 30
| Self
1991 --
Selling Hitler
| Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1991 --
'Itch
| Rittblatt
1990 --
Les Dogs
| Bride's Father
1990 --
Night Voice
| Clarence Flamer
1990 --
Spaghetti Hoops
| Mog
1989 --
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
| Sultan
1989 --
Just Like That!
| Self
1988 --
The Love Child
| The Voices
1988 --
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
| Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1988 --
The Strike
| Paul
1988 --
Jake's Journey
| Head torturer
1987 --
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
| Toll Gate Keeper
1987 --
Siesta
| Cabbie
1987 --
Up Line
| Melvin Coombes
1986 --
Solarbabies
| Malice
1986 --
Whoops Apocalypse
| Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
1985 --
The Supergrass
| Motorbike Cop
1985 --
The Bride
| Magar
1985 --
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
| John Bull
1985 --
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
| DJ
1985 --
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
| Lavrenti
1984 --
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
| Frank
1983 --
Gorky Park
| Golodkin
1983 --
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
| Self
1982 --
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
| Self
1982 --
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
| Self - Presenter
1981 --
The Comic Strip
|
1979 --
Repeater
| 2nd Detective