Alexei Sayle

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Alexei Sayle

Acting 74 August 7, 1952

Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK

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 move…

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.9 1989 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
The One Show

The One Show

4.4 2006 TV Show
Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

7.1 1990 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

3.4 2001 TV Show
Question Time

Question Time

5.9 1979 TV Show
Gorky Park

Gorky Park

6.3 1983 Movie
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

7.1 1996 TV Show
The Young Ones

The Young Ones

7.9 1982 TV Show
Parkinson

Parkinson

1998 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke

    Movie Self

  3. 2024
    Censoring Palestine

    Movie Self

  4. 2024
    Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

    TV show Self - Guest

  5. 2024
    The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  6. 2024
    Bottom: Exposed

    Movie Self

  7. 2023
    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

    Movie Self

  8. 2023
    The Rise of the Comic Strip

    Movie Self

  9. 2023
    Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie

    Movie Narrator

  10. 2022
    The Fringe, Fame and Me

    Movie Self

  11. 2022
    Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

    Movie Self

  12. 2020
    How to Build a Girl

    Movie Karl Marx

  13. 2020
    Mandy

    TV show Darren Dugdale

  14. 2019
    Sometimes Always Never

    Movie Bill

  15. 2018
    How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

    Movie

  16. 2017
    Gloves Off

    Movie Algy

More credits
  1. 2017
    Richard Osman's House of Games

    TV show Self - Panellist

  2. 2016
    Red Top

    Movie Colin Goodman

  3. 2014
    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

    Movie Self

  4. 2014
    Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

    TV show Self

  5. 2014
    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    Movie Self

  6. 2014
    For the Love of Cars

    TV show Himself

  7. 2012
    30 Years of Comic Strip

    Movie

  8. 2011
    The Story of Music Hall

    Movie Self

  9. 2011
    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    TV show Self - Participant

  10. 2011
    The Itch of the Golden Nit

    Movie Planet Jimmy (voice)

  11. 2010
    The Michael Ball Show

    TV show Self

  12. 2009
    Horrible Histories

    TV show Dr. Ushma

  13. 2008
    My Dad Was a Communist

    Movie Self

  14. 2008
    Q&A

    TV show Self - Panellist

  15. 2008
    The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother

    Movie Narrator

  16. 2007
    The Making of 'The Young Ones'

    Movie Self

  17. 2007
    Tapping the Wire

    Movie Self

  18. 2007
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Movie D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)

  19. 2007
    The Double Life of Saki

    Movie Self

  20. 2006
    The One Show

    TV show Self

  21. 2006
    Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

    TV show

  22. 2006
    When Comedy Changed Forever

    Movie Self

  23. 2006
    The Thief Lord

    Movie Barbarossa

  24. 2005
    The Roots of Monty Python

    Movie Self