Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording artist. He was a central part of thealternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007.[5]In the 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 absurd and surreal premises. His act is noted for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.
Movie | Bottom: Exposed | Self | 2024-04-18 |
Movie | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | 2023-12-27 |
Movie | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | 2022-08-08 |
Movie | How to Build a Girl | Karl Marx | 2020-09-24 |
Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Bill | 2019-03-14 |
Movie | How The Young Ones Changed Comedy | 2018-05-26 | |
Movie | Gloves Off | Algy | 2017-10-08 |
Movie | Red Top | Colin Goodman | 2016-01-20 |
Movie | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self | 2014-12-20 |
Movie | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 2014-05-24 |
Movie | 30 Years of Comic Strip | 2012-11-03 | |
Movie | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Planet Jimmy (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
Movie | The Double Life of Saki | Self | 2007-04-30 |
Movie | Hitler: The Comedy Years | D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
Movie | Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
Movie | The Thief Lord | Barbarossa | 2006-01-04 |
Movie | The Roots of Monty Python | Self | 2005-11-26 |
Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
Series | Spine Chillers | Graham | 2003-06-23 |
Series | Tipping the Velvet | Charles Frobisher | 2002-12-09 |
Movie | Don't Walk | Uncle Henry | 2000-01-01 |
Series | Arabian Nights | BacBac | 2000-04-30 |
Movie | Swing | Mighty Mac | 1999-06-18 |
Series | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Pope John Paul II | 1999-10-17 |
Movie | Hospital! | X Ray Operator | 1997-03-30 |
Series | Renford Rejects | 1997-02-23 | |
Movie | Two Minutes | Bernie | 1997-04-07 |
Movie | Sorry About Last Night | Andy Carolides | 1995-12-27 |
Series | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | 1994-01-06 | |
Series | Paris (UK) | Alain Degout | 1994-10-14 |
Movie | Reckless Kelly | Major Wib | 1993-04-08 |
Movie | Curaçao | Seemuller | 1993-06-27 |
Movie | Carry On Columbus | Achmed | 1992-10-02 |
Movie | 'Itch | Rittblatt | 1991-02-23 |
Movie | Selling Hitler | Konrad 'Conny' Fischer | 1991-06-11 |
Movie | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | 1991-12-28 |
Series | The Gravy Train | Vlad Milcic | 1990-06-27 |
Movie | Night Voice | Clarence Flamer | 1990-07-25 |
Movie | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sultan | 1989-05-24 |
Movie | Jake's Journey | Head torturer | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Strike | Paul | 1988-02-20 |
Movie | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Carl Moss/Sterling Moss | 1988-03-19 |
Series | Alexei Sayle's Stuff | 1988-10-13 | |
Movie | The Love Child | The Voices | 1988-09-22 |
Movie | Up Line | Melvin Coombes | 1987-02-04 |
Series | The Lenny Henry Show | 1987-10-27 | |
Movie | Siesta | Cabbie | 1987-11-11 |
Movie | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Toll Gate Keeper | 1987-12-31 |
Movie | Whoops Apocalypse | Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt | 1986-05-06 |
Movie | Solarbabies | Malice | 1986-11-26 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks | DJ | 1985-03-30 |
Movie | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Lavrenti | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | The Supergrass | Motorbike Cop | 1985-11-08 |
Movie | The Bride | Magar | 1985-08-16 |
Movie | Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle | Frank | 1984-12-31 |
Movie | Gorky Park | Golodkin | 1983-12-15 |
Movie | The Private Life of the Ford Cortina | Self - Presenter | 1982-01-19 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self | 1982-03-01 |
Series | The Young Ones | The Balowski Family | 1982-11-09 |
Series | Whoops Apocalypse | Commissar Solzhenitsyn | 1982-03-14 |
Movie | The Comic Strip | 1981-01-01 |