Alexei Sayle
Acting
Born: 1952-08-07 · Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
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
🎬 Movies (20)
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026
Self
Censoring Palestine
2024
Self
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
2024
Narrator (voice)
Bottom: Exposed
2024
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
Narrator
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Self
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
Self
How to Build a Girl
2020
Karl Marx
Sometimes Always Never
2019
Bill
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Gloves Off
2017
Algy
Red Top
2016
Colin Goodman
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Story of Music Hall
2011
Self
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Planet Jimmy (voice)
My Dad Was a Communist
2008
Self
📺 TV Shows (20)
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
Self - Guest
Mandy
2020
Darren Dugdale
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Panellist
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
Self
For the Love of Cars
2014
Himself
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
The Michael Ball Show
2010
Self
Horrible Histories
2009
Dr. Ushma
Q&A
2008
Self - Panellist
The One Show
2006
Self
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
A Bear's Tail
2005
Blood Matters
2004
Spine Chillers
2003
Graham
Keen Eddie
2003
Tipping the Velvet
2002
Charles Frobisher
Richard & Judy
2001
Self
Arabian Nights
2000
BacBac
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Pope John Paul II
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998