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 act is known for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.

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Known For

Horrible Histories

Dr. Ushma

Q&A

Self - Panellist

Doctor Who

D.J.

Have I Got News for You

Himself

Richard Osman's House of Games

Self - Panellist

The One Show

Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self

Question Time

Himself - Panellist

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Bottom: Exposed	Self
2024	Censoring Palestine	Self
2024	The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide	Narrator (voice)
2023	Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie	Narrator
2023	imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter	Self
2023	The Rise of the Comic Strip	Self
2022	Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry	Self
2022	The Fringe, Fame and Me	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 Itch of the Golden Nit	Planet Jimmy (voice)
2011	The Story of Music Hall	Self
2008	The Surprise Demise Of Francis Cooper's Mother	Narrator
2008	My Dad Was a Communist	Self
2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007	The Double Life of Saki	Self
2007	Tapping the Wire	Self
2007	The Making of 'The Young Ones'	Self
2006	When Comedy Changed Forever	Self
2006	The Thief Lord	Barbarossa
2005	The Comic Strip - A Retrospective	Self
2005	The Roots of Monty Python	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
1996	Moonlighters	Narrator (voice)
1995	Sorry About Last Night	Andy Carolides
1993	Reckless Kelly	Major Wib
1993	Selling Hitler	Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1993	Queen of the Wild Frontier	Inspector
1993	Curaçao	Seemuller
1993	I Was That Monster	Himself
1992	Carry On Columbus	Achmed
1992	Red Nose of Courage	Dad
1991	Amnesty International's Big 30	Self
1991	'Itch	Rittblatt
1991	Meeting Venus	Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
1990	Les Dogs	Bride's Father
1990	Spaghetti Hoops	Mog
1990	Night Voice	Clarence Flamer
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sultan
1989	Just Like That!	Self
1988	Jake's Journey	Head torturer
1988	The Love Child	The Voices
1988	The Strike	Paul
1988	Didn't You Kill My Brother?	Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1987	Up Line	Melvin Coombes
1987	Siesta	Cabbie
1987	Mr. Corbett's Ghost	Toll Gate Keeper
1986	Solarbabies	Malice
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
1985	Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain	John Bull
1985	The Bride	Magar
1985	Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks	DJ
1985	The Supergrass	Motorbike Cop
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 Private Life of the Ford Cortina	Self - Presenter
1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self
1981	The Comic Strip
1979	Repeater	2nd Detective

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry	Self - Guest
2020	Mandy	Darren Dugdale
2017	Richard Osman's House of Games	Self - Panellist
2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Self
2014	For the Love of Cars	Himself
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant
2010	The Michael Ball Show	Self
2009	Horrible Histories	Dr. Ushma
2008	Q&A	Self - Panellist
2006	The One Show	Self
2006	Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2005	A Bear's Tail
2004	Blood Matters
2003	Keen Eddie
2003	Spine Chillers	Graham
2002	Tipping the Velvet	Charles Frobisher
2001	Richard & Judy	Self
2000	Arabian Nights	BacBac
1999	Bremner, Bird and Fortune	Pope John Paul II
1998	Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998	Parkinson	Self
1997	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling	Puppeteer
1997	Renford Rejects
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self
1994	Room 101	Self
1994	The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994	The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
1994	Paris	Alain Degout
1993	Rubbish, King of the Jumble	Rubbish (voice)
1991	Selling Hitler	Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1990	The Gravy Train	Vlad Milcic
1990	Have I Got News for You	Himself
1988	Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1987	The Lenny Henry Show
1986	Lovejoy	Freddy Reeve
1986	Casualty	Anton Malinovsky
1982	Whoops Apocalypse	Commissar Solzhenitsyn
1982	The Young Ones	The Balowski Family
1982	O.T.T.
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Paul
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Mog
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Dad
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Bride's Father
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Inspector
1981	Wolcott	Speaker in Market
1980	Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980	Great Railway Journeys	Self - Presenter
1979	Question Time	Himself - Panellist
1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self
1963	Doctor Who	D.J.