Alexei Sayle
Acting
Born 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 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.
Films (75)
Censoring Palestine
2024
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
2024
Bottom: Exposed
2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
How to Build a Girl
2020
Sometimes Always Never
2019
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Gloves Off
2017
Red Top
2016
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Story of Music Hall
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
My Dad Was a Communist
2008
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
2008
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
The Double Life of Saki
2007
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
The Thief Lord
2006
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Don't Walk
2000
Swing
1999
What's a Carry On?
1998
Two Minutes
1997
Hospital!
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
Moonlighters
1996
Sorry About Last Night
1995
I Was That Monster
1993
Curaçao
1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
Selling Hitler
1993
Reckless Kelly
1993
Carry On Columbus
1992
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
Meeting Venus
1991
'Itch
1991
Les Dogs
1990
Night Voice
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
Just Like That!
1989
The Love Child
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
The Strike
1988
Jake's Journey
1988
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
Siesta
1987
Up Line
1987
Solarbabies
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
The Supergrass
1985
The Bride
1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
Gorky Park
1983
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
1983
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982
The Comic Strip
1981
Repeater
1979