Alexei Sayle
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 cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.
Filmography
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026
as Self
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
2025
as Self
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Censoring Palestine
2024
as Self
- No poster
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Bottom: Exposed
2024
as Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
as Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
as Narrator
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
as Self
How to Build a Girl
2020
as Karl Marx
Sometimes Always Never
2019
as Bill
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Gloves Off
2017
as Algy
Red Top
2016
as Colin Goodman
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Story of Music Hall
2011
as Self
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Planet Jimmy (voice)
My Dad Was a Communist
2008
as Self
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
2008
as Narrator
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
as Self
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self