Alexei Sayle

Known for ActingBorn 1952-08-07 (age 73)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

Bottom Mindless Violence

Night Voice

For the Love of Cars

Two Minutes

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

The Gravy Train

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Keen Eddie

Horrible Histories

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Sorry About Last Night

Selling Hitler

Red Nose of Courage

Tapping the Wire

The Itch of the Golden Nit

The Comic Strip

Mandy

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Young Ones

A Bear's Tail

What's a Carry On?

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

Doctor Who

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

The Love Child

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

The Comic Strip Presents...

Lovejoy

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

Have I Got News for You

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

The Lenny Henry Show

Spine Chillers

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Don't Walk

Renford Rejects

Selling Hitler

Jake's Journey

The Strike

Tipping the Velvet

Great Railway Journeys