Alexei Sayle
Born: 1952-08-07
• 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.
Filmography
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Censoring Palestine
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The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
How to Build a Girl
Sometimes Always Never
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Gloves Off
Red Top
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
30 Years of Comic Strip
The Story of Music Hall
The Itch of the Golden Nit
My Dad Was a Communist
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Tapping the Wire
Hitler: The Comedy Years
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The Double Life of Saki
When Comedy Changed Forever
The Thief Lord
The Roots of Monty Python
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Bottom Mindless Violence
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Don't Walk
Swing
What's a Carry On?
Two Minutes
Hospital!
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Moonlighters
Sorry About Last Night
I Was That Monster
Curaçao
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Selling Hitler
Reckless Kelly
Carry On Columbus
Red Nose of Courage
Amnesty International's Big 30
Meeting Venus
'Itch
Les Dogs
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Night Voice
Spaghetti Hoops
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Just Like That!
The Love Child
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
The Strike
Jake's Journey
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Siesta
Up Line
Solarbabies
Whoops Apocalypse
The Supergrass
The Bride
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Gorky Park
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
The Comic Strip
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