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Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Birthday: 1952-08-07 | Place of Birth: Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording artist. He was a central part of thealternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007.[5]In the 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 absurd and surreal premises. His act is noted for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Sometimes Always Never

as    Bill

2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit

as    Planet Jimmy (voice)

2006
The Thief Lord

as    Barbarossa

2002
Tipping the Velvet

as    Charles Frobisher

1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune

as    Pope John Paul II

1997
Two Minutes

as    Bernie

1993
Curaçao

as    Seemuller

1992
Carry On Columbus

as    Achmed

1988
Whoops Apocalypse

as    Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt

1988
Jake's Journey

as    Head torturer

1987
Siesta

as    Cabbie

1985
The Bride

as    Magar

1983
Gorky Park

as    Golodkin

1982
Whoops Apocalypse

as    Commissar Solzhenitsyn

1982
The Young Ones

as    The Balowski Family

1979
Repeater

as    2nd Detective