Cast & creator
Alexei Sayle
Best known for Doctor Who, The One Show, Casualty
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.
Also known as: Alexei David Sayle, Alexy Syale
85
film credits
57
television credits
132
1963–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (142)
Showing 142 of 142 credits
Doctor Who
D.J.
1963
The One Show
Self
2006
Casualty
Anton Malinovsky
1986
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
1979
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dr Maverick
2004
Parkinson
Self
1998
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Q&A
Self - Panellist
2008
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist
2017
The Comic Strip Presents...
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1982The Comic Strip Presents...
Paul
1982The Comic Strip Presents...
Mog
1982The Comic Strip Presents...
Bride's Father
1982The Comic Strip Presents...
Writer
1982
ScreenPlay
Clarence Flamer
1986
Horrible Histories
Dr. Ushma
2009
Lovejoy
Freddy Reeve
1986
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sultan
1989
Room 101
Self
1994
The Young Ones
The Balowski Family
1982The Young Ones
Writer
1982The Young Ones
Additional Writing
1982The Young Ones
Creator
1982
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Puppeteer
1997
Mandy
Darren Dugdale
2020
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Pope John Paul II
1999The Michael Ball Show
Self
2010
Keen Eddie
2003
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Spine Chillers
Graham
2003
Arabian Nights
BacBac
2000
Renford Rejects
1997
Tipping the Velvet
Charles Frobisher
2002
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
A Bear's Tail
20054 Play
Rittblatt
19894 Play
Writer
1989
Whoops Apocalypse
Commisar Solzhenitsyn
1982
Wolcott
Speaker in Market
1981
Paris
Alain Degout
1994
Mister Corbett's Ghost
Toll Gate Keeper
1987
Selling Hitler
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1991
How to Build a Girl
Karl Marx
2020
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980
The Bride
Magar
1985
Gorky Park
Golodkin
1983
The Thief Lord
Barbarossa
2006
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
Hitler: The Comedy Years
D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
For the Love of Cars
Himself
2014
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
Self - Guest
2024
The Gravy Train
Vlad Milcic
1990
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
1994
The Roots of Monty Python
Self
2005
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Self
2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
What's a Carry On?
Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Solarbabies
Malice
1986
Sometimes Always Never
Bill
2019
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Planet Jimmy (voice)
2011
Swing
Mighty Mac
1999
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Lavrenti
1985
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
Bottom: Exposed
Self
2024
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991
Siesta
Cabbie
1987
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Self
2022
Red Top
Colin Goodman
2016
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
DJ
1985
Whoops Apocalypse
Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
1986
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004
O.T.T.
1982
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self
2014
When Comedy Changed Forever
Self
2006
Two Minutes
Bernie
1997
Spaghetti Hoops
Mog
1990
Repeater
2nd Detective
1979
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Jake's Journey
Head torturer
1988
Carry On Columbus
Achmed
1992
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022
The Comic Strip
Compere
1981The Comic Strip
Writer
1981Censoring Palestine
Self
2024
Reckless Kelly
Major Wib
1993
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Newspaper Editor
2004
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
2023
Selling Hitler
Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
1993
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
2005
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Beluga
1997
Up Line
Melvin Coombes
1987
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
2023
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Self
2007
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
1982
I Was That Monster
Himself
1993
Meeting Venus
Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
1991Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003The Double Life of Saki
Self
2007
'Itch
Rittblatt
1991'Itch
Writer
1991
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
John Bull
1985
Bottom Mindless Violence
Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
2004
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
1988Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Writer
1988
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Self - Presenter
1982
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Frank
1984
Red Nose of Courage
Dad
1992
Gloves Off
Algy
2017
The Supergrass
Motorbike Cop
1985
The Story of Music Hall
Self
2011
Hospital!
X Ray Operator
1997
My Dad Was a Communist
Self
2008
Don't Walk
Uncle Henry
2000
Just Like That!
Self
1989
The Love Child
The Voices
1988
Sorry About Last Night
Andy Carolides
1995Sorry About Last Night
Writer
1995Blood Matters
2004
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Narrator
2023
Tapping the Wire
Self
2007
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
Self
2026
The Strike
Paul
1988
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
Narrator
2008The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
Narrator (voice)
2024
Curaçao
Seemuller
1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Inspector
1993
The Greatest F***King Show on TV
Self
1994
Rubbish, King of the Jumble
Rubbish (voice)
1993
The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
Self
1983The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video
Writer
1983
Les Dogs
Bride's Father
1990Night Voice
Clarence Flamer
1990
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene
Self
2007
Moonlighters
Narrator (voice)
1996