Alexei Sayle
Acting
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.
Born: August 7, 1952
Place of Birth: Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
Known For
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Robin Williams. The comic genius with an electric mind, with a range of talent that left us breathless. The one who amazed and kept us entertained until the very end, and whose sole purpose in life was to make people laugh. Living life to the fullest, he went from one memorable film role to the other. But behind the upbeat, frenzied facade of Robin Williams was a sensitive and vulnerable man, deeply plagued by depression and haunted by his demons. Few comedians have ever been as beloved as Robin Williams. His story is full of tragic moments. It inspires us to look past the mask of those people who seem to have a perfect life. His legacy, reaching way beyond his body of work, lives on. We look back at the journey and tragic loss of a unique comic legend...and one of the greatest comedians of all time.
For the Love of Cars
Actor and car fan Philip Glenister (of "Life on Mars" fame) and car restorer Ant Anstead find classic British cars to bring back to life.
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
At the Tranquil Repose mortuary, the Doctor and Peri uncover a sinister plot to create a new breed of Daleks under the supervision of the mysterious Great Healer.
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard. The basic premise of the show bears a close resemblance to the popular 1980s British series Dempsey & Makepeace, the only notable difference being that the female partner has been replaced by a female housemate. Stylistically, the series derived inspiration from British feature films by Guy Ritchie, such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. The soundtrack and incidental music for the first episode was provided by British techno duo Orbital. Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets scored the rest of the series.
The Gravy Train
A four-part comedy about bureaucratic bribery and corruption in the European Union.
Horrible Histories
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
The Young Ones
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!
Filmography
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Karl Marx
as Darren Dugdale
as Bill
as Algy
as Self - Panellist
as Colin Goodman
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self - Participant
as Planet Jimmy (voice)
as Dr. Ushma
as Self
as Self - Panellist
as Self
as D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Barbarossa
as Self
as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)
as Newspaper Editor
as Graham
as Charles Frobisher
as Self
as BacBac
as Uncle Henry
as Pope John Paul II
as Mighty Mac
as Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Puppeteer
as Bernie
as X Ray Operator
as Beluga
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Andy Carolides
as Alain Degout
as Self
as Himself
as Rubbish (voice)
as Seemuller
as Inspector
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
as Major Wib
as Achmed
as Dad
as Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited)
as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer
as Rittblatt
as Self
as Bride's Father
as Vlad Milcic
as Mog
as Sultan
as Self
as The Voices
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
as Paul
as Head torturer
as Toll Gate Keeper
as Cabbie
as Melvin Coombes
as Malice
as Anton Malinovsky
as Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt
as Freddy Reeve
as Motorbike Cop
as Magar
as Lavrenti
as Golodkin
as The Balowski Family
as Carl Moss/Sterling Moss
as Paul
as Bride's Father
as Commisar Solzhenitsyn
as Self - Presenter
as Speaker in Market
as Self - Presenter
as Himself - Panellist
as 2nd Detective
as Self
as D.J.