Portrait of Alexei Sayle

Acting

Alexei Sayle

Career

Active from 1979 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Young Ones
The Young Ones
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alexei Sayle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.2, average 4.7
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Absurdist Humor 4
  • Cult Classic 4
  • Witty Dialogue 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Slow-Burn Mystery 2
  • British Sketch Comedy 2
  • Satirical 2
  • Meta-Comedy 2
  • Celebrity Impersonation 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • British Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 70
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide
The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide (2024)

as Narrator (voice)

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie (2023)

as Narrator

Mandy
Mandy (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Darren Dugdale

How to Build a Girl
How to Build a Girl (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Karl Marx

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 60
Sometimes Always Never
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bill

Gloves Off
Gloves Off (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as Algy

Red Top
Red Top (2016)

as Colin Goodman

The Itch of the Golden Nit
The Itch of the Golden Nit (2011)

as Planet Jimmy (voice)

2000s

15 titles ยท average score 69
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Dr. Ushma

The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother (2008)

as Narrator

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Barbarossa

A Bear's Tail
A Bear's Tail (2005)

TV show

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Dr Maverick

Bottom Mindless Violence
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)

as Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage)

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)

as Newspaper Editor

Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show

Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Charles Frobisher

Don't Walk
Don't Walk (2000)

as Uncle Henry

Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as BacBac

1990s

29 titles ยท average score 59
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999)

TV show ยท as Pope John Paul II

Swing
Swing (1999)
GoodWatch score 48

as Mighty Mac

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998)

TV show

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994)

TV show

Paris
Paris (1994)

TV show ยท as Alain Degout

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller (1994)

TV show

Reckless Kelly
Reckless Kelly (1993)
GoodWatch score 49

as Major Wib

Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler (1993)

as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

Red Nose of Courage
Red Nose of Courage (1992)

as Dad

Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler (1991)

TV show ยท as Konrad 'Conny' Fischer

The Gravy Train
The Gravy Train (1990)

TV show ยท as Vlad Milcic

Spaghetti Hoops
Spaghetti Hoops (1990)

as Mog

1980s

32 titles ยท average score 60
4 Play
4 Play (1989)

TV show ยท as Rittblatt

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
GoodWatch score 79

as Sultan

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (1988)

TV show

The Strike
The Strike (1988)
GoodWatch score 73

as Paul

Mister Corbett's Ghost
Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987)

as Toll Gate Keeper

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Anton Malinovsky

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Freddy Reeve

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show ยท as Clarence Flamer

The Young Ones
The Young Ones (1982)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as The Balowski Family

The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Bride's Father / Paul

The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip (1981)

as Compere

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights (1980)

TV show

1970s

1 title
Repeater
Repeater (1979)

as 2nd Detective

1960s

1 title ยท average score 76
Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as D.J.