Alexei Sayle: movies and TV shows
Alexei Sayle has 141 credits in the archive: 84 films and 57 TV series, from 1963 to 2026. Highest rated: Horrible Histories (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2026 · busiest year: 1982 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew | Self | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 2025 | Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke | Self | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 2024 | Bottom: Exposed | Self | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 2024 | Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry | Self - Guest | TV | 4.2 | 71 |
| 2024 | Censoring Palestine | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2024 | The Big Lie II: Starmer and the Genocide | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2023 | The Rise of the Comic Strip | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2023 | Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2022 | Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry | Self | Film | 10.0 | 69 |
| 2020 | Mandy | Darren Dugdale | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2020 | How to Build a Girl | Karl Marx | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2019 | Sometimes Always Never | Bill | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2018 | How The Young Ones Changed Comedy | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of Games | Self - Panellist | TV | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2017 | Gloves Off | Algy | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 2016 | Red Top | Colin Goodman | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Self | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2014 | For the Love of Cars | Himself | TV | 9.0 | 61 |
| 2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | Film | 5.0 | 59 | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Planet Jimmy (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2011 | The Story of Music Hall | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2010 | The Michael Ball Show | Self | TV | — | 57 |
| 2009 | Horrible Histories | Dr. Ushma | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist | TV | 3.2 | 55 |
| 2008 | The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother | Narrator | Film | — | 55 |
| 2008 | My Dad Was a Communist | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | D.J. (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2007 | The Double Life of Saki | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Young Ones' | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 53 |
| 2006 | The Thief Lord | Barbarossa | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2006 | Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 2006 | When Comedy Changed Forever | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2005 | A Bear's Tail | TV | 7.6 | 52 | |
| 2005 | The Roots of Monty Python | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2005 | The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Dr Maverick | TV | 7.8 | 51 |
| 2004 | Blood Matters | TV | — | 51 | |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two | Newspaper Editor | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence | Billy Balowski / Jerzei Balowski / Brian Damage (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers | Graham | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | TV | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 2003 | Strike: When Britain Went to War | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Charles Frobisher | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 48 |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | BacBac | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2000 | Don't Walk | Uncle Henry | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | Pope John Paul II | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1999 | Swing | Mighty Mac | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 45 |
| 1998 | Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round | TV | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1998 | What's a Carry On? | Achmed (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1997 | Renford Rejects | TV | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Puppeteer | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | Two Minutes | Bernie | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | Hospital! | X Ray Operator | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest | Beluga | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1996 | Moonlighters | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 1995 | Sorry About Last Night | Andy Carolides | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1995 | Sorry About Last Night | Film | 8.0 | 42 | |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1994 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1994 | Paris | Alain Degout | TV | — | 41 |
| 1994 | The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | TV | 7.7 | 41 | |
| 1994 | The Greatest F***King Show on TV | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1993 | Reckless Kelly | Major Wib | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1993 | Selling Hitler | Konrad 'Conny' Fischer | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1993 | Curaçao | Seemuller | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1993 | Rubbish, King of the Jumble | Rubbish (voice) | TV | — | 40 |
| 1993 | I Was That Monster | Himself | Film | — | 40 |
| 1993 | Queen of the Wild Frontier | Inspector | Film | — | 40 |
| 1992 | Carry On Columbus | Achmed | Film | 3.9 | 39 |
| 1992 | Red Nose of Courage | Dad | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1991 | Selling Hitler | Konrad 'Conny' Fischer | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1991 | 'Itch | Rittblatt | Film | — | 38 |
| 1991 | 'Itch | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Von Schneider (dubbing - voice only) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1990 | Spaghetti Hoops | Mog | Film | — | 37 |
| 1990 | The Gravy Train | Vlad Milcic | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 1990 | Night Voice | Clarence Flamer | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1990 | Les Dogs | Bride's Father | Film | — | 37 |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sultan | Film | 7.9 | 36 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Rittblatt | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1989 | Just Like That! | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1988 | Alexei Sayle's Stuff | TV | 7.2 | 35 | |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Carl Moss/Sterling Moss | Film | — | 35 |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1988 | Jake's Journey | Head torturer | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1988 | The Strike | Paul | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1988 | The Love Child | The Voices | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1987 | The Lenny Henry Show | TV | 7.2 | 34 | |
| 1987 | Up Line | Melvin Coombes | Film | — | 34 |
| 1987 | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Toll Gate Keeper | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1987 | Siesta | Cabbie | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Anton Malinovsky | TV | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Clarence Flamer | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Freddy Reeve | TV | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Alexei Sayle in a Hawaiian Shirt | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Malice | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1985 | The Bride | Magar | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1985 | The Supergrass | Motorbike Cop | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1985 | Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks | DJ | Film | 8.7 | 32 |
| 1985 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Lavrenti | Film | — | 32 |
| 1985 | Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain | John Bull | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1984 | Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle | Frank | Film | — | 31 |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | Golodkin | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1983 | The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1983 | The Alexei Sayle Pirate Video | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Carl Moss/Sterling Moss | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Paul | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Mog | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Bride's Father | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | TV | 7.4 | 29 | |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | The Balowski Family | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | TV | 7.9 | 29 | |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | TV | 7.9 | 29 | |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | TV | 7.9 | 29 | |
| 1982 | Whoops Apocalypse | Commisar Solzhenitsyn | TV | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1982 | O.T.T. | TV | — | 29 | |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1982 | The Private Life of the Ford Cortina | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 29 |
| 1981 | Wolcott | Speaker in Market | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1980 | Great Railway Journeys | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1980 | Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights | TV | 6.5 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Question Time | Himself - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1979 | Repeater | 2nd Detective | Film | — | 26 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 23 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | D.J. | TV | 7.9 | 10 |