Sayle, Alexei 1952-

PERSONAL

Full name, Alexei David Sayle; born August 7, 1952, in Liverpool, England; son of John Henry (a guard for British Rail) and Malka Sayle; married Linda Rawsthorn, 1974. Education: Attended Southport College of Art; Chelsea School of Art, Dip.A.D.; Garnett College, Certificate of Education. Politics: Marxism. Avocational Interests: Walking and cycling.

Addresses:

Contact—Cassie Meyer Ltd., 5 Old Garden House, The Lanterns, Bridge Lane, London SW11 3AD United Kingdom.

Career:

Actor and writer. Provided voice for television commercial for Kinder Happy Hippo Chocolate Bar, 2006. Thames Valley University, honorary professor, 1989.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; Chelsea Arts Club

Awards, Honors:

Pye Radio Best Comedy Award, Society of Authors, 1981; Best Comedy Award, Royal Television Society, 1988; Best Comedy Award, Broadcast Press Guild, 1988; International Emmy Award, 1989, for Stuff; Bronze Rose of Montreaux.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, United International Pictures, 1981.

Fundamental Frolics, 1981.

Second detective, Repeater, British Film Institute, 1982.

Live a Life, Other Cinema, 1982.

Golodkin, Gorky Park, Rank, 1983.

Magar, The Bride, Columbia, 1985.

Perryman, The Supergrass (also known as The Comic Strip Presents "The Supergrass"), Hemdale, 1985.

As himself in a Hawaiian shirt, Whoops Apocalypse, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986.

Malice, Solarbabies (also known as Solar Warriors), 1986.

Cabbie, Siesta, Lorimar, 1987.

The voices, The Love Child, British Film Institute/Frontroom, 1987.

Paul, The Strike, Palace, 1987.

Sultan, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Paramount, 1989.

Achmed, Carry On Columbus, 1992.

Major Wib, Reckless Kelly, 1993.

Beluga, Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest, Metropolitan Filmexport, 1996.

Mighty Mac, Swing, Swing Venture, 1999.

Uncle Henry, Don't Walk (short), 2001.

Window cleaner, The Tale of Tarquin Slant (short), Scottish Screen, 2004.

Voice of narrator, What's Blood Got to Do With It? (animated short documentary), Channel 4 Television Corp., 2004.

Police Officer Duncan, Upstaged, Film Source Company, 2005.

Babarossa, The Thief Lord (also known as Herr der Diebe), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

OTT, 1982.

Various characters, The Young Ones, BBC, 1982-84.

Comic Strip, Channel Four, 1987.

Les Girls, ITV, 1988.

Host, Stuff (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Stuff" and Alexei Sayle's "Stuff": Fun with Magnets) BBC, 1988-91.

Various characters, The Comic Strip Presents, BBC2, 1988-93.

The All New Alexei Sayle Show, BBC, 1994.

Alain Degout, Paris, 1994.

Host, Drive, BBC, 1994.

Comedy Hour (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Comedy Hour"), 1997.

Merry-Go-Round (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Merry-Go-Round"), BBC, 1998.

You Cannot Be Serious, 1999.

Host, Around Scotland, BBC, 2003.

Himself, "Revelation" Exhumed, 2005.

"The Comic Strip": A Retrospective, 2005.

Also appeared in Comic Roots.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Speaker in market, Wolcott, ITV, 1981.

Commisar Solzhenitsyn, Whoops Apocalypse, ITV, 1982.

Vlad Milcic, The Gravy Train, 1990.

Konrad "Conny" Fischer, Selling Hitler, 1991.

Puppeteer, A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (also known as Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones"), Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

BacBac, Arabian Nights, ABC, 2000.

Charles Frobisher, Tipping the Velvet, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Clarence Flamer, Night Voice, BBC, 1990.

X-ray operator, Hospital!, Channel 5, 1997.

Achmed, What's a Carry On?, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Compere, The Comic Strip, Channel 4, 1981.

Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights, BBC, 1981.

John Bull, Ligmalion (also known as Ligmalion: A Musical for the 80s), 1985.

Up Line, 1987.

Rittblatt, 'Itch (also known as Alexei Sayle's "'Itch" and Alexei Sayles Itch), 1989.

Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s, ITV, 1989.

Seemueller, Curacao (movie; also known as Deadly Currents), Showtime, 1993.

Andy Carolides, Sorry About Last Night, BBC, 1995.

Bernie, Two Minutes, Granada, 1996.

Top Ten Comedy Records, 2000.

(Archival footage) The 100 Greatest TV Ads, Channel 4, 2000.

The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller, Comedy Central, 2000.

Newspaper editor, The Legend of the Tamworth Two, BBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Rudy Alexander, Keen Eddie, Fox, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, OTT, ITV, 1982.

"Alexei Sayle," Comic Roots, BBC, 1982.

The Lenny Henry Show, BBC, 1984.

Space disc jockey, "Revelation of the Daleks: Parts 1 & 2," Doctor Who, 1985.

Himself, Roland Rat, the Series, BBC, 1986.

Have I Got News for You (also known as HIGNFY, Have I Got Old New For You, Have I Got a Little Bit More News for You, and Have I Got the 90s for You), 1993.

Freddy, the "phone reeve," "The Napoleonic Commode, " Lovejoy, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1993.

"John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy: Part 2," The South Bank Show, ITV, 1993.

The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller, Channel 4, 1994.

A Christmas Night with the Stars, BBC, 1994.

The End of the Year Show, BBC1, 1995.

"My Uncle Monty," One for the Road, Channel 4, 1995.

Reader, "The Diary of a Killer Cat," Jackanory, BBC1, 1996.

Great Railway Journeys III, PBS, 1996.

Reg Vickers, Common as Muck, 1997.

Comedy Hour (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Comedy Hour"), BBC, 1997.

TFI Friday (also known as Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4, 1998.

Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island (also known as Notes from a Small Island), 1999.

Parkinson, BBC, 2000.

"Comedy Records," Top Ten, Channel 4, 2000.

Room 101, BBC, 2002.

Kelly, UTV, 2002.

Ruby, BBC1, 2002.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC, 2003.

Graham, "Lose Weight … Ask Me How …," Spine Chillers, BBC, 2003.

Rudy Alexander, "Horse Heir," Keen Eddie, Fox, 2003.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2003, 2006.

Rudy Alexander, "Sticky Fingers," Keen Eddie, Fox, 2004.

Today with Des and Mel, ITV, 2004.

Rove Live, Ten, 2004.

Breakfast, BBC, 2004.

Pope John Paul II, Bremner, Bird and Fortune, 2005.

This Week, BBC, 2006.

"The Comics," The Story of Light Entertainment, BBC2, 2006.

The Heaven and Earth Show, BBC, 2006.

Himself, Annually Retentive (also known as Rob Brydon's "Annually Retentive"), BBC3, 2006.

Also appeared in "Action," Renford Rejects, Nickelodeon.

Television Work; Series:

Associate producer, Merry-Go-Round (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Merry-Go-Round"), BBC, 1998.

Stage Appearances:

The Tempest, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1988.

Radio Appearances:

Presenter, Forth Column, Radio 4, 1994.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Cak!, Springtime, 1982.

The Fish People Tapes, Island, 1984.

Panic, CBS, 1985.

Music Videos:

"Didn't You Kill My Brother?," 1985.

Audio Books:

Captain Jennifer Jellyfish Jones, Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

First Mate Mutt and the Wind Machine, Hodder Headline Audio Books, 1995.

WRITINGS

Television Specials:

The Comic Strip, Channel 4, 1981.

'Itch (also known as Alexei Sayle's "'Itch"), 1989.

Sorry About Last Night, BBC, 1995.

The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller, Comedy Central, 2000.

Television Episodes:

The Young Ones, BBC, 1982-84.

(With Pauline Melville) "Didn't You Kill My Brother?" The Comic Strip Presents, 1988.

Stuff (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Stuff" and Alexei Sayle's "Stuff: Fun with Magnets"), BBC, 1989.

The All New Alexei Sayle Show, BBC, 1994.

Comedy Hour (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Comedy Hour"), 1997.

Merry-Go-Round (also known as Alexei Sayle's "Merry-Go-Round"), 1998.

(Story only) "Lose Weight … Ask Me How …," Spine Chillers, BBC, 2003.

Books:

Train to Hell: An Alexei Sayle Mystery, Methuen (London), 1982.

Geoffrey the Tube Train and the Fat Comedian, Methuen, 1987.

Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys of the World, Methuen, 1988.

Barcelona Plates, Sceptre Books, 2000.

The Dog Catcher, Sceptre Books, 2002.

Overtaker, Sceptre Books, 2003.

The Weeping Women Hotel, 2006.

Also regular contributor of columns to Car, a British automotive magazine; columnist for Observer, Time Out, Sunday Mirror, Independent, and Esquire, 1996—.