# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexei-sayle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:56.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexei-sayle"
name: "Alexei Sayle"
slug: "alexei-sayle"
description: "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."
tagline: "English comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexei_Sayle_Cambridge_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.35
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.41149066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/alexeisayleofficial"
    handle:    "alexeisayleofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768488/"
    handle:    "nm0768488"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alexeisayle.me/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/115265"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ألكسي سايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اليكسى سايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexei_Sayle"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba9a0304-ea17-4fbe-a9c4-35b5aef3ac44"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/746"
    title: "Alexei Sayle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump