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Biography
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style known as "Berkovian theatre", which combines elements of physical theatre, total theatre and expressionism. His work has sometimes been viewed as an example of in-yer-face theatre, due to the intense presentation and taboo-breaking material in a number of his plays. As a screen actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Adolf Hitler in War and Remembrance (1988–89).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 3, 1937
Age
89 years old
Place of Birth
Stepney, East London, England
Popularity Score
2.0
Filmography
Desperate Journey
Raphael
2025Movie
The Performance
Sam
2024Movie
Hamlet
Polonius
2024Movie
The Phantom Warrior
Hades
2024Movie
The Can
Mason
2024Movie
Bad Seed
Doctor Ainsley (voice)
2024Movie
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
2024Movie
Young, Sexy & Dead
Claudio Vestiquez
2023Movie
Exorcist Vengeance
Bishop Canelo
2022Movie
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Walter
2022Movie
Titanium White
Father Tornatore
2022Movie
Remembers…
Self
2022TV
Alice, Through the Looking
Executive Producer
2021Movie
Creation Stories
Aleister Crowley
2021Movie
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
narrateur
2020Movie
Ernie
Arthur
2020Movie
Righteous Villains
Grandfather
2020Movie
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
Narrator
2020TV
L'amore segreto di Ofelia
Author
2020Movie
The Secret Love Life of Ophelia
Writer
2020Movie
Red Devil
Lazarus
2019Movie
The Last Faust
Dr. Goodfellow
2019Movie
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Edmund
2019Movie
Brighton
Author
2019Movie
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Screenplay
2019Movie
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Host
2018Movie
Point of No Return
Evans
2018Movie
Meeting Jim
Self
2018Movie
London Heist
Alfie
2017Movie
Fanged Up
Governor Payne
2017Movie
Transhuman
Til
2017Movie
Lore
Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
2017TV
Manhattan Night
Hobbs
2016Movie
Barbarians Rising
Augustus
2016TV
7 Cases
Lawson
2015Movie
North v South
Vic Clarke
2015Movie
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
Dr. Flint
2015Movie
Katherine of Alexandria
Liberius
2014Movie
We Still Kill the Old Way
Charlie Archer
2014Movie
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Friend
2013Movie
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
Narrator
2013Movie
RED 2
Cobb
2013Movie
Muse of Fire
Self
2013Movie
Witches of East End
King Nikolaus
2013TV
Vikings
King Olaf the Stout
2013TV
Strippers vs. Werewolves
Flett
2012Movie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
Self
2012Movie
G.B.H.
Chief Constable
2012Movie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
2011Movie
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Guru Shah
2011Movie
The Borgias
Girolamo Savonarola
2011TV
Perfect Life
The Elder
2010Movie
The Tourist
Reginald Shaw
2010Movie
The Big I Am
The MC
2010Movie
Dead Cert
Kenneth Mason
2010Movie
Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010Movie
The Rapture
The Controller
2010Movie
The Road to Coronation Street
Sidney Bernstein
2010Movie
Metamorphosis
Writer
2010Movie
Metamorphosis
Director
2010Movie
Metamorphosis
Music
2010Movie
Metamorphosis
Set Designer
2010Movie
At World's End
Jack Pudovski
2009Movie
Pinter's Progress
Self
2009Movie
Shakespeare’s Villains
Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
2009Movie
44 Inch Chest
Tippi Gordon
2009Movie
Shakespeare’s Villains
Writer
2009Movie
Bear Hunting
2008Movie
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
Performer
2008Movie
Das jüngste Gericht
Conrad
2008TV
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008TV
Say It in Russian
2007Movie
Penguins of the Antarctic
Narrator
2006Movie
The 10th Man
'Red' Jack Weinbaum
2006Movie
The Flying Scotsman
Ernst Hagemann
2006Movie
Pu-239
Starkov
2006Movie
Hotel Babylon
2006TV
Shadow of the Sword
Inquisitor
2005Movie
Forest of the Gods
Commandant Hoppe
2005Movie
Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005Movie
Action Man: X Missions The Movie
Dr. X (voice)
2005Movie
Doctor Who
Shakri
2005TV
Head in the Clouds
Charles Bessé
2004Movie
Action Man: Robot ATAK
Dr. X (voice)
2004Movie
Charlie
2004Movie
Brides
Karabulat
2004Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Eccles
2004TV
Headrush
Wuj
2003Movie
Bokshu - The Myth
Professor Metcalf
2003Movie
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
John Roebling
2003TV
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Stilgar
2003TV
Steal
Surtayne
2002Movie
9 Dead Gay Guys
Jeff
2002Movie
Beginner's Luck
Magic Bob
2002Movie
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Meisling
2002TV
Attila
King Rua
2001Movie
Attila
King Rua
2001TV
Rancid Aluminium
Mr Kant
2000Movie
Inside 'Octopussy'
Self
2000Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
Frank Herbert's Dune
Стилгар
2000TV
In the Beginning
Potiphar
2000TV
Expelling the Demon
Man / Tongue
1999Movie
East
Director
1999Movie
Legionnaire
Sgt. Steinkampf
1998Movie
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Vittorio DaSilva
1997Movie
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
1997Movie
Brass Eye
Self
1997TV
Coriolanus
Director
1997Movie
Fair Game
Colonel Ilya Kazak
1995Movie
Decadence
Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
1994Movie
Space Precinct
Dr. Paul Jorry
1994TV
Decadence
Screenplay
1994Movie
Decadence
Director
1994Movie
Flynn
Klaus Reicher
1993Movie
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hagath
1993TV
The Big Story
Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
1993TV
Oscar Wilde's Salome
Herod
1992Movie
Intruders
Addison Leach
1992TV
Oscar Wilde's Salome
Director
1992Movie
Oscar Wilde's Salome
Writer
1992Movie
The Krays
George Cornell
1990Movie
Silent Night
Harry
1990Movie
A Season of Giants
Girolamo Savonarola
1990Movie
Metamorphosis
Mr. Samsa
1989Movie
Streets of Yesterday
1989Movie
Metamorphosis
Writer
1989Movie
Prisoner of Rio
Jack McFarland
1988Movie
War and Remembrance
Adolf Hitler
1988TV
Under the Cherry Moon
Mr. Sharon
1986Movie
Absolute Beginners
The Fanatic
1986Movie
Sins
Karl Von Eiderfeld
1986TV
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Lt. Col. Podovsky
1985Movie
Revolution
Sgt. Jones
1985Movie
Underworld
Hugo Motherskille
1985Movie
Beverly Hills Cop
Victor Maitland
1984Movie
Octopussy
Orlov
1983Movie
Natural World
Narrator
1983TV
Riverside
Self
1982TV
Outland
Sagan
1981Movie
Beloved Enemy
Kozlov
1981Movie
McVicar
Ronnie Harrison
1980Movie
Joseph Andrews
Greasy Fellow
1977Movie
The Professionals
Krasnov
1977TV
Barry Lyndon
Lord Ludd
1975Movie
The Passenger
Stephen
1975Movie
A Clockwork Orange
Det. Const. Tom
1971Movie
Nicholas and Alexandra
Pankratov
1971Movie
UFO
Capt. Steve Minto
1970TV
Play for Today
1970TV
Vendetta for The Saint
Bertoli
1969Movie
The Champions
Carlos
1968TV
The Expert
Mike Barratt
1968TV
Slave Girls
John
1967Movie
The Pistol
Private First Class Gutkowski
1965Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bert
1965TV
Hamlet at Elsinore
Lucianus
1964Movie
The Wednesday Play
Councillor
1964TV
Festival
Messenger
1963TV
The Saint
Carl
1962TV
Corrigan Blake
1962TV
Konga
Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
1961Movie
The Devil's Disciple
British Corporal
1959Movie
The Captain's Table
(uncredited)
1959Movie
I Was Monty's Double
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958Movie
Dixon of Dock Green
Dave Banks
1955TV
Nameless
Dr. Bymmock
—Movie
The Awakening
Henry
—Movie
Kristallnacht
Rabbi Goldstein
—Movie
My Life As Roger Moore
Self
—Movie
The Awakening 2
Henry
—Movie
The Sacrifice
—Movie
Oedipus
Director
—Movie