Steven Berkoff
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 3, 1937 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Stepney, East London, England
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).
Known For
| 2025 | Desperate JourneyRaphael | |
| 2024 | The PerformanceSam | |
| 2024 | HamletPolonius | |
| 2024 | The Phantom WarriorHades | |
| 2024 | The CanMason | |
| 2024 | Bad SeedDoctor Ainsley (voice) | |
| 2024 | From Roger Moore with LoveSelf | |
| 2023 | Young, Sexy & DeadClaudio Vestiquez | |
| 2022 | Exorcist VengeanceBishop Canelo | |
| 2022 | Prizefighter: The Life of Jem BelcherWalter | |
| 2022 | Titanium WhiteFather Tornatore | |
| 2022 | Remembers…Self | |
| 2021 | Alice, Through the LookingExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Creation StoriesAleister Crowley | |
| 2020 | L'énigme quantique d'Einsteinnarrateur | |
| 2020 | ErnieArthur | |
| 2020 | Righteous VillainsGrandfather | |
| 2020 | Einstein's Quantum RiddleNarrator | |
| 2019 | Red DevilLazarus | |
| 2019 | The Last FaustDr. Goodfellow | |
| 2019 | Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale HeartEdmund | |
| 2018 | Blitzed: Nazis on DrugsHost | |
| 2018 | Point of No ReturnEvans | |
| 2018 | Meeting JimSelf | |
| 2017 | London HeistAlfie | |
| 2017 | Fanged UpGovernor Payne | |
| 2017 | TranshumanTil | |
| 2017 | LoreDr. Kristoff Brehovy | |
| 2016 | Manhattan NightHobbs | |
| 2016 | Barbarians RisingAugustus | |
| 2015 | 7 CasesLawson | |
| 2015 | North v SouthVic Clarke | |
| 2015 | Rise of the Footsoldier: Part IIDr. Flint | |
| 2014 | Katherine of AlexandriaLiberius | |
| 2014 | We Still Kill the Old WayCharlie Archer | |
| 2013 | Dave Allen: God's Own ComedianFriend | |
| 2013 | The Boy with a Camera for a FaceNarrator | |
| 2013 | RED 2Cobb | |
| 2013 | Muse of FireSelf | |
| 2013 | Witches of East EndKing Nikolaus | |
| 2013 | VikingsKing Olaf the Stout | |
| 2012 | Strippers vs. WerewolvesFlett | |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate WomenSelf | |
| 2012 | G.B.H.Chief Constable | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon TattooDirch Frode | |
| 2011 | Big Fat Gypsy GangsterGuru Shah | |
| 2011 | The BorgiasGirolamo Savonarola | |
| 2010 | Perfect LifeThe Elder | |
| 2010 | The TouristReginald Shaw | |
| 2010 | The Big I AmThe MC | |
| 2010 | Dead CertKenneth Mason | |
| 2010 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | |
| 2010 | The RaptureThe Controller | |
| 2010 | The Road to Coronation StreetSidney Bernstein | |
| 2009 | At World's EndJack Pudovski | |
| 2009 | Pinter's ProgressSelf | |
| 2009 | Shakespeare’s VillainsHimself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio | |
| 2009 | 44 Inch ChestTippi Gordon | |
| 2008 | Bear Hunting | |
| 2008 | Watch Your Own Heart AttackPerformer | |
| 2008 | Das jüngste GerichtConrad | |
| 2008 | The 60s: The Beatles Decade | |
| 2007 | Say It in Russian | |
| 2006 | Penguins of the AntarcticNarrator | |
| 2006 | The 10th Man'Red' Jack Weinbaum | |
| 2006 | The Flying ScotsmanErnst Hagemann | |
| 2006 | Pu-239Starkov | |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | |
| 2005 | Shadow of the SwordInquisitor | |
| 2005 | Forest of the GodsCommandant Hoppe | |
| 2005 | Quails Quest: Its a Boy! | |
| 2005 | Action Man: X Missions The MovieDr. X (voice) | |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoShakri | |
| 2004 | Head in the CloudsCharles Bessé | |
| 2004 | Action Man: Robot ATAKDr. X (voice) | |
| 2004 | Charlie | |
| 2004 | BridesKarabulat | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleMr. Eccles | |
| 2003 | HeadrushWuj | |
| 2003 | Bokshu - The MythProfessor Metcalf | |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | |
| 2003 | Frank Herbert's Children of DuneStilgar | |
| 2002 | StealSurtayne | |
| 2002 | 9 Dead Gay GuysJeff | |
| 2002 | Beginner's LuckMagic Bob | |
| 2002 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a FairytaleMeisling | |
| 2001 | AttilaKing Rua | |
| 2001 | AttilaKing Rua | |
| 2000 | Rancid AluminiumMr Kant | |
| 2000 | Inside 'Octopussy'Self | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's DuneСтилгар | |
| 2000 | In the BeginningPotiphar | |
| 1999 | Expelling the DemonMan / Tongue | |
| 1998 | LegionnaireSgt. Steinkampf | |
| 1997 | Another 9 1/2 WeeksVittorio DaSilva | |
| 1997 | CoriolanusCoriolanus | |
| 1997 | Brass EyeSelf | |
| 1995 | Fair GameColonel Ilya Kazak | |
| 1994 | DecadenceSteve / Les / Helen's Couturier | |
| 1994 | Space PrecinctDr. Paul Jorry | |
| 1993 | FlynnKlaus Reicher | |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space NineHagath | |
| 1993 | The Big StorySelf - George Cornell (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | IntrudersAddison Leach | |
| 1990 | The KraysGeorge Cornell | |
| 1990 | Silent NightHarry | |
| 1990 | A Season of GiantsGirolamo Savonarola | |
| 1989 | Streets of Yesterday | |
| 1988 | Prisoner of RioJack McFarland | |
| 1988 | War and RemembranceAdolf Hitler | |
| 1987 | MetamorphosisMr. Samsa | |
| 1986 | Under the Cherry MoonMr. Sharon | |
| 1986 | Absolute BeginnersThe Fanatic | |
| 1986 | SinsKarl Von Eiderfeld | |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part IILt. Col. Podovsky | |
| 1985 | RevolutionSgt. Jones | |
| 1985 | TransmutationsHugo Motherskille | |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills CopVictor Maitland | |
| 1983 | OctopussyOrlov | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator | |
| 1982 | RiversideSelf | |
| 1981 | OutlandSagan | |
| 1981 | Beloved EnemyKozlov | |
| 1980 | McVicarRonnie Harrison | |
| 1977 | Joseph AndrewsGreasy Fellow | |
| 1977 | The ProfessionalsKrasnov | |
| 1975 | Barry LyndonLord Ludd | |
| 1975 | The PassengerStephen | |
| 1971 | A Clockwork OrangeDet. Const. Tom | |
| 1971 | Nicholas and AlexandraPankratov | |
| 1970 | UFOCapt. Steve Minto | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1970 | UFOSteve Minto | |
| 1969 | Vendetta for The SaintBertoli | |
| 1968 | The ChampionsCarlos | |
| 1968 | The ExpertMike Barratt | |
| 1965 | The PistolPrivate First Class Gutkowski | |
| 1964 | Hamlet at ElsinoreLucianus | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday PlayCouncillor | |
| 1963 | FestivalMessenger | |
| 1962 | The SaintCarl | |
| 1962 | Corrigan Blake | |
| 1961 | KongaStudent on Field Trip (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Devil's DiscipleBritish Corporal | |
| 1959 | The Captain's Table(uncredited) | |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's DoubleMinor Role (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock GreenDave Banks | |
| - | NamelessDr. Bymmock | |
| - | The AwakeningHenry | |
| - | KristallnachtRabbi Goldstein | |
| - | My Life As Roger MooreSelf | |
| - | The Awakening 2Henry |
| 2010 | MetamorphosisDirector | |
| 1999 | EastDirector | |
| 1997 | CoriolanusDirector | |
| 1994 | DecadenceDirector | |
| - | OedipusDirector |
| 2020 | L'amore segreto di OfeliaAuthor | |
| 2020 | The Secret Love Life of OpheliaWriter | |
| 2019 | BrightonAuthor | |
| 2019 | Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale HeartScreenplay | |
| 2010 | MetamorphosisWriter | |
| 2009 | Shakespeare’s VillainsWriter | |
| 1994 | DecadenceScreenplay | |
| 1987 | MetamorphosisWriter |