Person
Steven Berkoff
Acting · Born 1937-08-03 · 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
Doctor Who
Shakri
Vikings
King Olaf the Stout
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hagath
Natural World
Narrator
The Saint
Carl
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Eccles
Play for Today
1970
The Professionals
Krasnov
The Wednesday Play
Councillor
The Borgias
Girolamo Savonarola
Filmography
- 2025Desperate JourneyRaphael
- 2024From Roger Moore with LoveSelf
- 2024The PerformanceSam
- 2024Bad SeedDoctor Ainsley (voice)
- 2024The CanMason
- 2024HamletPolonius
- 2024The Phantom WarriorHades
- 2023Young, Sexy & DeadClaudio Vestiquez
- 2022Titanium WhiteFather Tornatore
- 2022Prizefighter: The Life of Jem BelcherWalter
- 2022Remembers…Self
- 2022Exorcist VengeanceBishop Canelo
- 2021Alice, Through the LookingExecutive Producer
- 2021Creation StoriesAleister Crowley
- 2020Righteous VillainsGrandfather
- 2020The Secret Love Life of OpheliaWriter
- 2020L'amore segreto di OfeliaAuthor
- 2020ErnieArthur
- 2020L'énigme quantique d'Einsteinnarrateur
- 2020Einstein's Quantum RiddleNarrator
- 2019The Last FaustDr. Goodfellow
- 2019Red DevilLazarus
- 2019BrightonAuthor
- 2019Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale HeartEdmund
- 2018Point of No ReturnEvans
- 2018Meeting JimSelf
- 2018Blitzed: Nazis on DrugsHost
- 2017Fanged UpGovernor Payne
- 2017LoreDr. Kristoff Brehovy
- 2017London HeistAlfie
- 2017TranshumanTil
- 2016Barbarians RisingAugustus
- 2016Manhattan NightHobbs
- 2015Rise of the Footsoldier: Part IIDr. Flint
- 2015North v SouthVic Clarke
- 20157 CasesLawson
- 2014We Still Kill the Old WayCharlie Archer
- 2014Katherine of AlexandriaLiberius
- 2013The Boy with a Camera for a FaceNarrator
- 2013Witches of East EndKing Nikolaus
- 2013Muse of FireSelf
- 2013RED 2Cobb
- 2013Dave Allen: God's Own ComedianFriend
- 2013VikingsKing Olaf the Stout
- 2012G.B.H.Chief Constable
- 2012Strippers vs. WerewolvesFlett
- 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate WomenSelf
- 2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooDirch Frode
- 2011Big Fat Gypsy GangsterGuru Shah
- 2011The BorgiasGirolamo Savonarola
- 2010MetamorphosisWriter
- 2010The TouristReginald Shaw
- 2010The Road to Coronation StreetSidney Bernstein
- 2010Dead CertKenneth Mason
- 2010Drop Dead Gorgeous
- 2010The RaptureThe Controller
- 2010Perfect LifeThe Elder
- 2010The Big I AmThe MC
- 2009Pinter's ProgressSelf
- 2009At World's EndJack Pudovski
- 200944 Inch ChestTippi Gordon
- 2009Shakespeare’s VillainsHimself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
- 2008The 60s: The Beatles Decade
- 2008Watch Your Own Heart AttackPerformer
- 2008Bear Hunting
- 2008Das jüngste GerichtConrad
- 2007Say It in Russian
- 2006The 10th Man'Red' Jack Weinbaum
- 2006Pu-239Starkov
- 2006The Flying ScotsmanErnst Hagemann
- 2006Hotel Babylon
- 2006Penguins of the AntarcticNarrator
- 2005Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
- 2005Forest of the GodsCommandant Hoppe
- 2005Shadow of the SwordInquisitor
- 2005Doctor WhoShakri
- 2005Action Man: X Missions The MovieDr. X (voice)
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMr. Eccles
- 2004BridesKarabulat
- 2004Action Man: Robot ATAKDr. X (voice)
- 2004Head in the CloudsCharles Bessé
- 2004Charlie
- 2003Bokshu - The MythProfessor Metcalf
- 2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial WorldJohn Roebling
- 2003HeadrushWuj
- 2003Frank Herbert's Children of DuneStilgar
- 20029 Dead Gay GuysJeff
- 2002Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a FairytaleMeisling
- 2002Beginner's LuckMagic Bob
- 2002StealSurtayne
- 2001AttilaKing Rua
- 2001AttilaKing Rua
- 2000Frank Herbert's DuneСтилгар
- 2000In the BeginningPotiphar
- 2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- 2000Inside 'Octopussy'Self
- 2000Rancid AluminiumMr Kant
- 1999EastDirector
- 1999Expelling the DemonMan / Tongue
- 1998LegionnaireSgt. Steinkampf
- 1997Another 9 1/2 WeeksVittorio DaSilva
- 1997Brass EyeSelf
- 1997CoriolanusCoriolanus
- 1995Fair GameColonel Ilya Kazak
- 1994Space PrecinctDr. Paul Jorry
- 1994DecadenceSteve / Les / Helen's Couturier
- 1993The Big StorySelf - George Cornell (archive footage)
- 1993FlynnKlaus Reicher
- 1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineHagath
- 1992IntrudersAddison Leach
- 1992Oscar Wilde's SalomeHerod
- 1990Silent NightHarry
- 1990A Season of GiantsGirolamo Savonarola
- 1990The KraysGeorge Cornell
- 1989Streets of Yesterday
- 1988War and RemembranceAdolf Hitler
- 1988Prisoner of RioJack McFarland
- 1987MetamorphosisMr. Samsa
- 1986Under the Cherry MoonMr. Sharon
- 1986Absolute BeginnersThe Fanatic
- 1986SinsKarl Von Eiderfeld
- 1985RevolutionSgt. Jones
- 1985UnderworldHugo Motherskille
- 1985Rambo: First Blood Part IILt. Col. Podovsky
- 1984Beverly Hills CopVictor Maitland
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator
- 1983OctopussyOrlov
- 1982RiversideSelf
- 1981OutlandSagan
- 1981Beloved EnemyKozlov
- 1980McVicarRonnie Harrison
- 1977The ProfessionalsKrasnov
- 1977Joseph AndrewsGreasy Fellow
- 1975Barry LyndonLord Ludd
- 1975The PassengerStephen
- 1971Nicholas and AlexandraPankratov
- 1971A Clockwork OrangeDet. Const. Tom
- 1970Play for Today
- 1970UFOCapt. Steve Minto
- 1969Vendetta for The SaintBertoli
- 1968The ChampionsCarlos
- 1968The ExpertMike Barratt
- 1967Slave GirlsJohn
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreBert
- 1965The PistolPrivate First Class Gutkowski
- 1964The Wednesday PlayCouncillor
- 1964Hamlet at ElsinoreLucianus
- 1963FestivalMessenger
- 1962The SaintCarl
- 1962Corrigan Blake
- 1961KongaStudent on Field Trip (uncredited)
- 1959The Devil's DiscipleBritish Corporal
- 1959The Captain's Table(uncredited)
- 1958I Was Monty's DoubleMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1955Dixon of Dock GreenDave Banks
- —NamelessDr. Bymmock
- —The AwakeningHenry
- —KristallnachtRabbi Goldstein
- —My Life As Roger MooreSelf
- —The Awakening 2Henry
- —OedipusDirector
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