Steven Berkoff
Known for Acting · 155 credits
- Born
- 1937-08-03 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Stepney, East London, England
- Also known as
- استیون برکوف · Leslie Steven Berks
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
TV Shows (39)
Doctor Who
2005
as Shakri
Vikings
2013
as King Olaf the Stout
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Hagath
Play for Today
1970
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mr. Eccles
The Saint
1962
as Carl
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Councillor
The Professionals
1977
as Krasnov
The Borgias
2011
as Girolamo Savonarola
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dave Banks
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Bert
The Champions
1968
as Carlos
UFO
1970
as Capt. Steve Minto
The Expert
1968
as Mike Barratt
Witches of East End
2013
as King Nikolaus
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Festival
1963
as Messenger
Lore
2017
as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
Space Precinct
1994
as Dr. Paul Jorry
War and Remembrance
1988
as Adolf Hitler
Hotel Babylon
2006
Brass Eye
1997
as Self
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003
as Stilgar
Barbarians Rising
2016
as Augustus
Frank Herbert's Dune
2000
as Стилгар
Attila
2001
as King Rua
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Riverside
1982
as Self
Intruders
1992
as Addison Leach
In the Beginning
2000
as Potiphar
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as John Roebling
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
as Meisling
The Big Story
1993
as Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
Sins
1986
as Karl Von Eiderfeld
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Corrigan Blake
1962
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
2020
as Narrator
Das jüngste Gericht
2008
as Conrad
Movies (116)
A Clockwork Orange
1971
as Det. Const. Tom
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Dirch Frode
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as Lt. Col. Podovsky
RED 2
2013
as Cobb
Barry Lyndon
1975
as Lord Ludd
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
as Victor Maitland
Octopussy
1983
as Orlov
9 Dead Gay Guys
2002
as Jeff
The Tourist
2010
as Reginald Shaw
Attila
2001
as King Rua
Meeting Jim
2018
as Self
Outland
1981
as Sagan
Legionnaire
1998
as Sgt. Steinkampf
Head in the Clouds
2004
as Charles Bessé
Forest of the Gods
2005
as Commandant Hoppe
The Devil's Disciple
1959
as British Corporal
Underworld
1985
as Hugo Motherskille
Nameless
as Dr. Bymmock
Fair Game
1995
as Colonel Ilya Kazak
Manhattan Night
2016
as Hobbs
Slave Girls
1967
as John
The Flying Scotsman
2006
as Ernst Hagemann
Strippers vs. Werewolves
2012
as Flett
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014
as Charlie Archer
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Walter
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997
as Vittorio DaSilva
Kristallnacht
as Rabbi Goldstein
Desperate Journey
2025
as Raphael
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Pankratov
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Fanged Up
2017
as Governor Payne
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011
as Guru Shah
Under the Cherry Moon
1986
as Mr. Sharon
The Krays
1990
as George Cornell
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
2015
as Dr. Flint
London Heist
2017
as Alfie
Charlie
2004
Absolute Beginners
1986
as The Fanatic
Silent Night
1990
as Harry
Transhuman
2017
as Til
44 Inch Chest
2009
as Tippi Gordon
North v South
2015
as Vic Clarke
Ernie
2020
as Arthur
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
as Bertoli
Beginner's Luck
2002
as Magic Bob
Revolution
1985
as Sgt. Jones
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
as Liberius
Oscar Wilde's Salome
1992
as Herod
The Last Faust
2019
as Dr. Goodfellow
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
2019
as Edmund
Flynn
1993
as Klaus Reicher
Brides
2004
as Karabulat
Action Man: X Missions The Movie
2005
as Dr. X (voice)
The Awakening 2
as Henry
Pu-239
2006
as Starkov
The Phantom Warrior
2024
as Hades
Creation Stories
2021
as Aleister Crowley
The Awakening
as Henry
Steal
2002
as Surtayne
At World's End
2009
as Jack Pudovski
My Life As Roger Moore
as Self
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
Streets of Yesterday
1989
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Lucianus
The Passenger
1975
as Stephen
Coriolanus
1997
as Coriolanus
Action Man: Robot ATAK
2004
as Dr. X (voice)
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Greasy Fellow
A Season of Giants
1990
as Girolamo Savonarola
Konga
1961
as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
2013
as Friend
7 Cases
2015
as Lawson
The Captain's Table
1959
as (uncredited)
Bad Seed
2024
as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
Shadow of the Sword
2005
as Inquisitor
Inside 'Octopussy'
2000
as Self
Pinter's Progress
2009
as Self
The Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Sidney Bernstein
Hamlet
2024
as Polonius
Expelling the Demon
1999
as Man / Tongue
The 10th Man
2006
as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
Exorcist Vengeance
2022
as Bishop Canelo
The Performance
2024
as Sam
The Big I Am
2010
as The MC
Dead Cert
2010
as Kenneth Mason
Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010
Point of No Return
2018
as Evans
Say It in Russian
2007
Perfect Life
2010
as The Elder
McVicar
1980
as Ronnie Harrison
Righteous Villains
2020
as Grandfather
Prisoner of Rio
1988
as Jack McFarland
Red Devil
2019
as Lazarus
Rancid Aluminium
2000
as Mr Kant
The Rapture
2010
as The Controller
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
2013
as Narrator
Penguins of the Antarctic
2006
as Narrator
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
2020
as narrateur
Beloved Enemy
1981
as Kozlov
Metamorphosis
1987
as Mr. Samsa
G.B.H.
2012
as Chief Constable
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
2008
as Performer
Alice, Through the Looking
2021
as Executive Producer
Titanium White
2022
as Father Tornatore
Shakespeare’s Villains
2009
as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
Bokshu - The Myth
2003
as Professor Metcalf
Decadence
1994
as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
The Can
2024
as Mason
Bear Hunting
2008
Young, Sexy & Dead
2023
as Claudio Vestiquez
The Pistol
1965
as Private First Class Gutkowski
Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
2018
as Host
Headrush
2003
as Wuj
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012
as Self
About Steven Berkoff
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… With 155 credits spanning from 1955 to 2025, Steven Berkoff has appeared in 116 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Steven Berkoff Movies
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) — as Det. Const. Tom
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — as Dirch Frode
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) — as Lt. Col. Podovsky
- RED 2 (2013) — as Cobb
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