Steven Berkoff
August 3, 1937 (89 years old) in Stepney, East London, England
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
Credits
- 2027 · The Night of Broken Glass as Rabbi Goldstein
- 2026 · The Awakening as Henry
- 2026 · My Life As Roger Moore as Self
- 2025 · Desperate Journey as Raphael
- 2024 · From Roger Moore with Love as Self
- 2024 · The Performance as Sam
- 2024 · Hamlet as Polonius
- 2024 · The Phantom Warrior as Hades
- 2022 · Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher as Walter
- 2022 · Remembers… as Self
- 2022 · Exorcist Vengeance as Bishop Canelo
- 2021 · Alice, Through the Looking as Executive Producer
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Aleister Crowley
- 2020 · Einstein's Quantum Riddle as Narrator
- 2019 · Red Devil as Lazarus
- 2019 · Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart as Edmund
- 2017 · Fanged Up as Governor Payne
- 2017 · Lore as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
- 2017 · London Heist as Alfie
- 2017 · Transhuman as Til
- 2016 · Barbarians Rising as Augustus
- 2016 · Manhattan Night as Hobbs
- 2015 · Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II as Dr. Flint
- 2015 · North v South as Vic Clarke
- 2014 · We Still Kill the Old Way as Charlie Archer
- 2014 · Katherine of Alexandria as Liberius
- 2013 · The Boy with a Camera for a Face as Narrator
- 2013 · Witches of East End as King Nikolaus
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Cobb
- 2013 · Vikings as King Olaf the Stout
- 2012 · G.B.H. as Chief Constable
- 2012 · Strippers vs. Werewolves as Flett
- 2012 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Dirch Frode
- 2011 · Big Fat Gypsy Gangster as Guru Shah
- 2011 · The Borgias as Girolamo Savonarola
- 2010 · The Tourist as Reginald Shaw
- 2010 · The Road to Coronation Street as Sidney Bernstein
- 2010 · Dead Cert as Kenneth Mason
- 2010 · The Big I Am as The MC
- 2009 · At World's End as Jack Pudovski
- 2009 · 44 Inch Chest as Tippi Gordon
- 2008 · The 60s: The Beatles Decade as
- 2008 · Das jüngste Gericht as Conrad
- 2007 · Say It in Russian as
- 2006 · Pu-239 as Starkov
- 2006 · The Flying Scotsman as Ernst Hagemann
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as Mr. Wiltshire
- 2005 · Forest of the Gods as Commandant Hoppe
- 2005 · Shadow of the Sword as Inquisitor
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Shakri
- 2005 · Action Man: X Missions The Movie as Dr. X (voice)
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Mr. Eccles
- 2004 · Brides as Karabulat
- 2004 · Action Man: Robot ATAK as Dr. X (voice)
- 2004 · Head in the Clouds as Charles Bessé
- 2004 · Charlie as
- 2003 · Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as John Roebling
- 2003 · Frank Herbert's Children of Dune as Stilgar
- 2002 · 9 Dead Gay Guys as Jeff
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as Meisling
- 2002 · Steal as Surtayne
- 2001 · Attila as King Rua
- 2001 · Attila as King Rua
- 2000 · Frank Herbert's Dune as Стилгар
- 2000 · In the Beginning as Potiphar
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1998 · Legionnaire as Sgt. Steinkampf
- 1997 · Another 9 1/2 Weeks as Vittorio DaSilva
- 1997 · Brass Eye as Self
- 1997 · La Femme Nikita as Charles Sand/Carlo Giraldi
- 1995 · Fair Game as Colonel Ilya Kazak
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Dr. Paul Jorry
- 1993 · The Big Story as Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hagath
- 1992 · Intruders as Addison Leach
- 1990 · A Season of Giants as Girolamo Savonarola
- 1990 · A Season of Giants as Girolamo Savonarola
- 1990 · The Krays as George Cornell
- 1989 · Metamorphosis as Mr. Samsa
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Adolf Hitler
- 1986 · Under the Cherry Moon as Mr. Sharon
- 1986 · Absolute Beginners as The Fanatic
- 1986 · Sins as Karl Von Eiderfeld
- 1985 · Revolution as Sgt. Jones
- 1985 · Underworld as Hugo Motherskille
- 1985 · Theatre Night as Mr. Samsa
- 1985 · Rambo: First Blood Part II as Lt. Col. Podovsky
- 1984 · Beverly Hills Cop as Victor Maitland
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Octopussy as Orlov
- 1982 · Riverside as Self
- 1981 · Outland as Sagan
- 1980 · McVicar as Ronnie Harrison
- 1978 · The South Bank Show as
- 1977 · The Professionals as Krasnov
- 1977 · Joseph Andrews as Greasy Fellow
- 1975 · Barry Lyndon as Lord Ludd
- 1975 · The Passenger as Stephen
- 1971 · Nicholas and Alexandra as Pankratov
- 1971 · A Clockwork Orange as Det. Const. Tom
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · UFO as Capt. Steve Minto
- 1970 · UFO as Steve Minto
- 1969 · Vendetta for The Saint as Bertoli
- 1968 · The Champions as Carlos
- 1968 · The Expert as Mike Barratt
- 1967 · Slave Girls as John
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as Bert
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Councillor
- 1963 · Festival as Messenger
- 1962 · The Saint as Carl
- 1962 · Corrigan Blake as
- 1959 · The Devil's Disciple as British Corporal
- 1959 · The Captain's Table as (uncredited)
- 1958 · I Was Monty's Double as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Future · Nameless as Dr. Bymmock
- 1964 · Hamlet at Elsinore as Lucianus
- 1961 · Konga as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
- Future · The Awakening 2 as Henry
- 2024 · Bad Seed as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
- 2024 · The Can as Mason
- 2023 · Young, Sexy & Dead as Claudio Vestiquez
- 2022 · Titanium White as Father Tornatore
- 2020 · Righteous Villains as Grandfather
- 2020 · Ernie as Arthur
- 2020 · L'énigme quantique d'Einstein as narrateur
- 2019 · The Last Faust as Dr. Goodfellow
- 2018 · Point of No Return as Evans
- 2018 · Meeting Jim as Self
- 2018 · Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs as Host
- 2015 · 7 Cases as Lawson
- 2013 · Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian as Friend
- 2010 · The Madness of Peter Howson as Self
- 2010 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as
- 2010 · The Rapture as The Controller
- 2010 · Perfect Life as The Elder
- 2009 · Pinter's Progress as Self
- 2009 · Shakespeare’s Villains as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
- 2008 · Watch Your Own Heart Attack as Performer
- 2008 · Bear Hunting as
- 2006 · The 10th Man as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
- 2006 · Penguins of the Antarctic as Narrator
- 2006 · The 50 Greatest Comedy Films as Self
- 2005 · Quails Quest: Its a Boy! as
- 2003 · Bokshu - The Myth as Professor Metcalf
- 2003 · Headrush as Wuj
- 2002 · Beginner's Luck as Magic Bob
- 2000 · Inside 'Octopussy' as Self
- 2000 · Rancid Aluminium as Mr Kant
- 1999 · Expelling the Demon as Man / Tongue
- 1997 · Coriolanus as Coriolanus
- 1994 · Decadence as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
- 1993 · Flynn as Klaus Reicher
- 1992 · Oscar Wilde's Salome as Herod
- 1990 · Silent Night as Harry
- 1989 · Streets of Yesterday as
- 1988 · Prisoner of Rio as Jack McFarland
- 1981 · Beloved Enemy as Kozlov
- 1965 · The Pistol as Private First Class Gutkowski
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Dave Banks
- Future · The Sacrifice as