Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff

Known for
Acting
Born
August 3, 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Nameless poster

Nameless

Movie · as Dr. Bymmock

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The Awakening 2

The Awakening 2

Movie · as Henry

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The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice

Movie

2027
The Night of Broken Glass poster

The Night of Broken Glass

Movie · as Rabbi Goldstein

2026
The Awakening poster

The Awakening

Movie · as Henry

2026
My Life As Roger Moore poster

My Life As Roger Moore

Movie · as Self

2025
Desperate Journey poster

Desperate Journey

Movie · as Raphael

2024
The Performance poster

The Performance

Movie · as Sam

2024
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Polonius

2024
The Phantom Warrior poster

The Phantom Warrior

Movie · as Hades

2024
The Can poster

The Can

Movie · as Mason

2024
Bad Seed poster

Bad Seed

Movie · as Doctor Ainsley (voice)

2024
From Roger Moore with Love poster

From Roger Moore with Love

Movie · as Self

2023
Young, Sexy & Dead poster

Young, Sexy & Dead

Movie · as Claudio Vestiquez

2022
Exorcist Vengeance poster

Exorcist Vengeance

Movie · as Bishop Canelo

2022
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher poster

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Movie · as Walter

2022
Titanium White poster

Titanium White

Movie · as Father Tornatore

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Alice, Through the Looking poster

Alice, Through the Looking

Movie · as Executive Producer

2021
Creation Stories poster

Creation Stories

Movie · as Aleister Crowley

2020
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein poster

L'énigme quantique d'Einstein

Movie · as narrateur

2020
Ernie poster

Ernie

Movie · as Arthur

2020
Righteous Villains poster

Righteous Villains

Movie · as Grandfather

2020
Einstein's Quantum Riddle poster

Einstein's Quantum Riddle

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2019
Red Devil poster

Red Devil

Movie · as Lazarus

2019
The Last Faust poster

The Last Faust

Movie · as Dr. Goodfellow

2019
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart poster

Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart

Movie · as Edmund

2018
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs poster

Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs

Movie · as Host

2018
Point of No Return poster

Point of No Return

Movie · as Evans

2018
Meeting Jim poster

Meeting Jim

Movie · as Self

2017
London Heist poster

London Heist

Movie · as Alfie

2017
Fanged Up poster

Fanged Up

Movie · as Governor Payne

2017
Transhuman poster

Transhuman

Movie · as Til

2017
Lore poster

Lore

TV · as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy · 1 ep

2016
Manhattan Night poster

Manhattan Night

Movie · as Hobbs

2016
Barbarians Rising poster

Barbarians Rising

TV · as Augustus · 2 eps

2015
7 Cases poster

7 Cases

Movie · as Lawson

2015
North v South poster

North v South

Movie · as Vic Clarke

2015
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II poster

Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II

Movie · as Dr. Flint

2014
Katherine of Alexandria poster

Katherine of Alexandria

Movie · as Liberius

2014
We Still Kill the Old Way poster

We Still Kill the Old Way

Movie · as Charlie Archer

2013
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian poster

Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian

Movie · as Friend

2013
The Boy with a Camera for a Face poster

The Boy with a Camera for a Face

Movie · as Narrator

2013
RED 2 poster

RED 2

Movie · as Cobb

2013
Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

Movie · as Self

2013
Witches of East End poster

Witches of East End

TV · as King Nikolaus · 5 eps

2013
Vikings poster

Vikings

TV · as King Olaf the Stout · 12 eps

2012
Strippers vs. Werewolves poster

Strippers vs. Werewolves

Movie · as Flett

2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women poster

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

Movie · as Self

2012
G.B.H. poster

G.B.H.

Movie · as Chief Constable

2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie · as Dirch Frode

2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster poster

Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

Movie · as Guru Shah

2011
The Borgias poster

The Borgias

TV · as Girolamo Savonarola · 8 eps

2010
Perfect Life poster

Perfect Life

Movie · as The Elder

2010
The Tourist poster

The Tourist

Movie · as Reginald Shaw

2010
The Big I Am poster

The Big I Am

Movie · as The MC

2010
Dead Cert poster

Dead Cert

Movie · as Kenneth Mason

2010
Drop Dead Gorgeous poster

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Movie

2010
The Rapture poster

The Rapture

Movie · as The Controller

2010
The Road to Coronation Street poster

The Road to Coronation Street

Movie · as Sidney Bernstein

2010
The Madness of Peter Howson poster

The Madness of Peter Howson

Movie · as Self

2009
At World's End poster

At World's End

Movie · as Jack Pudovski

2009
Pinter's Progress poster

Pinter's Progress

Movie · as Self

2009
Shakespeare’s Villains

Shakespeare’s Villains

Movie · as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio

2009
44 Inch Chest poster

44 Inch Chest

Movie · as Tippi Gordon

2008
Bear Hunting poster

Bear Hunting

Movie

2008
Watch Your Own Heart Attack poster

Watch Your Own Heart Attack

Movie · as Performer

2008
Das jüngste Gericht poster

Das jüngste Gericht

TV · as Conrad · 2 eps

2008
The 60s: The Beatles Decade poster

The 60s: The Beatles Decade

TV · 1 ep

2007
Say It in Russian poster

Say It in Russian

Movie

2006
Penguins of the Antarctic poster

Penguins of the Antarctic

Movie · as Narrator

2006
The 10th Man poster

The 10th Man

Movie · as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum

2006
The Flying Scotsman poster

The Flying Scotsman

Movie · as Ernst Hagemann

2006
Pu-239 poster

Pu-239

Movie · as Starkov

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Mr. Wiltshire

2005
Shadow of the Sword poster

Shadow of the Sword

Movie · as Inquisitor

2005
Forest of the Gods poster

Forest of the Gods

Movie · as Commandant Hoppe

2005
Quails Quest: Its a Boy! poster

Quails Quest: Its a Boy!

Movie

2005
Action Man: X Missions The Movie poster

Action Man: X Missions The Movie

Movie · as Dr. X (voice)

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Shakri · 1 ep

2004
Head in the Clouds poster

Head in the Clouds

Movie · as Charles Bessé

2004
Action Man: Robot ATAK poster

Action Man: Robot ATAK

Movie · as Dr. X (voice)

2004
Charlie poster

Charlie

Movie

2004
Brides poster

Brides

Movie · as Karabulat

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mr. Eccles · 1 ep

2003
Headrush poster

Headrush

Movie · as Wuj

2003
Bokshu - The Myth

Bokshu - The Myth

Movie · as Professor Metcalf

2003
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World poster

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

TV · as John Roebling · 1 ep

2003
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune poster

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

TV · as Stilgar · 3 eps

2002
Steal poster

Steal

Movie · as Surtayne

2002
9 Dead Gay Guys poster

9 Dead Gay Guys

Movie · as Jeff

2002
Beginner's Luck poster

Beginner's Luck

Movie · as Magic Bob

2002
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale poster

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

TV · as Meisling · 2 eps

2001
Attila poster

Attila

Movie · as King Rua

2001
Attila poster

Attila

TV · as King Rua · 2 eps

2000
Rancid Aluminium poster

Rancid Aluminium

Movie · as Mr Kant

2000
Inside 'Octopussy' poster

Inside 'Octopussy'

Movie · as Self

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

2000
Frank Herbert's Dune poster

Frank Herbert's Dune

TV · as Стилгар

2000
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

TV · as Potiphar · 2 eps

1999
Expelling the Demon poster

Expelling the Demon

Movie · as Man / Tongue

1998
Legionnaire poster

Legionnaire

Movie · as Sgt. Steinkampf

1997
Another 9 1/2 Weeks poster

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

Movie · as Vittorio DaSilva

1997
Coriolanus poster

Coriolanus

Movie · as Coriolanus

1997
Brass Eye poster

Brass Eye

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
La Femme Nikita poster

La Femme Nikita

TV · as Charles Sand/Carlo Giraldi · 1 ep

1995
Fair Game poster

Fair Game

Movie · as Colonel Ilya Kazak

1994
Decadence poster

Decadence

Movie · as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier

1994
Space Precinct poster

Space Precinct

TV · as Dr. Paul Jorry · 1 ep

1993
Flynn poster

Flynn

Movie · as Klaus Reicher

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Hagath · 1 ep

1993
The Big Story

The Big Story

TV · as Self - George Cornell (archive footage) · 1 ep

1992
Oscar Wilde's Salome poster

Oscar Wilde's Salome

Movie · as Herod

1992
Intruders poster

Intruders

TV · as Addison Leach · 2 eps

1990
The Krays poster

The Krays

Movie · as George Cornell

1990
Silent Night poster

Silent Night

Movie · as Harry

1990
A Season of Giants poster

A Season of Giants

Movie · as Girolamo Savonarola

1990
A Season of Giants poster

A Season of Giants

TV · as Girolamo Savonarola · 3 eps

1989
Metamorphosis poster

Metamorphosis

Movie · as Mr. Samsa

1989
Streets of Yesterday poster

Streets of Yesterday

Movie

1988
Prisoner of Rio poster

Prisoner of Rio

Movie · as Jack McFarland

1988
War and Remembrance poster

War and Remembrance

TV · as Adolf Hitler · 12 eps

1986
Under the Cherry Moon poster

Under the Cherry Moon

Movie · as Mr. Sharon

1986
Absolute Beginners poster

Absolute Beginners

Movie · as The Fanatic

1986
Sins poster

Sins

TV · as Karl Von Eiderfeld · 3 eps

1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II poster

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Movie · as Lt. Col. Podovsky

1985
Revolution poster

Revolution

Movie · as Sgt. Jones

1985
Underworld poster

Underworld

Movie · as Hugo Motherskille

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Mr. Samsa · 1 ep

1984
Beverly Hills Cop poster

Beverly Hills Cop

Movie · as Victor Maitland

1983
Octopussy poster

Octopussy

Movie · as Orlov

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

1982
Riverside

Riverside

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Outland poster

Outland

Movie · as Sagan

1981
Beloved Enemy poster

Beloved Enemy

Movie · as Kozlov

1980
McVicar poster

McVicar

Movie · as Ronnie Harrison

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep

1977
Joseph Andrews poster

Joseph Andrews

Movie · as Greasy Fellow

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Krasnov · 1 ep

1975
Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon

Movie · as Lord Ludd

1975
The Passenger poster

The Passenger

Movie · as Stephen

1971
A Clockwork Orange poster

A Clockwork Orange

Movie · as Det. Const. Tom

1971
Nicholas and Alexandra poster

Nicholas and Alexandra

Movie · as Pankratov

1970
UFO poster

UFO

TV · as Capt. Steve Minto · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · 1 ep

1969
Vendetta for The Saint poster

Vendetta for The Saint

Movie · as Bertoli

1968
The Champions poster

The Champions

TV · as Carlos · 1 ep

1968
The Expert poster

The Expert

TV · as Mike Barratt · 1 ep

1967
Slave Girls poster

Slave Girls

Movie · as John

1965
The Pistol

The Pistol

Movie · as Private First Class Gutkowski

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Bert · 1 ep

1964
Hamlet at Elsinore poster

Hamlet at Elsinore

Movie · as Lucianus

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Councillor · 1 ep

1963
Festival

Festival

TV · as Messenger · 1 ep

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Carl · 1 ep

1962
Corrigan Blake

Corrigan Blake

TV · 1 ep

1961
Konga poster

Konga

Movie · as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)

1959
The Devil's Disciple poster

The Devil's Disciple

Movie · as British Corporal

1959
The Captain's Table poster

The Captain's Table

Movie · as (uncredited)

1958
I Was Monty's Double poster

I Was Monty's Double

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Dave Banks · 1 ep