Steven Berkoff
115 movies · 38 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1937 (age 89)
- 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
Steven Berkoff: movies and TV shows
Acting (146)
- Upcoming Nameless
as Dr. Bymmock
- Upcoming The Awakening
as Henry
- Upcoming Kristallnacht
as Rabbi Goldstein
- Upcoming The Awakening 2
as Henry
- Upcoming
- 2025 Desperate Journey
as Raphael
- 2024 The Performance
as Sam
- 2024 Bad Seed
as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
- 2024 The Can
as Mason
- 2024 Hamlet
as Polonius
- 2024 The Phantom Warrior
as Hades
- 2023 Young, Sexy & Dead
as Claudio Vestiquez
- 2022 Titanium White
as Father Tornatore
- 2022 Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
as Walter
- 2022 Exorcist Vengeance
as Bishop Canelo
- 2021 Alice, Through the Looking
as Executive Producer
- 2021 Creation Stories
as Aleister Crowley
- 2020 Righteous Villains
as Grandfather
- 2020 Ernie
as Arthur
- 2020 L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
as narrateur
- 2020
- 2019 The Last Faust
as Dr. Goodfellow
- 2019 Red Devil
as Lazarus
- 2019 Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
as Edmund
- 2018 Point of No Return
as Evans
- 2017 Fanged Up
as Governor Payne
- 2017
- 2017 London Heist
as Alfie
- 2017 Transhuman
as Til
- 2016
- 2016 Manhattan Night
as Hobbs
- 2015 Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
as Dr. Flint
- 2015 North v South
as Vic Clarke
- 2015 7 Cases
as Lawson
- 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
- 2013 RED 2
as Cobb
- 2013 Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
as Friend
- 2013
- 2012 G.B.H.
as Chief Constable
- 2012 Strippers vs. Werewolves
as Flett
- 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
- 2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Guru Shah
- 2011
- 2010 The Tourist
as Reginald Shaw
- 2010 The Road to Coronation Street
as Sidney Bernstein
- 2010 Dead Cert
as Kenneth Mason
- 2010
- 2010 The Rapture
as The Controller
- 2010 Perfect Life
as The Elder
- 2010 The Big I Am
as The MC
- 2009 At World's End
as Jack Pudovski
- 2009 44 Inch Chest
as Tippi Gordon
- 2008
- 2008 Watch Your Own Heart Attack
as Performer
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 The 10th Man
as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
- 2006 Pu-239
as Starkov
- 2006 The Flying Scotsman
as Ernst Hagemann
- 2006
- 2006 Penguins of the Antarctic
as Narrator
- 2005
- 2005 Forest of the Gods
as Commandant Hoppe
- 2005 Shadow of the Sword
as Inquisitor
- 2005
- 2005 Action Man: X Missions The Movie
as Dr. X (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 Brides
as Karabulat
- 2004 Action Man: Robot ATAK
as Dr. X (voice)
- 2004 Head in the Clouds
as Charles Bessé
- 2004
- 2003 Bokshu - The Myth
as Professor Metcalf
- 2003
- 2003 Headrush
as Wuj
- 2003
- 2002 9 Dead Gay Guys
as Jeff
- 2002
- 2002 Beginner's Luck
as Magic Bob
- 2002 Steal
as Surtayne
- 2001
- 2001 Attila
as King Rua
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Rancid Aluminium
as Mr Kant
- 1999 Expelling the Demon
as Man / Tongue
- 1998 Legionnaire
as Sgt. Steinkampf
- 1997 Another 9 1/2 Weeks
as Vittorio DaSilva
- 1997
- 1997 Coriolanus
as Coriolanus
- 1995 Fair Game
as Colonel Ilya Kazak
- 1994
- 1994 Decadence
as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
- 1993 Flynn
as Klaus Reicher
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 Oscar Wilde's Salome
as Herod
- 1990 Silent Night
as Harry
- 1990 A Season of Giants
as Girolamo Savonarola
- 1990
- 1990 The Krays
as George Cornell
- 1989 Metamorphosis
as Mr. Samsa
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 Prisoner of Rio
as Jack McFarland
- 1986 Under the Cherry Moon
as Mr. Sharon
- 1986 Absolute Beginners
as The Fanatic
- 1986
- 1985 Revolution
as Sgt. Jones
- 1985 Underworld
as Hugo Motherskille
- 1985
- 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Lt. Col. Podovsky
- 1984 Beverly Hills Cop
as Victor Maitland
- 1983
- 1983 Octopussy
as Orlov
- 1981 Outland
as Sagan
- 1981 Beloved Enemy
as Kozlov
- 1980 McVicar
as Ronnie Harrison
- 1977
- 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
- 1970
- 1969 Vendetta for The Saint
as Bertoli
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967 Slave Girls
as John
- 1965
- 1965 The Pistol
as Private First Class Gutkowski
- 1964
- 1964 Hamlet at Elsinore
as Lucianus
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961 Konga
as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
- 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)
- 1955
Behind the camera (13)
- Upcoming Oedipus
Director
- 2020
- 2020 L'amore segreto di Ofelia
Author
- 2019 Brighton
Author
- 2019 Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Screenplay
- 2010 Metamorphosis
Writer, Music, Set Designer, Director
- 2009 Shakespeare’s Villains
Writer
- 1999 East
Director
- 1997 Coriolanus
Director
- 1994 Decadence
Director, Screenplay
- 1992 Oscar Wilde's Salome
Director, Writer
- 1990 Turnage: Greek
Writer
- 1989 Metamorphosis
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2026
- 2024
- 2022 Remembers…
1 episode
- 2018
- 2018
- 2013
- 2012
- 2010
- 2009
- 2000
- 1997 Brass Eye
1 episode
- 1993 The Big Story
1 episode
- 1982 Riverside
1 episode
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode