Steven Berkoff

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-08-03 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Stepney, East London, England

Steven Berkoff

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 (198...

Acting

1984

Beverly Hills Cop

as Victor Maitland

1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II

as Lt. Col. Podovsky

1983

Octopussy

as Orlov

1981

Outland

as Sagan

1975

Barry Lyndon

as Lord Ludd

1998

Legionnaire

as Sgt. Steinkampf

1990

The Krays

as George Cornell

2005

Shadow of the Sword

as Inquisitor

1995

Fair Game

as Colonel Ilya Kazak

2002

Steal

as Surtayne

1986

1985

Revolution

as Sgt. Jones

1975

The Passenger

as Stephen

2010

Perfect Life

as The Elder

2003

Headrush

as Wuj

1986

Absolute Beginners

as The Fanatic

2010

The Tourist

as Reginald Shaw

2010

The Big I Am

as The MC

1980

McVicar

as Ronnie Harrison

1965

The Pistol

as Private First Class Gutkowski

2010

Dead Cert

as Kenneth Mason

2022

Exorcist Vengeance

as Bishop Canelo

1997

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

as Vittorio DaSilva

2004

Head in the Clouds

as Charles Bessé

2003

Bokshu - The Myth

as Professor Metcalf

2009

At World's End

as Jack Pudovski

2011

1988

Prisoner of Rio

as Jack McFarland

1985

Transmutations

as Hugo Motherskille

2000

2005

Forest of the Gods

as Commandant Hoppe

1961

Konga

as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)

1977

Joseph Andrews

as Greasy Fellow

2010

The Rapture

as The Controller

2021

Alice, Through the Looking

as Executive Producer

1981

Beloved Enemy

as Kozlov

1990

Silent Night

as Harry

2024

1993

Flynn

as Klaus Reicher

2023

Young, Sexy & Dead

as Claudio Vestiquez

1990

A Season of Giants

as Girolamo Savonarola

2024

Hamlet

as Polonius

2010

1971

A Clockwork Orange

as Det. Const. Tom

2009

Shakespeare’s Villains

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

2009

44 Inch Chest

as Tippi Gordon

2016

2014

We Still Kill the Old Way

as Charlie Archer

2004

Action Man: Robot ATAK

as Dr. X (voice)

1997

Coriolanus

as Coriolanus

2024

The Can

as Mason

2012

G.B.H.

as Chief Constable

2006

The 10th Man

as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum

2015

7 Cases

as Lawson

2015

North v South

as Vic Clarke

-

Nameless

as Dr. Bymmock

1987

Metamorphosis

as Mr. Samsa

-

2003

2013

RED 2

as Cobb

2024

Bad Seed

as Doctor Ainsley (voice)

2013

2017

London Heist

as Alfie

2017

Fanged Up

as Governor Payne

2017

2002

Beginner's Luck

as Magic Bob

1959

The Devil's Disciple

as British Corporal

1999

Expelling the Demon

as Man / Tongue

2004

Brides

as Karabulat

2018

2006

The Flying Scotsman

as Ernst Hagemann

1971

1994

Decadence

as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier

2019

Red Devil

as Lazarus

2019

The Last Faust

as Dr. Goodfellow

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Minor Role (uncredited)

2022

Titanium White

as Father Tornatore

2020

Ernie

as Arthur

2021

Creation Stories

as Aleister Crowley

2020

Righteous Villains

as Grandfather

1964

2018

2001

Attila

as King Rua

2006

Pu-239

as Starkov

Production

2019

Brighton

as Author

2010

Metamorphosis

as Writer

2010

2010

Metamorphosis

as Set Designer

2010

Metamorphosis

as Director

1999

East

as Director

1987

Metamorphosis

as Writer

1997

Coriolanus

as Director

1994

Decadence

as Director

1994

Decadence

as Screenplay

-

Oedipus

as Director

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