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 (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).
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Acting History
2025
Desperate Journey as Raphael
2024From Roger Moore with Love as Self
2024The Performance as Sam
2024Bad Seed as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
2024The Can as Mason
2024Hamlet as Polonius
2024The Phantom Warrior as Hades
2023Young, Sexy & Dead as Claudio Vestiquez
2022Titanium White as Father Tornatore
2022Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher as Walter
2022Exorcist Vengeance as Bishop Canelo
2021Alice, Through the Looking as Executive Producer
2021Creation Stories as Aleister Crowley
2020Righteous Villains as Grandfather
2020Ernie as Arthur
2020Einstein's Quantum Riddle as Narrator
2020L'énigme quantique d'Einstein as narrateur
2019The Last Faust as Dr. Goodfellow
2019Red Devil as Lazarus
2019Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart as Edmund
2018Point of No Return as Evans
2018Meeting Jim as Self
2018Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs as Host
2017Fanged Up as Governor Payne
2017London Heist as Alfie
2017Transhuman as Til
2016Barbarians Rising as Augustus
2016Manhattan Night as Hobbs
2015Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II as Dr. Flint
2015North v South as Vic Clarke
20157 Cases as Lawson
2014We Still Kill the Old Way as Charlie Archer
2014Katherine of Alexandria as Liberius
2013The Boy with a Camera for a Face as Narrator
2013Witches of East End as King Nikolaus
2013Muse of Fire as Self
2013RED 2 as Cobb
2013Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian as Friend
2013Vikings as King Olaf the Stout
2012G.B.H. as Chief Constable
2012Strippers vs. Werewolves as Flett
2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women as Self
2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Dirch Frode
2011Big Fat Gypsy Gangster as Guru Shah
2010The Tourist as Reginald Shaw
2010The Road to Coronation Street as Sidney Bernstein
2010Dead Cert as Kenneth Mason
2010Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010The Rapture as The Controller
2010Perfect Life as The Elder
2010The Big I Am as The MC
2009Pinter's Progress as Self
2009At World's End as Jack Pudovski
200944 Inch Chest as Tippi Gordon
2009Shakespeare’s Villains as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
2008Bear Hunting
2008Das jüngste Gericht as Conrad
2007Say It in Russian
2006The 10th Man as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
2006Pu-239 as Starkov
2006The Flying Scotsman as Ernst Hagemann
2006Hotel Babylon
2006Penguins of the Antarctic as Narrator
2005Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005Forest of the Gods as Commandant Hoppe
2005Shadow of the Sword as Inquisitor
2005Doctor Who as Shakri
2005Action Man: X Missions The Movie as Dr. X (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Mr. Eccles
2004Brides as Karabulat
2004Action Man: Robot ATAK as Dr. X (voice)
2004Head in the Clouds as Charles Bessé
2004Charlie
2003Bokshu - The Myth as Professor Metcalf
2003Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003Headrush as Wuj
2003Frank Herbert's Children of Dune as Stilgar
20029 Dead Gay Guys as Jeff
2002Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as Meisling
2002Beginner's Luck as Magic Bob
2002Steal as Surtayne
2001Attila as King Rua
2001Attila as King Rua
2000Frank Herbert's Dune as Стилгар
2000In the Beginning as Potiphar
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000Inside 'Octopussy' as Self
2000Rancid Aluminium as Mr Kant
1999Expelling the Demon as Man / Tongue
1998Legionnaire as Sgt. Steinkampf
1997Another 9 1/2 Weeks as Vittorio DaSilva
1997Brass Eye as Self
1997Coriolanus as Coriolanus
1995Fair Game as Colonel Ilya Kazak
1994Space Precinct as Dr. Paul Jorry
1994Decadence as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
1993Flynn as Klaus Reicher
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hagath
1992Intruders as Addison Leach
1990Silent Night as Harry
1990A Season of Giants as Girolamo Savonarola
1990The Krays as George Cornell
1989Streets of Yesterday
1988War and Remembrance as Adolf Hitler
1988Prisoner of Rio as Jack McFarland
1987Metamorphosis as Mr. Samsa
1986Under the Cherry Moon as Mr. Sharon
1986Absolute Beginners as The Fanatic
1986Sins as Karl Von Eiderfeld
1985Revolution as Sgt. Jones
1985Transmutations as Hugo Motherskille
1985Rambo: First Blood Part II as Lt. Col. Podovsky
1984Beverly Hills Cop as Victor Maitland
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Octopussy as Orlov
1982Riverside as Self
1981Outland as Sagan
1981Beloved Enemy as Kozlov
1980McVicar as Ronnie Harrison
1977The Professionals as Krasnov
1977Joseph Andrews as Greasy Fellow
1975Barry Lyndon as Lord Ludd
1975The Passenger as Stephen
1971Nicholas and Alexandra as Pankratov
1971A Clockwork Orange as Det. Const. Tom
1970Play for Today
1970UFO as Capt. Steve Minto
1970UFO as Captain Steve Minto
1969Vendetta for The Saint as Bertoli
1968The Champions as Carlos
1968The Expert as Mike Barratt
1966Softly, Softly
1965The Pistol as Private First Class Gutkowski
1964The Wednesday Play
1964The Wednesday Play as Councillor
1964Hamlet at Elsinore as Lucianus
1963Festival as Messenger
1962The Saint as Carl
1962Corrigan Blake
1961Konga as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
1959The Devil's Disciple as British Corporal
1959The Captain's Table as (uncredited)
1958I Was Monty's Double as Minor Role (uncredited)
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Dave Banks
—Nameless as Dr. Bymmock
—Kristallnacht as Rabbi Goldstein
—The Awakening as Henry