Steven Berkoff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1937 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Stepney, East London, England
- Credits
- 161
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
A Clockwork Orange
1971Movie
Det. Const. Tom
Vikings
2013TV
King Olaf the Stout
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011Movie
Dirch Frode
The Tourist
2010Movie
Reginald Shaw
Beverly Hills Cop
1984Movie
Victor Maitland
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985Movie
Lt. Col. Podovsky
Filmography
My Life As Roger Moore
2026Movie
Self
Desperate Journey
2025Movie
Raphael
From Roger Moore with Love
2024Movie
Self
The Performance
2024Movie
Sam
Bad Seed
2024Movie
Doctor Ainsley (voice)
The Can
2024Movie
Mason
Hamlet
2024Movie
Polonius
The Phantom Warrior
2024Movie
Hades
Young, Sexy & Dead
2023Movie
Claudio Vestiquez
Titanium White
2022Movie
Father Tornatore
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022Movie
Walter
Remembers…
2022TV
Self
Exorcist Vengeance
2022Movie
Bishop Canelo
Alice, Through the Looking
2021Movie
Executive Producer
Creation Stories
2021Movie
Aleister Crowley
Righteous Villains
2020Movie
Grandfather
Ernie
2020Movie
Arthur
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
2020Movie
narrateur
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
2020TV
Narrator
The Last Faust
2019Movie
Dr. Goodfellow
Red Devil
2019Movie
Lazarus
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
2019Movie
Edmund
Point of No Return
2018Movie
Evans
Meeting Jim
2018Movie
Self
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
2018Movie
Host
Fanged Up
2017Movie
Governor Payne
Lore
2017TV
Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
London Heist
2017Movie
Alfie
Transhuman
2017Movie
Til
Barbarians Rising
2016TV
Augustus
Manhattan Night
2016Movie
Hobbs
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
2015Movie
Dr. Flint
North v South
2015Movie
Vic Clarke
7 Cases
2015Movie
Lawson
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014Movie
Charlie Archer
Katherine of Alexandria
2014Movie
Liberius
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
2013Movie
Narrator
Witches of East End
2013TV
King Nikolaus
Muse of Fire
2013Movie
Self
RED 2
2013Movie
Cobb
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
2013Movie
Friend
Vikings
2013TV
King Olaf the Stout
G.B.H.
2012Movie
Chief Constable
Strippers vs. Werewolves
2012Movie
Flett
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012Movie
Self
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011Movie
Dirch Frode
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011Movie
Guru Shah
The Borgias
2011TV
Girolamo Savonarola
The Tourist
2010Movie
Reginald Shaw
The Madness of Peter Howson
2010Movie
Self
The Road to Coronation Street
2010Movie
Sidney Bernstein
Dead Cert
2010Movie
Kenneth Mason
Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010Movie
The Rapture
2010Movie
The Controller
Perfect Life
2010Movie
The Elder
The Big I Am
2010Movie
The MC
Pinter's Progress
2009Movie
Self
At World's End
2009Movie
Jack Pudovski
44 Inch Chest
2009Movie
Tippi Gordon
Shakespeare’s Villains
2009Movie
Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008TV
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
2008Movie
Performer
Bear Hunting
2008Movie
Das jüngste Gericht
2008TV
Conrad
Say It in Russian
2007Movie
The 10th Man
2006Movie
'Red' Jack Weinbaum
Pu-239
2006Movie
Starkov
The Flying Scotsman
2006Movie
Ernst Hagemann
Hotel Babylon
2006TV
Mr. Wiltshire
Penguins of the Antarctic
2006Movie
Narrator
Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005Movie
Forest of the Gods
2005Movie
Commandant Hoppe
Shadow of the Sword
2005Movie
Inquisitor
Doctor Who
2005TV
Shakri
Action Man: X Missions The Movie
2005Movie
Dr. X (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Mr. Eccles
Brides
2004Movie
Karabulat
Action Man: Robot ATAK
2004Movie
Dr. X (voice)
Head in the Clouds
2004Movie
Charles Bessé
Charlie
2004Movie
Bokshu - The Myth
2003Movie
Professor Metcalf
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003TV
John Roebling
Headrush
2003Movie
Wuj
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003TV
Stilgar
9 Dead Gay Guys
2002Movie
Jeff
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002TV
Meisling
Beginner's Luck
2002Movie
Magic Bob
Steal
2002Movie
Surtayne
Attila
2001TV
King Rua
Attila
2001Movie
King Rua
Frank Herbert's Dune
2000TV
Стилгар
In the Beginning
2000TV
Potiphar
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
Inside 'Octopussy'
2000Movie
Self
Rancid Aluminium
2000Movie
Mr Kant
Expelling the Demon
1999Movie
Man / Tongue
Legionnaire
1998Movie
Sgt. Steinkampf
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
1997Movie
Vittorio DaSilva
Brass Eye
1997TV
Self
La Femme Nikita
1997TV
Charles Sand/Carlo Giraldi
Coriolanus
1997Movie
Coriolanus
Fair Game
1995Movie
Colonel Ilya Kazak
Space Precinct
1994TV
Dr. Paul Jorry
Decadence
1994Movie
Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
The Big Story
1993TV
Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
Flynn
1993Movie
Klaus Reicher
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993TV
Hagath
Intruders
1992TV
Addison Leach
Oscar Wilde's Salome
1992Movie
Herod
Silent Night
1990Movie
Harry
A Season of Giants
1990Movie
Girolamo Savonarola
A Season of Giants
1990TV
Girolamo Savonarola
The Krays
1990Movie
George Cornell
Metamorphosis
1989Movie
Mr. Samsa
Streets of Yesterday
1989Movie
War and Remembrance
1988TV
Adolf Hitler
Prisoner of Rio
1988Movie
Jack McFarland
Under the Cherry Moon
1986Movie
Mr. Sharon
Absolute Beginners
1986Movie
The Fanatic
Sins
1986TV
Karl Von Eiderfeld
Revolution
1985Movie
Sgt. Jones
Underworld
1985Movie
Hugo Motherskille
Theatre Night
1985TV
Mr. Samsa
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985Movie
Lt. Col. Podovsky
Beverly Hills Cop
1984Movie
Victor Maitland
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
Octopussy
1983Movie
Orlov
Riverside
1982TV
Self
Outland
1981Movie
Sagan
Beloved Enemy
1981Movie
Kozlov
McVicar
1980Movie
Ronnie Harrison
The South Bank Show
1978TV
The Professionals
1977TV
Krasnov
Joseph Andrews
1977Movie
Greasy Fellow
Barry Lyndon
1975Movie
Lord Ludd
The Passenger
1975Movie
Stephen
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971Movie
Pankratov
A Clockwork Orange
1971Movie
Det. Const. Tom
Play for Today
1970TV
UFO
1970TV
Capt. Steve Minto, Steve Minto
Vendetta for The Saint
1969Movie
Bertoli
The Champions
1968TV
Carlos
The Expert
1968TV
Mike Barratt
Slave Girls
1967Movie
John
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Bert
The Pistol
1965Movie
Private First Class Gutkowski
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Councillor
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964Movie
Lucianus
Festival
1963TV
Messenger
The Saint
1962TV
Carl
Corrigan Blake
1962TV
Konga
1961Movie
Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
The Devil's Disciple
1959Movie
British Corporal
The Captain's Table
1959Movie
(uncredited)
I Was Monty's Double
1958Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Dixon of Dock Green
1955TV
Dave Banks
The Sacrifice
Movie
Kristallnacht
Movie
Rabbi Goldstein
Nameless
Movie
Dr. Bymmock
The Awakening
Movie
Henry
The Awakening 2
Movie
Henry