Steven Berkoff
Acting • Born 1937-08-03
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).
Filmography
152 credits
Beverly Hills Cop
Movie • 1984
Victor Maitland
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Movie • 1985
Lt. Col. Podovsky
Octopussy
Movie • 1983
Orlov
Outland
Movie • 1981
Sagan
Barry Lyndon
Movie • 1975
Lord Ludd
Legionnaire
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Steinkampf
The Krays
Movie • 1990
George Cornell
Shadow of the Sword
Movie • 2005
Inquisitor
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Movie • 2018
Host
Fair Game
Movie • 1995
Colonel Ilya Kazak
Steal
Movie • 2002
Surtayne
Under the Cherry Moon
Movie • 1986
Mr. Sharon
Revolution
Movie • 1985
Sgt. Jones
The Passenger
Movie • 1975
Stephen
Perfect Life
Movie • 2010
The Elder
Headrush
Movie • 2003
Wuj
Absolute Beginners
Movie • 1986
The Fanatic
The Tourist
Movie • 2010
Reginald Shaw
The Big I Am
Movie • 2010
The MC
McVicar
Movie • 1980
Ronnie Harrison
The Pistol
Movie • 1965
Private First Class Gutkowski
Dead Cert
Movie • 2010
Kenneth Mason
Exorcist Vengeance
Movie • 2022
Bishop Canelo
Penguins of the Antarctic
Movie • 2006
Narrator
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie • 2011
Dirch Frode
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Movie • 1997
Vittorio DaSilva
Head in the Clouds
Movie • 2004
Charles Bessé
Bokshu - The Myth
Movie • 2003
Professor Metcalf
At World's End
Movie • 2009
Jack Pudovski
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Movie • 2010
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Movie • 2011
Guru Shah
Prisoner of Rio
Movie • 1988
Jack McFarland
Transmutations
Movie • 1985
Hugo Motherskille
Rancid Aluminium
Movie • 2000
Mr Kant
Strippers vs. Werewolves
Movie • 2012
Flett
Pinter's Progress
Movie • 2009
Self
Forest of the Gods
Movie • 2005
Commandant Hoppe
Konga
Movie • 1961
Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
Joseph Andrews
Movie • 1977
Greasy Fellow
Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
Movie • 2005
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Movie • 2013
Friend
The Rapture
Movie • 2010
The Controller
Alice, Through the Looking
Movie • 2021
Executive Producer
Beloved Enemy
Movie • 1981
Kozlov
Silent Night
Movie • 1990
Harry
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Movie • 2022
Walter
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
Movie • 2020
narrateur
The Performance
Movie • 2024
Sam
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
Movie • 2012
Self
Katherine of Alexandria
Movie • 2014
Liberius
Flynn
Movie • 1993
Klaus Reicher
Young, Sexy & Dead
Movie • 2023
Claudio Vestiquez
A Season of Giants
Movie • 1990
Girolamo Savonarola
Hamlet
Movie • 2024
Polonius
The Road to Coronation Street
Movie • 2010
Sidney Bernstein
A Clockwork Orange
Movie • 1971
Det. Const. Tom
Shakespeare’s Villains
Movie • 2009
Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
44 Inch Chest
Movie • 2009
Tippi Gordon
The Phantom Warrior
Movie • 2024
Hades
Manhattan Night
Movie • 2016
Hobbs
We Still Kill the Old Way
Movie • 2014
Charlie Archer
Action Man: X Missions The Movie
Movie • 2005
Dr. X (voice)
Action Man: Robot ATAK
Movie • 2004
Dr. X (voice)
Coriolanus
Movie • 1997
Coriolanus
The Can
Movie • 2024
Mason
G.B.H.
Movie • 2012
Chief Constable
The 10th Man
Movie • 2006
'Red' Jack Weinbaum
7 Cases
Movie • 2015
Lawson
North v South
Movie • 2015
Vic Clarke
Nameless
Movie
Dr. Bymmock
Charlie
Movie • 2004
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
Movie • 2015
Dr. Flint
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Desperate Journey
Movie • 2025
Raphael
Metamorphosis
Movie • 1987
Mr. Samsa
The Awakening
Movie
Henry
9 Dead Gay Guys
Movie • 2002
Jeff
RED 2
Movie • 2013
Cobb
Bad Seed
Movie • 2024
Doctor Ainsley (voice)
Muse of Fire
Movie • 2013
Self
London Heist
Movie • 2017
Alfie
Fanged Up
Movie • 2017
Governor Payne
Beginner's Luck
Movie • 2002
Magic Bob
The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1959
British Corporal
Expelling the Demon
Movie • 1999
Man / Tongue
Bear Hunting
Movie • 2008
Brides
Movie • 2004
Karabulat
Point of No Return
Movie • 2018
Evans
The Flying Scotsman
Movie • 2006
Ernst Hagemann
Nicholas and Alexandra
Movie • 1971
Pankratov
Decadence
Movie • 1994
Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
Red Devil
Movie • 2019
Lazarus
The Last Faust
Movie • 2019
Dr. Goodfellow
I Was Monty's Double
Movie • 1958
Minor Role (uncredited)
Titanium White
Movie • 2022
Father Tornatore
Ernie
Movie • 2020
Arthur
Inside 'Octopussy'
Movie • 2000
Self
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Movie • 2019
Edmund
Streets of Yesterday
Movie • 1989
Creation Stories
Movie • 2021
Aleister Crowley
Righteous Villains
Movie • 2020
Grandfather
Hamlet at Elsinore
Movie • 1964
Lucianus
Meeting Jim
Movie • 2018
Self
Attila
Movie • 2001
King Rua
Say It in Russian
Movie • 2007
Pu-239
Movie • 2006
Starkov
From Roger Moore with Love
Movie • 2024
Self
Vendetta for The Saint
Movie • 1969
Bertoli
Kristallnacht
Movie
Rabbi Goldstein
The Captain's Table
Movie • 1959
(uncredited)
My Life As Roger Moore
Movie
Self
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
Movie • 2008
Performer
Transhuman
Movie • 2017
Til
The Awakening 2
Movie
Henry
Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Krasnov
UFO
TV • 1970
Capt. Steve Minto
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Space Precinct
TV • 1994
Dr. Paul Jorry
The Saint
TV • 1962
Carl
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Dave Banks
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV • 2003
The Champions
TV • 1968
Carlos
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
TV • 2003
Stilgar
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Expert
TV • 1968
Mike Barratt
Frank Herbert's Dune
TV • 2000
Стилгар
Corrigan Blake
TV • 1962
War and Remembrance
TV • 1988
Adolf Hitler
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Shakri
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
TV • 2020
Narrator
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Sins
TV • 1986
Karl Von Eiderfeld
Witches of East End
TV • 2013
King Nikolaus
Das jüngste Gericht
TV • 2008
Conrad
Intruders
TV • 1992
Addison Leach
Attila
TV • 2001
King Rua
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
TV • 2002
Meisling
In the Beginning
TV • 2000
Potiphar
Barbarians Rising
TV • 2016
Augustus
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Hagath
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Mr. Eccles
Vikings
TV • 2013
King Olaf the Stout
UFO
TV • 1970
Steve Minto
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Councillor
Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Self
Festival
TV • 1963
Messenger
Riverside
TV • 1982
Self
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self
The Borgias
TV • 2011
Girolamo Savonarola
The Big Story
TV • 1993
Self - George Cornell (archive footage)