Steven Berkoff
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-08-03
- Place of birth:
- Stepney, East London, England
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
Filmography
The Night of Broken Glass
The Awakening
My Life As Roger Moore
Desperate Journey
From Roger Moore with Love
The Performance
Bad Seed
The Can
Hamlet
The Phantom Warrior
Young, Sexy & Dead
Titanium White
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Remembers…
Exorcist Vengeance
Alice, Through the Looking
Creation Stories
Righteous Villains
The Secret Love Life of Ophelia
L'amore segreto di Ofelia
Ernie
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
The Last Faust
Red Devil
Brighton
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Point of No Return
Meeting Jim
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Fanged Up
Lore
London Heist
Transhuman
Barbarians Rising
Manhattan Night
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
North v South
7 Cases
We Still Kill the Old Way
Katherine of Alexandria
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
Witches of East End
Muse of Fire
RED 2
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Vikings
G.B.H.
Strippers vs. Werewolves
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
The Borgias
Metamorphosis
The Tourist
The Madness of Peter Howson
The Road to Coronation Street
Dead Cert
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Rapture