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).

Known For

Vikings

Doctor Who

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Agatha Christie's Marple

Play for Today

The Saint

The Professionals

Natural World

All Movies (115)

• Desperate Journey2025 · as Raphael
• From Roger Moore with Love2024 · as Self
• The Performance2024 · as Sam
• Bad Seed2024 · as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
• The Can2024 · as Mason
• Hamlet2024 · as Polonius
• The Phantom Warrior2024 · as Hades
• Young, Sexy & Dead2023 · as Claudio Vestiquez
• Titanium White2022 · as Father Tornatore
• Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher2022 · as Walter
• Exorcist Vengeance2022 · as Bishop Canelo
• Alice, Through the Looking2021 · as Executive Producer
• Creation Stories2021 · as Aleister Crowley
• Righteous Villains2020 · as Grandfather
• Ernie2020 · as Arthur
• L'énigme quantique d'Einstein2020 · as narrateur
• The Last Faust2019 · as Dr. Goodfellow
• Red Devil2019 · as Lazarus
• Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart2019 · as Edmund
• Point of No Return2018 · as Evans
• Meeting Jim2018 · as Self
• Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs2018 · as Host
• Fanged Up2017 · as Governor Payne
• London Heist2017 · as Alfie
• Transhuman2017 · as Til
• Manhattan Night2016 · as Hobbs
• Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II2015 · as Dr. Flint
• North v South2015 · as Vic Clarke
• 7 Cases2015 · as Lawson
• We Still Kill the Old Way2014 · as Charlie Archer
• Katherine of Alexandria2014 · as Liberius
• The Boy with a Camera for a Face2013 · as Narrator
• Muse of Fire2013 · as Self
• RED 22013 · as Cobb
• Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian2013 · as Friend
• G.B.H.2012 · as Chief Constable
• Strippers vs. Werewolves2012 · as Flett
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women2012 · as Self
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 · as Dirch Frode
• Big Fat Gypsy Gangster2011 · as Guru Shah
• The Tourist2010 · as Reginald Shaw
• The Road to Coronation Street2010 · as Sidney Bernstein
• Dead Cert2010 · as Kenneth Mason
• Drop Dead Gorgeous2010
• The Rapture2010 · as The Controller
• Perfect Life2010 · as The Elder
• The Big I Am2010 · as The MC
• Pinter's Progress2009 · as Self
• At World's End2009 · as Jack Pudovski
• 44 Inch Chest2009 · as Tippi Gordon
• Shakespeare’s Villains2009 · as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
• Watch Your Own Heart Attack2008 · as Performer
• Bear Hunting2008
• Say It in Russian2007
• The 10th Man2006 · as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
• Pu-2392006 · as Starkov
• The Flying Scotsman2006 · as Ernst Hagemann
• Penguins of the Antarctic2006 · as Narrator
• Quails Quest: Its a Boy!2005
• Forest of the Gods2005 · as Commandant Hoppe
• Shadow of the Sword2005 · as Inquisitor
• Action Man: X Missions The Movie2005 · as Dr. X (voice)
• Brides2004 · as Karabulat
• Action Man: Robot ATAK2004 · as Dr. X (voice)
• Head in the Clouds2004 · as Charles Bessé
• Charlie2004
• Bokshu - The Myth2003 · as Professor Metcalf
• Headrush2003 · as Wuj
• 9 Dead Gay Guys2002 · as Jeff
• Beginner's Luck2002 · as Magic Bob
• Steal2002 · as Surtayne
• Attila2001 · as King Rua
• Inside 'Octopussy'2000 · as Self
• Rancid Aluminium2000 · as Mr Kant
• Expelling the Demon1999 · as Man / Tongue
• Legionnaire1998 · as Sgt. Steinkampf
• Another 9 1/2 Weeks1997 · as Vittorio DaSilva
• Coriolanus1997 · as Coriolanus
• Fair Game1995 · as Colonel Ilya Kazak
• Decadence1994 · as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
• Flynn1993 · as Klaus Reicher
• Silent Night1990 · as Harry
• A Season of Giants1990 · as Girolamo Savonarola
• The Krays1990 · as George Cornell
• Streets of Yesterday1989
• Prisoner of Rio1988 · as Jack McFarland
• Metamorphosis1987 · as Mr. Samsa
• Under the Cherry Moon1986 · as Mr. Sharon
• Absolute Beginners1986 · as The Fanatic
• Revolution1985 · as Sgt. Jones
• Underworld1985 · as Hugo Motherskille
• Rambo: First Blood Part II1985 · as Lt. Col. Podovsky
• Beverly Hills Cop1984 · as Victor Maitland
• Octopussy1983 · as Orlov
• Outland1981 · as Sagan
• Beloved Enemy1981 · as Kozlov
• McVicar1980 · as Ronnie Harrison
• Joseph Andrews1977 · as Greasy Fellow
• Barry Lyndon1975 · as Lord Ludd
• The Passenger1975 · as Stephen
• Nicholas and Alexandra1971 · as Pankratov
• A Clockwork Orange1971 · as Det. Const. Tom
• Vendetta for The Saint1969 · as Bertoli
• Slave Girls1967 · as John
• The Pistol1965 · as Private First Class Gutkowski
• Hamlet at Elsinore1964 · as Lucianus
• Konga1961 · as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
• The Devil's Disciple1959 · as British Corporal
• The Captain's Table1959 · as (uncredited)
• I Was Monty's Double1958 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Nameless— · as Dr. Bymmock
• The Awakening— · as Henry
• Kristallnacht— · as Rabbi Goldstein
• My Life As Roger Moore— · as Self
• The Awakening 2— · as Henry

All TV Shows (39)

• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Einstein's Quantum Riddle2020 · as Narrator
• Lore2017 · as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
• Barbarians Rising2016 · as Augustus
• Witches of East End2013 · as King Nikolaus
• Vikings2013 · as King Olaf the Stout
• The Borgias2011 · as Girolamo Savonarola
• The 60s: The Beatles Decade2008
• Das jüngste Gericht2008 · as Conrad
• Hotel Babylon2006
• Doctor Who2005 · as Shakri
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Mr. Eccles
• Seven Wonders of the Industrial World2003 · as John Roebling
• Frank Herbert's Children of Dune2003 · as Stilgar
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale2002 · as Meisling
• Attila2001 · as King Rua
• Frank Herbert's Dune2000 · as Стилгар
• In the Beginning2000 · as Potiphar
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
• Brass Eye1997 · as Self
• Space Precinct1994 · as Dr. Paul Jorry
• The Big Story1993 · as Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Hagath
• Intruders1992 · as Addison Leach
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Adolf Hitler
• Sins1986 · as Karl Von Eiderfeld
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator
• Riverside1982 · as Self
• The Professionals1977 · as Krasnov
• Play for Today1970
• UFO1970 · as Capt. Steve Minto
• UFO1970 · as Steve Minto
• The Champions1968 · as Carlos
• The Expert1968 · as Mike Barratt
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Councillor
• Festival1963 · as Messenger
• The Saint1962 · as Carl
• Corrigan Blake1962
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Dave Banks