Acting · Stepney, East London, England · Born August 3, 1937
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).
MovieDesperate Journey
2025
as Raphael
MovieFrom Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
MovieThe Performance
2024
as Sam
MovieBad Seed
2024
as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
MovieThe Can
2024
as Mason
MovieHamlet
2024
as Polonius
MovieThe Phantom Warrior
2024
as Hades
MovieYoung, Sexy & Dead
2023
as Claudio Vestiquez
MovieTitanium White
2022
as Father Tornatore
MoviePrizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
as Walter
TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
MovieExorcist Vengeance
2022
as Bishop Canelo
MovieAlice, Through the Looking
2021
as Executive Producer
MovieCreation Stories
2021
as Aleister Crowley
MovieRighteous Villains
2020
as Grandfather
MovieErnie
2020
as Arthur
MovieL'énigme quantique d'Einstein
2020
as narrateur
TVEinstein's Quantum Riddle
2020
as Narrator
MovieThe Last Faust
2019
as Dr. Goodfellow
MovieRed Devil
2019
as Lazarus
MovieSteven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
2019
as Edmund
MoviePoint of No Return
2018
as Evans
MovieMeeting Jim
2018
as Self
MovieBlitzed: Nazis on Drugs
2018
as Host
MovieFanged Up
2017
as Governor Payne
TVLore
2017
as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
MovieLondon Heist
2017
as Alfie
MovieTranshuman
2017
as Til
TVBarbarians Rising
2016
as Augustus
MovieManhattan Night
2016
as Hobbs
MovieRise of the Footsoldier: Part II
2015
as Dr. Flint
MovieNorth v South
2015
as Vic Clarke
Movie7 Cases
2015
as Lawson
MovieWe Still Kill the Old Way
2014
as Charlie Archer
MovieKatherine of Alexandria
2014
as Liberius
MovieThe Boy with a Camera for a Face
2013
as Narrator
TVWitches of East End
2013
as King Nikolaus
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
MovieRED 2
2013
as Cobb
MovieDave Allen: God's Own Comedian
2013
as Friend
TVVikings
2013
as King Olaf the Stout
MovieG.B.H.
2012
as Chief Constable
MovieStrippers vs. Werewolves
2012
as Flett
MovieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012
as Self
MovieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Dirch Frode
MovieBig Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011
as Guru Shah
TVThe Borgias
2011
as Girolamo Savonarola
MovieThe Tourist
2010
as Reginald Shaw
MovieThe Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Sidney Bernstein
MovieDead Cert
2010
as Kenneth Mason
MovieDrop Dead Gorgeous
2010
MovieThe Rapture
2010
as The Controller
MoviePerfect Life
2010
as The Elder
MovieThe Big I Am
2010
as The MC
MoviePinter's Progress
2009
as Self
MovieAt World's End
2009
as Jack Pudovski
Movie44 Inch Chest
2009
as Tippi Gordon
Shakespeare’s Villains
2009
as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
TVThe 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
MovieWatch Your Own Heart Attack
2008
as Performer
MovieBear Hunting
2008
TVDas jüngste Gericht
2008
as Conrad
MovieSay It in Russian
2007
MovieThe 10th Man
2006
as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
MoviePu-239
2006
as Starkov
MovieThe Flying Scotsman
2006
as Ernst Hagemann
TVHotel Babylon
2006
MoviePenguins of the Antarctic
2006
as Narrator
MovieQuails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005
MovieForest of the Gods
2005
as Commandant Hoppe
MovieShadow of the Sword
2005
as Inquisitor
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Shakri
MovieAction Man: X Missions The Movie
2005
as Dr. X (voice)
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mr. Eccles
MovieBrides
2004
as Karabulat
MovieAction Man: Robot ATAK
2004
as Dr. X (voice)
MovieHead in the Clouds
2004
as Charles Bessé
MovieCharlie
2004
Bokshu - The Myth
2003
as Professor Metcalf
TVSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as John Roebling
MovieHeadrush
2003
as Wuj
TVFrank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003
as Stilgar
Movie9 Dead Gay Guys
2002
as Jeff
TVHans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
as Meisling
MovieBeginner's Luck
2002
as Magic Bob
MovieSteal
2002
as Surtayne
TVAttila
2001
as King Rua
MovieAttila
2001
as King Rua
TVFrank Herbert's Dune
2000
as Стилгар
TVIn the Beginning
2000
as Potiphar
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MovieInside 'Octopussy'
2000
as Self
MovieRancid Aluminium
2000
as Mr Kant
MovieExpelling the Demon
1999
as Man / Tongue
MovieLegionnaire
1998
as Sgt. Steinkampf
MovieAnother 9 1/2 Weeks
1997
as Vittorio DaSilva
TVBrass Eye
1997
as Self
MovieCoriolanus
1997
as Coriolanus
MovieFair Game
1995
as Colonel Ilya Kazak
TVSpace Precinct
1994
as Dr. Paul Jorry
MovieDecadence
1994
as Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
The Big Story
1993
as Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
MovieFlynn
1993
as Klaus Reicher
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Hagath
TVIntruders
1992
as Addison Leach
MovieOscar Wilde's Salome
1992
as Herod
MovieSilent Night
1990
as Harry
MovieA Season of Giants
1990
as Girolamo Savonarola
MovieThe Krays
1990
as George Cornell
MovieStreets of Yesterday
1989
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Adolf Hitler
MoviePrisoner of Rio
1988
as Jack McFarland
MovieMetamorphosis
1987
as Mr. Samsa
MovieUnder the Cherry Moon
1986
as Mr. Sharon
MovieAbsolute Beginners
1986
as The Fanatic
TVSins
1986
as Karl Von Eiderfeld
MovieRevolution
1985
as Sgt. Jones
MovieUnderworld
1985
as Hugo Motherskille
MovieRambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as Lt. Col. Podovsky
MovieBeverly Hills Cop
1984
as Victor Maitland
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
MovieOctopussy
1983
as Orlov
Riverside
1982
as Self
MovieOutland
1981
as Sagan
MovieBeloved Enemy
1981
as Kozlov
MovieMcVicar
1980
as Ronnie Harrison
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Krasnov
MovieJoseph Andrews
1977
as Greasy Fellow
MovieBarry Lyndon
1975
as Lord Ludd
MovieThe Passenger
1975
as Stephen
MovieNicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Pankratov
MovieA Clockwork Orange
1971
as Det. Const. Tom
TVPlay for Today
1970
TVUFO
1970
as Capt. Steve Minto
MovieVendetta for The Saint
1969
as Bertoli
TVThe Champions
1968
as Carlos
TVThe Expert
1968
as Mike Barratt
MovieSlave Girls
1967
as John
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Bert
The Pistol
1965
as Private First Class Gutkowski
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Councillor
MovieHamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Lucianus
Festival
1963
as Messenger
TVThe Saint
1962
as Carl
Corrigan Blake
1962
MovieKonga
1961
as Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil's Disciple
1959
as British Corporal
MovieThe Captain's Table
1959
as (uncredited)
MovieI Was Monty's Double
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVDixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dave Banks
MovieNameless
as Dr. Bymmock
MovieThe Awakening
as Henry
MovieKristallnacht
as Rabbi Goldstein
My Life As Roger Moore
as Self
The Awakening 2
as Henry
