Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
3 August 1937 (89)
Place of birth
Stepney, East London, England
Also known as
استیون برکوف · Leslie Steven Berks
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).
Bekannt für
7.9
Series
War and Remembrance
Adolf Hitler
1988–1989
7.2
Film
Beverly Hills Cop
Victor Maitland
1984
6.7
Film
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Lt. Col. Podovsky
1985
7.4
Film
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
2011
8.0
Film
Barry Lyndon
Lord Ludd
1975
6.9
Series
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Stilgar
2003
6.4
Film
Octopussy
Orlov
1983
5.2
Film
Fair Game
Colonel Ilya Kazak
1995
6.5
Film
RED 2
Cobb
2013
5.9
Film
Legionnaire
Sgt. Steinkampf
1998
6.2
Film
The Tourist
Reginald Shaw
2010
7.2
Film
The Passenger
Stephen
1975
6.3
Series
Attila
King Rua
2001
5.9
Film
Head in the Clouds
Charles Bessé
2004
5.5
Film
44 Inch Chest
Tippi Gordon
2009
6.1
Series
In the Beginning
Potiphar
2000
5.9
Film
9 Dead Gay Guys
Jeff
2002
6.4
Film
Outland
Sagan
1981
7.0
Series
Intruders
Addison Leach
1992
7.4
Series
Sins
Karl Von Eiderfeld
1986
5.9
Film
Manhattan Night
Hobbs
2016
7.1
Series
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Meisling
2002
6.2
Film
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Walter
2022
8.3
Film
Desperate Journey
Raphael
2025
9.0
Series
Das jüngste Gericht
Conrad
2008
6.0
Film
Creation Stories
Aleister Crowley
2021
5.6
Film
London Heist
Alfie
2017
5.7
Film
Red Devil
Lazarus
2019
7.8
Film
Hamlet
Polonius
2024
3.8
Film
The Phantom Warrior
Hades
2024
8.0
Film
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
2024
5.2
Film
Fanged Up
Governor Payne
2017
4.5
Film
Exorcist Vengeance
Bishop Canelo
2022
9.0
Film
Titanium White
Father Tornatore
2022
6.2
Film
Point of No Return
Evans
2018
10.0
Series
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
Narrator
2020–
4.9
Film
The Last Faust
Dr. Goodfellow
2019
5.8
Film
The Performance
Sam
2024
3.0
Film
Transhuman
Til
2017
2.7
Film
Righteous Villains
Grandfather
2020
4.2
Film
Meeting Jim
Self
2018
2.5
Film
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Host
2018
7.0
Film
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
narrateur
2020
Acting credits 43 titles
Desperate Journey
as Raphael
8.3
2025
The Phantom Warrior
as Hades
3.8
2024
Hamlet
as Polonius
7.8
2024
The Performance
as Sam
5.8
2024
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
8.0
2024
Exorcist Vengeance
as Bishop Canelo
4.5
2022
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
as Walter
6.2
2022
Titanium White
as Father Tornatore
9.0
2022
Creation Stories
as Aleister Crowley
6.0
2021
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
as Narrator
10.0
2020–
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
as narrateur
7.0
2020
Righteous Villains
as Grandfather
2.7
2020
The Last Faust
as Dr. Goodfellow
4.9
2019
Red Devil
as Lazarus
5.7
2019
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
as Host
2.5
2018
Meeting Jim
as Self
4.2
2018
Point of No Return
as Evans
6.2
2018
Transhuman
as Til
3.0
2017
London Heist
as Alfie
5.6
2017
Fanged Up
as Governor Payne
5.2
2017
Manhattan Night
as Hobbs
5.9
2016
RED 2
as Cobb
6.5
2013
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
7.4
2011
The Tourist
as Reginald Shaw
6.2
2010
44 Inch Chest
as Tippi Gordon
5.5
2009
Das jüngste Gericht
as Conrad
9.0
2008
Head in the Clouds
as Charles Bessé
5.9
2004
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
as Stilgar
6.9
2003
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
as Meisling
7.1
2002
9 Dead Gay Guys
as Jeff
5.9
2002
Attila
as King Rua
6.3
2001
In the Beginning
as Potiphar
6.1
2000
Legionnaire
as Sgt. Steinkampf
5.9
1998
Fair Game
as Colonel Ilya Kazak
5.2
1995
Intruders
as Addison Leach
7.0
1992
War and Remembrance
as Adolf Hitler
7.9
1988–1989
Sins
as Karl Von Eiderfeld
7.4
1986
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Lt. Col. Podovsky
6.7
1985
Beverly Hills Cop
as Victor Maitland
7.2
1984
Octopussy
as Orlov
6.4
1983
Outland
as Sagan
6.4
1981
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Ludd
8.0
1975
The Passenger
as Stephen
7.2
1975