Cast & creator
Steven Berkoff
Best known for Doctor Who, Vikings, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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).
Also known as: استیون برکوف, Leslie Steven Berks
136
film credits
44
television credits
162
1955–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (180)
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Doctor Who
Shakri
2005
Vikings
King Olaf the Stout
2013
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Hagath
1993
The South Bank Show
1978
Play for Today
1970
The Wednesday Play
Councillor
1964
The Saint
Carl
1962
Natural World
Narrator
1983
La Femme Nikita
Charles Sand/Carlo Giraldi
1997
The Professionals
Krasnov
1977
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Eccles
2004
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bert
1965
The Borgias
Girolamo Savonarola
2011
The Champions
Carlos
1968
Beverly Hills Cop
Victor Maitland
1984
A Clockwork Orange
Det. Const. Tom
1971
Witches of East End
King Nikolaus
2013
The Expert
Mike Barratt
1968
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Lt. Col. Podovsky
1985
UFO
Capt. Steve Minto
1970UFO
Steve Minto
1970
Dixon of Dock Green
Dave Banks
1955
War and Remembrance
Adolf Hitler
1988
Space Precinct
Dr. Paul Jorry
1994
The Tourist
Reginald Shaw
2010
Lore
Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
2017
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dirch Frode
2011
Remembers…
Self
2022
Hotel Babylon
2006Hotel Babylon
Mr. Wiltshire
2006Festival
Messenger
1963
Barry Lyndon
Lord Ludd
1975
RED 2
Cobb
2013
Octopussy
Orlov
1983Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Brass Eye
Self
1997
Frank Herbert's Dune
Стилгар
2000
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Stilgar
2003
Manhattan Night
Hobbs
2016
Barbarians Rising
Augustus
2016
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
John Roebling
2003
Outland
Sagan
1981
Attila
King Rua
2001
Head in the Clouds
Charles Bessé
2004
Fair Game
Colonel Ilya Kazak
1995
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Walter
2022Riverside
Self
1982
Sins
Karl Von Eiderfeld
1986
In the Beginning
Potiphar
2000
Intruders
Addison Leach
1992
The Passenger
Stephen
1975
Legionnaire
Sgt. Steinkampf
1998
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Vittorio DaSilva
1997
Attila
King Rua
2001
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The Devil's Disciple
British Corporal
1959
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Meisling
2002
The Flying Scotsman
Ernst Hagemann
2006
Nicholas and Alexandra
Pankratov
1971
Creation Stories
Aleister Crowley
2021
Revolution
Sgt. Jones
1985Corrigan Blake
1962
Steal
Surtayne
2002The Big Story
Self - George Cornell (archive footage)
1993
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
We Still Kill the Old Way
Charlie Archer
2014
Under the Cherry Moon
Mr. Sharon
1986
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
Dr. Flint
2015
Slave Girls
John
1967
44 Inch Chest
Tippi Gordon
2009
Brighton
Author
2019
Absolute Beginners
The Fanatic
1986
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
2024
The Krays
George Cornell
1990
I Was Monty's Double
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
Nameless
Dr. Bymmock
Desperate Journey
Raphael
2025
London Heist
Alfie
2017
Pu-239
Starkov
2006
Brides
Karabulat
2004
Vendetta for The Saint
Bertoli
1969
Strippers vs. Werewolves
Flett
2012
A Season of Giants
Girolamo Savonarola
1990
Say It in Russian
2007My Life As Roger Moore
Self
2026
Das jüngste Gericht
Conrad
2008
Forest of the Gods
Commandant Hoppe
2005
Silent Night
Harry
1990
Meeting Jim
Self
2018
Underworld
Hugo Motherskille
1985
Action Man: X Missions The Movie
Dr. X (voice)
2005
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
Self
2012
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Guru Shah
2011
The Captain's Table
(uncredited)
1959
9 Dead Gay Guys
Jeff
2002
The Big I Am
The MC
2010The Sacrifice
Fanged Up
Governor Payne
2017
The Performance
Sam
2024
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Edmund
2019Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Screenplay
2019
Konga
Student on Field Trip (uncredited)
1961
Shadow of the Sword
Inquisitor
2005
Joseph Andrews
Greasy Fellow
1977
The Awakening
Henry
Kristallnacht
Rabbi Goldstein
At World's End
Jack Pudovski
2009
The Road to Coronation Street
Sidney Bernstein
2010
Hamlet at Elsinore
Lucianus
1964
Katherine of Alexandria
Liberius
2014
Flynn
Klaus Reicher
1993
Bad Seed
Doctor Ainsley (voice)
2024
Hamlet
Polonius
2024
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
1997Coriolanus
Director
1997
Dead Cert
Kenneth Mason
2010
Point of No Return
Evans
2018
Exorcist Vengeance
Bishop Canelo
2022
Metamorphosis
Writer
2010Metamorphosis
Director
2010Metamorphosis
Set Designer
2010Metamorphosis
Music
2010East
Director
1999
Action Man: Robot ATAK
Dr. X (voice)
2004
Alice, Through the Looking
Executive Producer
2021
Ernie
Arthur
2020
Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010
McVicar
Ronnie Harrison
1980
7 Cases
Lawson
2015
Oscar Wilde's Salome
Herod
1992Oscar Wilde's Salome
Director
1992Oscar Wilde's Salome
Writer
1992
Streets of Yesterday
1989
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
Narrator
2020
L'amore segreto di Ofelia
Author
2020
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
Narrator
2013
Charlie
2004
G.B.H.
Chief Constable
2012
The Madness of Peter Howson
Self
2010
Inside 'Octopussy'
Self
2000
Prisoner of Rio
Jack McFarland
1988
Red Devil
Lazarus
2019Oedipus
Director
Transhuman
Til
2017
The Secret Love Life of Ophelia
Writer
2020
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
narrateur
2020
Rancid Aluminium
Mr Kant
2000The Awakening 2
Henry
The 10th Man
'Red' Jack Weinbaum
2006
Expelling the Demon
Man / Tongue
1999
The Last Faust
Dr. Goodfellow
2019
North v South
Vic Clarke
2015
The Rapture
The Controller
2010
The Phantom Warrior
Hades
2024
Quails Quest: Its a Boy!
2005
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Friend
2013
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
Performer
2008
Perfect Life
The Elder
2010
Metamorphosis
Mr. Samsa
1989Metamorphosis
Writer
1989
Righteous Villains
Grandfather
2020
Beginner's Luck
Magic Bob
2002
Penguins of the Antarctic
Narrator
2006Bokshu - The Myth
Professor Metcalf
2003
Titanium White
Father Tornatore
2022
A Season of Giants
Girolamo Savonarola
1990
Pinter's Progress
Self
2009
Decadence
Steve / Les / Helen's Couturier
1994Decadence
Screenplay
1994Decadence
Director
1994
Headrush
Wuj
2003
Beloved Enemy
Kozlov
1981The Pistol
Private First Class Gutkowski
1965Shakespeare’s Villains
Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
2009Shakespeare’s Villains
Writer
2009
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Host
2018
The Can
Mason
2024
Young, Sexy & Dead
Claudio Vestiquez
2023
Bear Hunting
2008
Turnage: Greek
Writer
1990