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Steven Berkoff
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).
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As actor
Desperate Journey
The Performance
Hamlet
The Phantom Warrior
The Can
Bad Seed
From Roger Moore with Love
Young, Sexy & Dead
Exorcist Vengeance
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Titanium White
Alice, Through the Looking
Creation Stories
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
Ernie
Righteous Villains
Red Devil
The Last Faust
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
Point of No Return
Meeting Jim
London Heist
Fanged Up
Transhuman
Manhattan Night
7 Cases
North v South
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
Katherine of Alexandria