Steven Berkoff Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Leslie Steven Berks
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Sunday
BIRTHPLACE
Stepney, London, United Kingdom
AGE
87 Years 8 Months 26 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
LEO
ALSO NOTED FOR
Playwright, Theatre Director
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'9''(feet & inches)
1.7526 meters
175.26 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Fame & Address
DEBUT
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Sink the Belgrano! (1986)
Official Website
www.stevenberkoff.com
Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
Raine's Foundation Grammar School, Raine's Foundation Grammar Sc
More Information
Career of Steven Berkoff
Theatre
He is an actor, theatre director as well as a playwright. He wrote many plays like East, Greek, followed by West (1983), Sink the Belgrano! The Secret Love Life of Ophelia. He worked as a director at the UK's Royal National Theatre. He performed solo in Shakespeare's Villains.
Film
He appeared mostly villainous character like Soviet General Orlov in Octopussy, Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop, Colonel Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II. He also appeared in the films like The Passenger, Joseph Andrews, Underworld, Revolution, Absolute Beginners and many more.
Television
He appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Stilgar in the episode "Business as Usual", as Mr. Wiltshire in one episode of Hotel Babylon. He appeared in miniseries like Children of Dune, War, and Remembrance. He had a supporting role in the second season of Witches of East End.
Other work
He appeared in a BBC Radio 2 concert as the Master of Ceremonies. He also has done the voice role as General Lente in the first entry of the PlayStation Killzone.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Steven Berkoff
- Does Steven Berkoff takes alcohol? Yes.
- Is Steven Berkoff in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
- When he was a child he was shy in nature who likes to be alone and was a withdrawn daydreamer.
- He worked with repertory companies prior to forming the London Theatre Group.
- He appeared in a small role in the 2008 film The Cottage with Andy Serkis.
- In 1997, he broke visa regulations by staying one day more than he was allowed.
- In June 2002, he was deported from the USA as he does has the neccessary documents and shortly after that, he accused the US authorities of "Post September 11 hysteria" and performed at the Edinburgh festival fringe for giving tribute to victims of 9/11. He had also given a solo performance in the name of "Requiem For Ground Zero" at the Assembly Rooms for almost one hour.
- The makers of Lifeforce think about him for the roles of Dr. Armstong and Dr. Bukovsky and was also ponder for the role of Dick Jones in Robocop.
- He was considered for various guest roles in Doctor Who and at last got the role of Shakri in Doctor Who: The Power of Three.
- According to him his performance in Hollywood is a subsidiary of his theatre work.
- He is against Violent films and also turned down the role of Rostov in Invasion U.S.A. He also refused for the role of Frank Booth in Blue Velvet as it contains destruction.
- Steven is his middle name and his full name is Leslie Steven Berks. His father changes his family surname to Berks but Steven again changes his name to Berkoff.
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