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Profile of Steven Berkoff
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Steven Berkoff |
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3rd August 1937 |
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London, England, UK |
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Steven Berkoff (born August 3, 1937) is an actor, writer and director. He was born in the east end of London and is from a Russian Jewish family. As a screen actor, he is best known for villainous roles such as the corrupt art dealer in Beverly Hills Cop, a gangster in The Krays, the sadistic Soviet officer in Rambo: First Blood Part II and even Adolf Hitler in War and Remembrance. He appeared in the James Bond film Octopussy, and in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hagath in the episode "Business as Usual" and in the Miniseries Children of Dune as Stilgar.
Berkoff is also a respected and prominent stage writer, actor and director. His work includes East, and adaptations of Kafka's "The Trial" and "Metamorphosis".
He trained in mime and physical theatre alongside Jacques Le Coq in Paris and also at Webber Douglas in London. He is renowned for his unique style of heightened physical theatre.
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