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Biography

Early life

Berkoff was born Leslie Steven Berks in Stepney, in the East End of London, to Pauline Hyman and Alfred Berks, a tailor.^[1][2] His family is Jewish,^[3] originating from Russia,^[4] with their original surname, "Berkovitch", having been shortened by Berkoff's father.^[5] Berkoff was educated at Hackney Downs School.^[6] Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A tailor attending to a customer in Hong Kong. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast. ...

Career

In Hollywood he took villainous roles such as the corrupt art dealer Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop; a gangster in The Krays; and the sadistic Soviet officer Col. Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II. He appeared in the James Bond film Octopussy as General Orlov. He was cast by Stanley Kubrick as a police officer in A Clockwork Orange and a gambler nobleman (Lord Ludd) in Barry Lyndon. He appears in the independent feature Naked in London (2006). Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ... The Krays is a 1990 crime film based on the lives of the East End gangsters the Kray twins. ... Released on Friday, May 24, 1985, the second movie of Rambo, Rambo: First Blood Part II, has Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) released from prison by Federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing and the government can sweep the issue... For other uses, see Casino Royale (2006 film). ... Octopussy is the thirteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Barry Lyndon (1975) is a film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray. ...

As a television actor, an early TV role was in an episode of The Avengers. An early regular role was as a Moonbase Interceptor pilot in the Gerry Anderson TV series UFO. He has also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hagath in the episode Business as Usual; in an episode of "Casualty" as amnesia victim (Mark Fuller); in the miniseries Children of Dune as Stilgar; as a gangster (Mr Wiltshire) in episode 8 of the BBC's Hotel Babylon series; as a lawyer (Freddie Eccles) in an episode of ITV's Marple entitled By the Pricking of My Thumbs and as Adolf Hitler in the mini-series War and Remembrance. The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Business as Usual is a fifth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first broadcast on April 5, 1997. ... Children of Dune was the sequel to the 2000 Dune miniseries produced by the United States Sci Fi channel. ... Stilgar is a fictional character featured in Frank Herberts Dune universe. ... Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. ... Hitler redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Berkoff is a playwright, actor and theatre director. In the 1970s and 1980s he wrote a series of verse plays including: East (1975), Greek (1980), Decadence (1981) and West (1983). Other plays in verse are: Sink the Belgrano! (1986), a critical take on the Falklands War; Massage (1997); Sturm und Drang and The Secret Love Life of Ophelia (2001). He has made several adaptations of Kafka's work: The Metamorphosis (1969), In the Penal Colony (1969) and The Trial (1971). In the late 1980s he directed an interpretation of Salome by Oscar Wilde in the Gate Theatre, Dublin and later in the UK. He trained in mime and physical theatre alongside Jacques Lecoq in Paris and also at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His key theatrical influences are Jerzy Grotowski, Antonin Artaud and Jacques Lecoq.^{[citation needed]} Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders Presidente Leopoldo Galtieri Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier General Ernesto Crespo Brigade General Mario Menéndez Prime minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral Sandy Woodward Major General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed wing... Franz Kafka approximately 1917 Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 in Prague - June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. ... The Metamorphosis (in German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. ... The Trial book cover This article is about the novel by Kafka. ... One of the illustrations Aubrey Beardsley produced for the first English edition of Wildes play Salome (1894) Salome (or in French: Salomé) is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde The original 1891 version of the play was in French. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammoir, initially using the Abbey Theatres Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists. ... Jacques Lecoq (December 15, 1921 - January 19, 1999) was an actor, mime and acting instructor. ... The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London was a drama school in the UK which offers comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a professional career. ... Jerzy Grotowski (11 August 1933 – 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and a leading figure in avant garde theatre of the 20th century. ... Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. ... Jacques Lecoq (December 15, 1921 - January 19, 1999) was an actor, mime and acting instructor. ...

He is an exponent of the style of heightened physical theatre for which the term 'total theatre' has been coined. Along with this highly physical style of theatre he also created complex psychological pays such as "The Trial"; these plays were nightmarish and created a sense of alienation in a very disturbing way. This took everyday feelings, such as the feeling that no one is listening to you and exaggerates them which adds to the disturbing nature of the plays.

Berkoff is patron at the Nightingale Theatre,^[7] home of the Prodigal Theatre Company in Brighton. He had a top 20 hit in the U.K. with dance band N-Trance called "The Mind Of The Machine" and was mentioned in the lyrics of the Brian May track "I'm Scared" from the album "Back to the Light". Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... N-Trance are a techno/house group founded by Dale Longworth and Kevin OToole, both whom were born in Shaw and Crompton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Brian Harold May, CBE, BSc, DSc, ARCS, FRAS, (born July 19, 1947) is a virtuoso[1][2][3][4] guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing, sometimes lead, vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ... Back to the Light is the first solo effort of Queens guitarist Brian May. ...

References

• Robert Cross, Steven Berkoff and the Theatre of Self-Performance (Manchester University Press, 2004)

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External links

• Official site
• Steven Berkoff at the Internet Movie Database
• List of plays with synopses: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/berkoff-steven.html
• Steven Berkoff article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• A fansite