Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff is a renowned English actor, playwright, and director, born on August 3, 1937. He has gained a reputation for his work in theater and film, with a distinctive, often intense style. Berkoff’s acting career spans both classic and contemporary roles, and he is known for his bold and sometimes controversial performances.

In addition to his acting, Berkoff has made a significant impact as a playwright and director, creating works that frequently challenge conventional boundaries and explore complex themes. He’s particularly known for his adaptation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, which he both wrote and performed.

Berkoff has appeared in a wide range of films and TV series, but his roles in Clockwork Orange (1971) and Rambo: First Blood (1982) are among his most well-known in cinema. His versatility as an actor allows him to move between roles in both classical and modern contexts.

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With the feminist movement - a good movement which I support - there's been more overt criticism of the male, an attitude that men are failing to understand the finer nature of women, failing to appreciate their needs, failing to support them, failing to be compassionate.

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I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most interesting and most complicated role in a film.

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I enjoy being in movies, but my heart will always lie with the theatre.

Steven Berkoff

Technology is the devil, and the more technology you have, the higher the price you pay.

Steven Berkoff

During the Second World War, we lived in a flat on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. At one point during the blitz, the air-raid sirens went off every night for 30 nights, and each time, my parents would grab my sister and me and take us to the shelter beneath Whitechapel underground station.

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I have a daughter from a relationship I had in my late teens or early 20s. Because I felt it wasn't the kind of pukka behaviour my family or relatives would admit to, I denied it for many years.

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