Steven Berkoff

photo of Steven Berkoff Inspirational & passionate actor with a voice to match. Strong, dramatic read with great presence and authority. Ranges from smooth & seductive to gritty and down to earth. Highly versatile and a talented impressionist and mimic. Look out for Steven in "44 Inch Chest", new all star British gangster film with Ray Winstone and John Hurt.

Recent v/o's include: 3G, Lucozade and Lexus along with numerous radio ads and documentary narrations. Steven recently narrated 'The Penguins of Antarctica' for BBC's Natural World as well as 'Alive: Back to the Andes' on Five and 'Taboo' for Sky Travel.

Steven Berkoff was born in Stepney, London. After studying drama and mime in London and Paris, he entered a series of repertory companies and in 1968 formed the London Theatre Group. His plays and adaptations have been performed in many countries and in many languages. Among the many adaptations Berkoff has created for the stage, directed and toured, are Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. He has directed and toured productions of Shakespeare's Coriolanus also playing the title role, Richard II, Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as Oscar Wilde's Salome.

Experience

 Credits:

Original stage plays include East, West, Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia, Decadence, Harry's Christmas, Massage, Acapulco and Brighton Beach Scumbags. He has performed his trilogy of solo shows, One Man, Shakespeare's Villains and Requiem for Ground Zero, in venues all over the world.


Films Steven has acted in include A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners and The Krays. He directed and co- starred with Joan Collins in the film version of his play Decadence.


He has published a variety of books on the theatre such as the production journals I am Hamlet, Meditations on Metamorphosis and Coriolanus in Deutschland. Berkoff's work has led him to traverse the globe, and his love for travel is apparent in his book Shopping in the Santa Monica Mall: The Journals of a Strolling Player.
 Experience:

Voiceover, Film, Documentaries, Animation, Commercial

Profile

 Type:

Actor , Voiceover

Appearance

 Age:

55-60 , 60 plus , Versatile

Voice

 Accent:

Cockney , Home Counties , London , RP

 Impressions:

Film Stars

 Native Voice:

British

 Style:

articulate , authoratitive , baritone , blokish , characterful , classy , confident , deep , delicious , distinctive , distinguished , down to earth , engaging , god-like , gritty , gutsy , hard , musky , resonant , scary , sharp , sinister , smouldering , strength , wry

Skills

 Performance:

Voice over

Video

 Steven Berkoff Rugby Ad :

Steven Berkoff Rugby Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCVvoT5YBU




Audio

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