Steven Berkoff

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Summary

Steven Berkoff is an English actor, playwright, and director known on screen for villainous roles in Octopussy and Beverly Hills Cop, and in theatre for verse plays including East, Greek, and Decadence. His work often uses heightened language and physical performance to explore working-class life, greed, violence, sex, and power; Sink the Belgrano! attacked the Falklands War. In a 2015 interview, he called feminism “a good movement” that he supports. He has also argued that white actors should be allowed to play Othello, calling efforts to restrict casting “racism in reverse.” No public record of party campaigning, DEI roles, or LGBTQ advocacy is on record.