Steven Berkoff
(1937-), Playwright, actor and directorSitter in 8 portraits
Actor, director and writer. Born in the East End of London, of Russian immigrant descent, and educated at the Raines Foundation Grammar School, Stepney and the Grocers' Company School, Hackney. Berkoff has written a number of plays, principally East (1977), West (1985), Sink the Belgrano (1986) which he directed at the Mermaid Theatre, and Kvetch (1987). Among his adaptations was Kafka's The Trial (1991), for the National Theatre. Berkoff has appeared in numerous films, including Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), and The Krays (1990).
by Yolanda Sonnabend
oil on canvas, 1983
NPG 6560
by Antonio Petronzio
chromogenic print, 9 September 2003
NPG x126715
by Alistair Morrison, and by Andy Teare, and by Dean Mitchell
digital chromogenic print, 2011
NPG x136665
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