Josip Peruzović
Acting
1947-10-14 · Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Josip Hrvoje Peruzović better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler who was best known for his performances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although the Volkoff character was often portrayed as a villainous Russian, Peruzović originated from Yugoslavia. In the 1970s, he was Bepo of the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. In the 1980s, he was known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and later with Boris Zhukov as The Bolsheviks. In 1990, he turned face and embraced America, briefly feuding with Zhukov and newly-turned Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Slaughter. In 1994, after a hiatus, he returned as a destitute and desperate character, exploited by Ted DiBiase as the first member of his Million Dollar Corporation.
movieDaisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff) · 2021 · 3.0
movie350 Days
as Self · 2019 · 5.1
movieWrestleMassacre
as Randy's Father · 2018 · 3.3
movieCool As Hell 2
as Nikolai · 2017 · 2.5
movieSweet Daddy Siki
as · 2017 · 6.0
movieThe Sheik
as Self · 2014 · 7.4
movieWWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2014 · 10.0
movieWWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2009 · 10.0
movieWWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2009 · 7.1
movieGiants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2008 · 0.0
movieMid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2007 · 0.0
movieTerror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Count Zarkoff · 2007 · 0.0
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2006 · 0.0
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
as Nikoli Volkoff · 2006 · 0.0
movieLegends Never Die
as · 2006 · 0.0
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2006 · 0.0
movieWorld Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2005 · 0.0
tvWWE Hall of Fame
as Self · 2005 · 7.3
movieWWE Hall of Fame 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2005 · 8.5
movieWrestling Then and Now
as Himself · 2002 · 4.0
movieWWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Nikolai Volkoff · 2001 · 8.8
movieHeroes of Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff · 1999 · 1.0
tvRaw
as Nikolai Volkoff · 1993 · 6.8
movieWWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff · 1992 · 6.9