- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
- Died
- July 29, 2018
Josip Peruzović
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 DiBi…
Filmography
movieDaisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021 · Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
movie350 Days
2019 · Self
movieWrestleMassacre
2018 · Randy's Father
movieCool As Hell 2
2017 · Nikolai
movieSweet Daddy Siki
2017
movieThe Sheik
2014 · Self
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
movieWWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieGiants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieMid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieTerror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Count Zarkoff
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006 · Nikoli Volkoff
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006 · Nikolai Volkoff
Legends Never Die
movieLegends Never Die
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006 · Nikolai Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
movieWorld Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWE Hall of Fame
2005 · Self
movieWWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Then and Now
movieWrestling Then and Now
2002 · Himself
movieWWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieHeroes of Wrestling
1999 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvRaw
1993 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE The Main Event IV
movieWWE The Main Event IV
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Survivor Series 1990
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestling Tough Guys
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE SummerSlam 1990
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
movieWWE SummerSlam Fever
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieDemolition: Witness the Power
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Brains Behind the Brawn
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieHulk Hogan: Real American
1989 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Survivor Series 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE SummerSlam 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
movieWWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleFest
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleMania IV
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 · Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleMania III
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
movieWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieBob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe British Bulldogs
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWF Superstars
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieVillains of the Squared Circle
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
movieWrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
movieWWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestleMania II
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieTag Team Champions
1986 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe WWF's Amazing Managers
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Wrestling Classic
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestleMania
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWE Pay Per View
1985
movieWWE War to Settle the Score
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
movieWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvTuesday Night Titans
1984 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvMid-South Wrestling
1981 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvMid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981 · Nikolai Volkoff
movieNWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWF All-Star Wrestling
1975 · Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWE Old School
1973 · Nikolai Volkoff