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.
Filmography
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021 · Movie
350 Days
2019 · Movie
WrestleMassacre
2018 · Movie
Cool As Hell 2
2017 · Movie
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017 · Movie
The Sheik
2014 · Movie
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014 · Movie
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009 · Movie
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009 · Movie
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008 · Movie
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007 · Movie
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Movie
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006 · Movie
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006 · Movie
Legends Never Die
2006 · Movie
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006 · Movie
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005 · Movie
WWE Hall of Fame
2005 · Series
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005 · Movie
Wrestling Then and Now
2002 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001 · Movie
Heroes of Wrestling
1999 · Movie
Raw
1993 · Series
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992 · Movie
WWF The Main Event IV
1990 · Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990 · Movie
Wrestling Tough Guys
1990 · Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990 · Movie
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Movie
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990 · Movie
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989 · Movie
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989 · Movie
Hulk Hogan: Real American
1989 · Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988 · Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988 · Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988 · Movie
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988 · Movie
WWE WrestleFest
1988 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 · Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988 · Movie
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 · Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987 · Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania III
1987 · Movie
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987 · Movie
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987 · Movie
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987 · Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986 · Movie
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986 · Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986 · Movie
The British Bulldogs
1986 · Movie
WWF Superstars
1986 · Series
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Series
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986 · Movie
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986 · Movie
Villains of the Squared Circle
1986 · Movie
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986 · Movie
WrestleMania II
1986 · Movie
Tag Team Champions
1986 · Movie
The WWF's Amazing Managers
1985 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985 · Movie
The Wrestling Classic
1985 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985 · Movie
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · Series
WrestleMania
1985 · Movie
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985 · Movie
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985 · Series
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
1985 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984 · Movie
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984 · Movie
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984 · Movie
Tuesday Night Titans
1984 · Series
Mid-South Wrestling
1981 · Series
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981 · Series
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
1980 · Movie
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1975 · Series
WWE Old School
1973 · Series