Josip Peruzović
Acting • Born 1947-10-14 – Died 2018-07-29
Biography
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
81 credits
WrestleMania
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania II
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
Movie • 1989
Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside)
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
Movie • 2021
Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
The Wrestling Classic
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Movie • 2007
Count Zarkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie • 2001
Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
Movie • 2006
Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Movie • 2007
Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie • 2008
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Then and Now
Movie • 2002
Himself
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
Movie • 2005
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE The Main Event IV
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
Movie • 1984
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
Movie • 1984
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
Movie • 1984
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
Movie • 2006
Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
Movie • 2006
Nikoli Volkoff
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Movie • 2009
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Movie • 2014
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Movie • 2009
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Movie • 2005
Nikolai Volkoff
Sweet Daddy Siki
Movie • 2017
The Sheik
Movie • 2014
Self
350 Days
Movie • 2019
Self
Legends Never Die
Movie • 2006
WrestleMassacre
Movie • 2018
Randy's Father
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
Cool As Hell 2
Movie • 2017
Nikolai
WWE WrestleFest
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie • 1999
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
Movie • 1988
Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie • 1980
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie • 1987
Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie • 1992
Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Movie • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Movie • 1989
Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Movie • 1989
Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
Movie • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
Movie • 1990
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Movie • 1987
Nikolai Volkoff
Raw
TV • 1993
Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Nikolai Volkoff
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1975
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Nikolai Volkoff
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
TV • 1985
Nikolai Volkoff
Tuesday Night Titans
TV • 1984
Nikolai Volkoff
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV • 1981
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame
TV • 2005
Self - Inductee (as Nikolai Volkoff)