Josip Peruzović
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDaisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
2021
Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
movieWrestleMassacre
2018
Randy's Father
movieCool As Hell 2
2017
Nikolai
WWE: 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
movieTerror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
Count Zarkoff
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
2006
Nikolai Volkoff
movieGrand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
2006
Nikoli Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006
Nikolai Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
Nikolai Volkoff
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
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
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
1988
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE SummerSlam 1988
1988
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleFest
1988
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE WrestleMania IV
1988
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE Royal Rumble 1988
1988
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '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
1987
Nikolai Volkoff
movieBob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987
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) / Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986
Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE 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
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
movieThe Wrestling Classic
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWrestleMania
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
movieWWE War to Settle the Score
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
tvWWF Prime Time Wrestling
1985
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984
Nikolai Volkoff
WWE 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