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