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
all 50
Movies 48
self 2
TV Shows 2
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse (2021)
350 Days (2019)
WrestleMassacre (2018)
Cool As Hell 2 (2017)
Sweet Daddy Siki (2017)
The Sheik (2014)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams (2009)
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008)
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 (2007)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1 (2006)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2 (2006)
Legends Never Die (2006)
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1 (2006)
WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005)
Wrestling Then and Now (2002)
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)
Heroes of Wrestling (1999)
WWE Raw (1993)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)
WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)
WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990)
WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)
WWF SuperTape (1990)
WWE Demolition (1989)
WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988)
The Best of the WWF: volume 17 (1988)
WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988)
WWE WrestleFest (1988)
WWE WrestleMania IV (1988)
WWE Royal Rumble (1988)
WWE Survivor Series 1987 (1987)
WWE WrestleMania III (1987)
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches (1987)
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)
The Best of the WWF: volume 9 (1986)
The British Bulldogs (1986)
WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)
The Best of the WWF: volume 7 (1986)
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)
WWE Villains of The Squared Circle (1986)
WrestleMania II (1986)
Tag Team Champions (1986)
The Wrestling Classic (1985)
WrestleMania (1985)
WWE War to Settle the Score (1985)
WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest (1985)
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa (1980)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-10-14
Deathday2018-07-29 (70 years old)
Birth NameJosip Hrvoje Peruzović
Birth PlaceSplit, Croatia
Height193-centimeter
CitizenshipsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, United States of America
Also Known AsNikolai Volkoff, Boris Breznikoff, Bepo Mongol
AwardsWWE Hall of Fame
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