Biography
Prince Peeter Volkonski (born September 12, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.
He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978.
In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election. He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament.
Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince Mikhail Volkonsky and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty.
His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother is the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who is a noted poet and author of children's literature.
Filmography
all 29
Movies 27
TV Shows 2
Writer 1
Director 1
Uibu Farm (2022)
An Exchange (2019)
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow (2017)
Free Range (2013)
Living Images (2013)
Rat Trap (2011)
The Coachman Knocks Three Times (2010)
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
Taarka (2008)
186 Kilometers (2007)
Dear Mister Moon (1998)
All My Lenins (1997)
Knot (1983)
A Victim of Science (1982)
1+1+1 (1982)
Indrek (1976)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1954-09-12 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceTallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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FatherAndrei Volkonsky
MotherHelvi Jürisson
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Estonia
Also Known AsPrince Peeter Volkonski, Пеэтер Волконски
AwardsOrder of the White Star, 5th Class, Big Dipper prize
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