Acting credits
58
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Josip Peruzović
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.4
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Movies: 48Series: 10
TMDB ID: 1196694
IMDb ID: nm0675769
Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1947
Died: July 29, 2018
Age: 70
Place of birth: Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2021
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 7.5
Wikidata: Q708073
Also known as
Nikolai Volkoff • Boris Breznikoff • Bepo Mongol
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Josip Peruzović.
2.5
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
2021 Movie
5.1
350 Days
as Self
2019 Movie
2.0
WrestleMassacre
as Randy's Father
2018 Movie
2.5
Cool As Hell 2
as Nikolai
2017 Movie
6.0
Sweet Daddy Siki
2017 Movie
7.4
The Sheik
as Self
2014 Movie
10.0
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff
2009 Movie
7.1
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Nikolai Volkoff
2009 Movie
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Nikolai Volkoff
2008 Movie
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
2007 Movie
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Count Zarkoff
2007 Movie
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
as Nikolai Volkoff
2006 Movie
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
as Nikoli Volkoff
2006 Movie
7.0
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
2005 Movie
8.8
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Nikolai Volkoff
2001 Movie
1.0
Heroes of Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff
1999 Movie
6.8
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
1992 Movie
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990 Movie
Wrestling Tough Guys
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990 Movie
6.6
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990 Movie
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990 Movie
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990 Movie
Demolition: Witness the Power
as Nikolai Volkoff
1989 Movie
The Brains Behind the Brawn
as Nikolai Volkoff
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Josip Peruzović.
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
as Self - Inductee (as Nikolai Volkoff) • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.8
Raw
as Nikolai Volkoff • 12 eps
1993 Series
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Nikolai Volkoff • 47 eps
1986 Series
8.4
Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff • 12 eps
1985 Series
8.8
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff • 1 eps
1985 Series
10.0
Tuesday Night Titans
as Nikolai Volkoff • 16 eps
1984 Series
Mid-South Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff • 31 eps
1981 Series
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff • 2 eps
1981 Series
WWF All-Star Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff • 5 eps
1975 Series
WWE Old School
as Nikolai Volkoff • 17 eps
1973 Series