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