Acting
Josip Peruzović
EN cinema · 70 credits
Born
14 October 1947
Died
29 July 2018 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Also known as Nikolai Volkoff · Boris Breznikoff · Bepo Mongol
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.
Known for
Filmography
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
350 Days
as Self
WrestleMassacre
as Randy's Father
Cool As Hell 2
as Nikolai
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Sheik
as Self
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Nikolai Volkoff
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Nikolai Volkoff
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Count Zarkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
2006
Grand Masters of Wrestling: First Blood Vol. 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 2
as Nikolai Volkoff
Grand Masters of Wrestling: Volume 1
as Nikoli Volkoff
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
2005
World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Nikolai Volkoff
Heroes of Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990
WWE SummerSlam Fever
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWF The Main Event IV
1990
WWF The Main Event IV
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling Tough Guys
as Nikolai Volkoff
Demolition: Witness the Power
as Nikolai Volkoff
Hulk Hogan: Real American
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Brains Behind the Brawn
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
1988
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
1988
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania IV
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleFest
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE SummerSlam 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE WrestleMania III
as Nikolai Volkoff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Volkoff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania II
as Nikolai Volkoff
The British Bulldogs
as Nikolai Volkoff
Villains of the Squared Circle
as Nikolai Volkoff (Ringside), as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Best of the WWF: volume 9
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
as Nikolai Volkoff
Tag Team Champions
as Nikolai Volkoff
WrestleMania
as Nikolai Volkoff
The Wrestling Classic
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE War to Settle the Score
as Nikolai Volkoff
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85
as Nikolai Volkoff
The WWF's Amazing Managers
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
as Nikolai Volkoff
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
as Nikolai Volkoff