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.
Acting
TV
Raw
as Nikolai Volkoff
1993
Movie
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Nikolai Volkoff
2001
Movie
WrestleMania
as Nikolai Volkoff
1985
TV
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
as Nikolai Volkoff
1985
Movie
WWE WrestleMania III
as Nikolai Volkoff
1987
Movie
WrestleMania II
as Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Movie
The Sheik
as Self
2014
Movie
WWE WrestleMania IV
as Nikolai Volkoff
1988
Movie
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
1988
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Nikolai Volkoff
1992
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Volkoff
1987
Movie
The Wrestling Classic
as Nikolai Volkoff
1985
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
1988
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Nikolai Volkoff
1990
Movie
350 Days
as Self
2019
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1988
as Nikolai Volkoff
1988
TV
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
as Nikolai Volkoff
1985
TV
WWF Superstars
as Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Movie
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Nikolai Volkoff
2009
TV
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Nikolai Volkoff
1986
Movie
Daisy Derkins and the Dinosaur Apocalypse
as Self (as Nikolai Volkoff)
2021
Movie
WrestleMassacre
as Randy's Father
2018