Peeter Volkonski
Actor
- Born
- September 12, 1954 (age 72) · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
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.
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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.
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Known for
Acting31
- 2027Serafima
- 2025The Black Hole as Zahir Zahir
- 2022Uibu Farm as Grandpa Kristof
- 2019An Exchange as The Shaman
- 2019Self Made Cameraman as Doctor
- 2018The Riddle of Jaan Niemand as Hinrik
- 2018Viimane vürst as Self
- 2017Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow as Priest (Manslayer)
- 2015Secret Society of Souptown as Librarian
- 2013Free Range as Fred's Father
