Peeter Volkonski
Born: 1954-09-12 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
Known For: Acting
Biography
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. 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.
Filmography
2027
2025
- The Black Hole as Zahir Zahir
2024
- How the King Wished to Go to the Moon ... (Music)
2022
- Uibu Farm as Grandpa Kristof
2019
- An Exchange as The Shaman
- Self Made Cameraman as Doctor
2018
- Viimane vürst as Self
- The Riddle of Jaan Niemand as Hinrik
2017
- Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow as Priest (Manslayer)
2015
- Secret Society of Souptown as Librarian
2013
- Free Range as Fred's Father
- Living Images as Dr Karpinski
- Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story as Lisa's Father (voice)
2011
- That's IT! as Vana paadimees/jutustaja
- Rat Trap as Fence Builder
2010
- The Class: Life After ... (Songs)
- Messenger Knocks Three Times as Messenger's Friend, Vürst
2009
- The Temptation of St. Tony as Fence Builder
2008
- Red Pearls of Love
- Taarka as Priest Raag
2007
- Closing Session as (voice)
- 186 Kilometers as Director Volk
2006
- The Power of Fear as Doctor
2001
1999
- Happy Landing as Rainer
1998
- The Crow and Mice as Jutustaja (voice)
- Dear Mister Moon as Bottle Man
1997
- All My Lenins as Grigory Zinoviev
1991
- Surmatants as Michel Sittow
1982
- A Victim of Science
- The Song of the Summer
- 1+1+1 ... (Music)
1978
- The Boy and the Butterfly ... (Music)
1976
- Indrek as Solotarski
1975
- Colourful Dreams as Rainbow (uncredited)