Peeter Volkonski
Actor
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
Secret Society of Souptown
as Librarian 2015
The Power of Fear
as Doctor 2006
Free Range
as Fred's Father 2013
Living Images
as Dr Karpinski 2013
186 Kilometers
as Director Volk 2007
All My Lenins
as Grigory Zinoviev 1997
The Black Hole
as Zahir Zahir 2025
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
as Priest (Manslayer) 2017
Colourful Dreams
as Rainbow (uncredited) 1975
Red Pearls of Love
2008
Taarka
as Priest Raag 2008
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Hinrik 2018
Self Made Cameraman
as Doctor 2019
Dear Mister Moon
as Bottle Man 1998
Messenger Knocks Three Times
as Messenger's Friend, Vürst 2010
Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story
as Lisa's Father (voice) 2013