Peeter Volkonski

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.

Known For

The Temptation of St. Tony

The Black Hole

Secret Society of Souptown

Rat Trap

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

Free Range

All My Lenins

Taarka

All Movies (31)

• Serafima2027
• The Black Hole2025 · as Zahir Zahir
• Uibu Farm2022 · as Grandpa Kristof
• An Exchange2019 · as The Shaman
• Self Made Cameraman2019 · as Doctor
• The Riddle of Jaan Niemand2018 · as Hinrik
• Viimane vürst2018 · as Self
• Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow2017 · as Priest (Manslayer)
• Secret Society of Souptown2015 · as Librarian
• Free Range2013 · as Fred's Father
• Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story2013 · as Lisa's Father (voice)
• Living Images2013 · as Dr Karpinski
• That's IT!2011 · as Vana paadimees/jutustaja
• Rat Trap2011 · as Fence Builder
• Messenger Knocks Three Times2010 · as Messenger's Friend, Vürst
• The Temptation of St. Tony2009 · as Fence Builder
• Taarka2008 · as Priest Raag
• Red Pearls of Love2008
• Closing Session2007 · as (voice)
• 186 Kilometers2007 · as Director Volk
• The Power of Fear2006 · as Doctor
• Paljajalu mustal mullal ehk orjus Eestis2003
• Happy Landing1999 · as Rainer
• The Crow and Mice1998 · as Jutustaja (voice)
• Dear Mister Moon1998 · as Bottle Man
• All My Lenins1997 · as Grigory Zinoviev
• Surmatants1991 · as Michel Sittow
• The Song of the Summer1982
• A Victim of Science1982
• Indrek1976 · as Solotarski
• Colourful Dreams1975 · as Rainbow (uncredited)

All TV Shows (1)

• Jürgensonid2001