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Peeter Volkonski
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 Black Hole
as Zahir Zahir
The Temptation of St. Tony
as Fence Builder
Dear Mister Moon
as Bottle Man
Secret Society of Souptown
as Librarian
Self Made Cameraman
as Doctor
186 Kilometers
as Director Volk
All My Lenins
as Grigory Zinoviev
The Power of Fear
as Doctor
Free Range
as Fred's Father
Living Images
as Dr Karpinski
