Peeter Volkonski
Born September 12, 1954 (Age: 71)
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Tallinn, Harju District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
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.
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.
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Filmography
Viimane vürst
2018
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as Self
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Age: 64
That's IT!
2011
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as Vana paadimees/jutustaja
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Age: 57
Rat Trap
2011
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as Fence Builder
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Age: 56
Closing Session
2007
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as (voice)
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Age: 52
The Crow and Mice
1998
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as Jutustaja (voice)
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Age: 43
Dear Mister Moon
1998
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as Bottle Man
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Age: 43
All My Lenins
1997
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as Grigory Zinoviev
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Age: 43
Surmatants
1991
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as Michel Sittow
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Age: 37
A Victim of Science
1982
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as
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Age: 27