Elya Baskin
Baskin was born in Riga, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin. He attended Moscow's prestigious Theatre and Variety Arts College and won a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre. Baskin immigrated to the United States in 1976. He has built a considerable career in TV and movies, and is often cast as a Russian, due to his ancestry and accent. He has ultimately become one of the most popular choices whenever a Russian is needed in a TV-episode or a major movie production. He is also a regular on the long-running Internet program "Outlaw Radio" hosted by Matt Alan, where he makes amusing commentary on contemporary topics, and does comedic interaction with fellow actor Richard Tyson and author Burl Barer, among many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elya Baskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Reagan | B.E. Kertchman | 2024-08-29 |
| Movie | I Love Us | Ira Prince | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Supervized | Brian | 2019-07-16 |
| Movie | Chicanery | Boris Namarov | 2017-04-29 |
| Series | MacGyver | Alexander Orlov | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | Silent Screams | Andrei | 2015-04-03 |
| Movie | The Hive | Yuri Yegorov | 2015-09-14 |
| Movie | Jimmy P. | Dr. Jokl | 2013-09-11 |
| Movie | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Cosmonaut Dimitri | 2011-06-28 |
| Series | Rizzoli & Isles | Dr. Vladmir Papov | 2010-07-12 |
| Movie | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Letvinko | 2010-12-28 |
| Movie | Angels & Demons | Cardinal Petrov | 2009-04-23 |
| Movie | God's Smile | 2009-12-03 | |
| Movie | The Dukes | Murph Sinitsky | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 3 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Heroes | Ivan Spector | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | Color of the Cross | 2006-11-09 | |
| Movie | Wheelmen | Vladimir | 2005-06-03 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | The Closer | Unknown | 2005-06-13 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004-06-25 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Series | The Agency | Unknown | 2001-09-27 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Runaway Virus | Father Vadim | 2000-01-29 |
| Series | The Invisible Man | Unknown | 2000-06-09 |
| Movie | Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000-12-25 |
| Movie | October Sky | Ike Bykovsky | 1999-02-19 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Running Red | Strelkin | 1999-03-30 |
| Series | Felicity | Unknown | 1998-09-29 |
| Series | Becker | Unknown | 1998-11-02 |
| Movie | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | General Borschevsky | 1997-05-02 |
| Movie | Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak | 1997-07-25 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Boris | 1997-11-02 |
| Series | Alright Already | Unknown | 1997-09-07 |
| Movie | Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky | 1996-05-24 |
| Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
| Series | Something So Right | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Series | VR.5 | Unknown | 1995-03-10 |
| Series | Ellen | Unknown | 1994-03-29 |
| Movie | Love Affair | Ship Captain | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger | Misha | 1993-04-21 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | The Pickle | Russian Cap Driver | 1993-04-30 |
| Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Unknown | 1992-08-15 |
| Series | Sisters | Unknown | 1991-05-11 |
| Series | Northern Exposure | Unknown | 1990-07-12 |
| Series | Coach | Unknown | 1989-02-28 |
| Movie | DeepStar Six | Burciaga | 1989-01-13 |
| Series | Quantum Leap | Unknown | 1989-03-26 |
| Series | True Blue | Yuri | 1989-12-03 |
| Movie | Big Man on Campus | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1989-12-12 |
| Movie | Enemies, a Love Story | Yaska Kobik | 1989-12-13 |
| Movie | Zits | Timoshenko | 1988-07-07 |
| Movie | Vice Versa | Kerschner | 1988-02-25 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Movie | My Town | Slovack | 1986-05-25 |
| Movie | Streets of Gold | Klebanov | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Name of the Rose | Severinus | 1986-09-24 |
| Movie | Combat Academy | Interpreter | 1986-11-23 |
| Movie | Embassy | Aelx Serov | 1985-04-21 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Moscow on the Hudson | Anatoly Cherkasov | 1984-04-06 |
| Movie | 2010 | Maxim Brailovsky | 1984-12-06 |
| Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
| Movie | American Pop | Tuba Player (voice) | 1981-02-13 |
| Movie | Raise the Titanic | Marganin | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Book-keeper | 1979-06-15 |
| Movie | Being There | Karpatov | 1979-12-19 |
| Series | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Unknown | 1977-09-19 |
| Movie | The World's Greatest Lover | Actor with Bad Breath | 1977-12-18 |
| Movie | Telegram | 1972-05-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Recess | red-haired student | 1972-06-06 |