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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | The Closer | Unknown | 2005-06-13 |
| Movie | Wheelmen | Vladimir | 2005-06-03 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004-06-25 |
| Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Runaway Virus | Father Vadim | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000-12-25 |
| Movie | Running Red | Strelkin | 1999-03-30 |
| Series | Felicity | Unknown | 1998-09-29 |
| Movie | Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak | 1997-07-25 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Boris | 1997-11-02 |
| Movie | Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky | 1996-05-24 |
| Movie | Love Affair | Ship Captain | 1994-10-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | DeepStar Six | Burciaga | 1989-01-13 |
| Series | Quantum Leap | Unknown | 1989-03-26 |
| Movie | Enemies, a Love Story | Yaska Kobik | 1989-12-13 |
| Movie | Big Man on Campus | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1989-12-12 |
| Movie | Vice Versa | Kerschner | 1988-02-25 |
| Movie | Zits | Timoshenko | 1988-07-07 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Movie | Streets of Gold | Klebanov | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | My Town | Slovack | 1986-05-25 |
| 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 | 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 | Telegram | 1972-05-15 | |
| Movie | The Long Recess | red-haired student | 1972-06-06 |