Ilya 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 | 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 |
| Series | Chicago Med | Dr. Mischa Lenkov | 2015-11-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Castle | Sergei Vetotchkin | 2009-03-09 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| 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 |
| Series | Heroes | Ivan Spector | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Wheelmen | Vladimir | 2005-06-03 |
| Series | The Closer | Priest | 2005-06-13 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Arseny Lysowsky | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004-06-25 |
| Series | The Agency | Unknown | 2001-09-27 |
| Series | Alias | Josef Vlachko | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000-12-25 |
| Movie | Runaway Virus | Father Vadim | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Running Red | Strelkin | 1999-03-30 |
| Series | The West Wing | Mr. Zubatov | 1999-09-22 |
| Series | Felicity | Bela | 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 | Corp. Yuri Petrovsky | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | The Pickle | Russian Cap Driver | 1993-04-30 |
| Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Unknown | 1992-08-15 |
| Series | Mad About You | Vladimir | 1992-09-23 |
| Series | Sisters | Unknown | 1991-05-11 |
| Movie | DeepStar Six | Burciaga | 1989-01-13 |
| Series | Quantum Leap | Major Yuri Kosenko | 1989-03-26 |
| 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 |
| Series | CBS Summer Playhouse | Serge | 1987-06-12 |
| Movie | Streets of Gold | Klebanov | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | My Town | Slovack | 1986-05-25 |
| Movie | Combat Academy | Interpreter | 1986-11-23 |
| Movie | The Name of the Rose | Severinus | 1986-09-24 |
| Movie | Embassy | Aelx Serov | 1985-04-21 |
| Series | MacGyver | Yuri Demetri | 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 | Teacher (uncredited) | 1972-05-15 |
| Movie | The Long Recess | red-haired student | 1972-06-06 |