Image of Elya Baskin

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.    


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Aug 11, 1950 In Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.
Movie/TV Credits:
72
First Appeared:
In the movie Telegram 1972-05-15
Latest Project:
Movie Reagan 2024-08-29
Known For
Poster of Heroes
Poster of Cold Case
Poster of Alias
Poster of The West Wing
Filmography
Movie Reagan B.E. Kertchman 2024-08-29
Movie I Love Us Ira Prince 2021-09-17
Movie Spider-Man: Far From Home Mr. Dikovitch 2019-06-28
Movie Supervized Brian 2019-07-16
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
Movie Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Letvinko 2010-12-28
Series Rizzoli & Isles Dr. Vladmir Papov 2010-07-12
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
Series Heroes Ivan Spector 2006-09-25
Movie The Elder Son Uncle Fedya 2006-01-01
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 Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Boris 1997-11-02
Movie Air Force One Andrei Kolchak 1997-07-25
Movie Spy Hard Professor Ukrinsky 1996-05-24
Series Early Edition Unknown 1996-09-28
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
Movie The Pickle Russian Cap Driver 1993-04-30
Series Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown 1993-04-21
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 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 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
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