Elya Baskin
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (53)
- Guys' Night in The Thing2025 · as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- Reagan2024 · as B.E. Kertchman
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose2022 · as Self
- I Love Us2021 · as Ira Prince
- Legacy2020 · as Boranovic
- Supervized2019 · as Brian
- Hit Me2019 · as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- Chicanery2017 · as Boris Namarov
- The Hive2015 · as Yuri Yegorov
- Silent Screams2015 · as Andrei
- Jimmy P.2013 · as Dr. Jokl
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011 · as Cosmonaut Dimitri
- Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright2010 · as Letvinko
- God's Smile2009
- Angels & Demons2009 · as Cardinal Petrov
- Say It in Russian2007
- Spider-Man 32007 · as Mr. Ditkovitch
- The Dukes2007 · as Murph Sinitsky
- Color of the Cross2006
- The Elder Son2006 · as Uncle Fedya
- Wheelmen2005 · as Vladimir
- Spider-Man 22004 · as Mr. Ditkovitch
- Thirteen Days2000 · as Anotoly Dobrinyn
- Runaway Virus2000 · as Father Vadim
- Running Red1999 · as Strelkin
- October Sky1999 · as Ike Bykovsky
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest1997 · as Boris
- Air Force One1997 · as Andrei Kolchak
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1997 · as General Borschevsky
- Forest Warrior1996 · as Buster
- Spy Hard1996 · as Professor Ukrinsky
- Love Affair1994 · as Ship Captain
- The Pickle1993 · as Russian Cap Driver
- Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger1993 · as Misha
- Enemies, a Love Story1989 · as Yaska Kobik
- Big Man on Campus1989 · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- DeepStar Six1989 · as Burciaga
- Zits1988 · as Timoshenko
- Vice Versa1988 · as Kerschner
- Combat Academy1986 · as Interpreter
- Streets of Gold1986 · as Klebanov
- The Name of the Rose1986 · as Severinus
- My Town1986 · as Slovack
- Embassy1985 · as Aelx Serov
- 20101984 · as Maxim Brailovsky
- Moscow on the Hudson1984 · as Anatoly Cherkasov
- American Pop1981 · as Tuba Player (voice)
- Raise the Titanic1980 · as Marganin
- Being There1979 · as Karpatov
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days1979 · as Book-keeper
- The World's Greatest Lover1977 · as Actor with Bad Breath
- The Long Recess1972 · as red-haired student
- Telegram1972 · as Teacher (uncredited)
All TV Shows (40)
- The Rookie: Feds2022 · as Consul General Viktar Saroka
- MacGyver2016 · as Alexander Orlov
- Chicago Med2015 · as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
- Madam Secretary2014 · as Ditro Pirosmani
- Madam Secretary2014 · as Dito Pirosmani
- Homeland2011 · as Viktor
- Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Dr. Vladmir Papov
- Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
- Castle2009 · as Sergei Vetotchkin
- Heroes2006 · as Ivan Spector
- Criminal Minds2005 · as Arseny Lysowsky
- The Closer2005 · as Priest
- Cold Case2003 · as Dr. Goran Petrovic
- Alias2001 · as Josef Vlachko
- The Agency2001 · as Borovinsky
- The Invisible Man2000 · as Dimitri Yevchenko
- The West Wing1999 · as Mr. Zubatov
- Becker1998 · as Alexei
- Felicity1998 · as Bela
- Alright Already1997
- Early Edition1996 · as Vadim
- Something So Right1996 · as Yuri
- VR.51995 · as Dr. Zoloft
- Ellen1994 · as Sergei
- Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Misha
- Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
- Mad About You1992 · as Vladimir
- The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Nicolae
- Sisters1991
- Northern Exposure1990 · as Nikolai Apalanov
- True Blue1989 · as Yuri
- Quantum Leap1989 · as Major Yuri Kosenko
- Coach1989 · as Police Officer
- Roseanne1988
- CBS Summer Playhouse1987 · as Serge
- MacGyver1985 · as Yuri Demetri
- The Comedy Factory1985 · as Sasha Zhukov
- Masquerade1983 · as Nuclear Facility Clerk
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Dr. Peltrovich
- The San Pedro Beach Bums1977