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Elya Baskin

Elya Baskin

Actor · Born 1950-08-11 · Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Spider-Man 2 (2004) — Mr. Ditkovitch
  2. Spider-Man 3 (2007) — Mr. Ditkovitch
  3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) — Cosmonaut Dimitri
  4. Angels & Demons (2009) — Cardinal Petrov
  5. Criminal Minds (2005) — Arseny Lysowsky
  6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) — General Borschevsky
  7. Air Force One (1997) — Andrei Kolchak
  8. The Name of the Rose (1986) — Severinus
  9. Homeland (2011) — Viktor
  10. Heroes (2006) — Ivan Spector
  11. Castle (2009) — Sergei Vetotchkin
  12. October Sky (1999) — Ike Bykovsky
  13. Chicago Med (2015) — Dr. Mischa Lenkov
  14. Being There (1979) — Karpatov
  15. 2010 (1984) — Maxim Brailovsky
  16. MacGyver (2016) — Alexander Orlov
  17. MacGyver (1985) — Yuri Demetri
  18. Thirteen Days (2000) — Anotoly Dobrinyn
  19. Spy Hard (1996) — Professor Ukrinsky
  20. Quantum Leap (1989) — Major Yuri Kosenko
  21. Alias (2001) — Josef Vlachko
  22. The West Wing (1999) — Mr. Zubatov
  23. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) — Misha
  24. Rizzoli & Isles (2010) — Dr. Vladmir Papov
  25. Cold Case (2003) — Dr. Goran Petrovic
  26. Roseanne (1988)
  27. DeepStar Six (1989) — Burciaga
  28. The Closer (2005) — Priest
  29. Madam Secretary (2014) — Ditro Pirosmani
  30. Mad About You (1992) — Vladimir
  31. Moscow on the Hudson (1984) — Anatoly Cherkasov
  32. Vice Versa (1988) — Kerschner
  33. Northern Exposure (1990) — Nikolai Apalanov
  34. Early Edition (1996) — Vadim
  35. Becker (1998) — Alexei
  36. Jimmy P. (2013) — Dr. Jokl
  37. American Pop (1981) — Tuba Player (voice)
  38. Reagan (2024) — B.E. Kertchman
  39. Raise the Titanic (1980) — Marganin
  40. The Rookie: Feds (2022) — Consul General Viktar Saroka