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Elya Baskin

Elya Baskin

Acting August 11, 1950 (76 years old) Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

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 55

Spider-Man 3 6.5

Spider-Man 3

as Mr. Ditkovitch

2007
Angels & Demons 6.7

Angels & Demons

as Cardinal Petrov

2009
Spider-Man 2 7.3

Spider-Man 2

as Mr. Ditkovitch

2004
Air Force One 6.5

Air Force One

as Andrei Kolchak

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 6.6

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

as General Borschevsky

1997
The Name of the Rose 7.5

The Name of the Rose

as Severinus

1986
2010 6.7

2010

as Maxim Brailovsky

1984
October Sky 7.7

October Sky

as Ike Bykovsky

1999
Thirteen Days 7.0

Thirteen Days

as Anotoly Dobrinyn

2000
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 6.2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Cosmonaut Dimitri

2011
Spy Hard 5.4

Spy Hard

as Professor Ukrinsky

1996
Being There 7.6

Being There

as Karpatov

1979
Reagan 6.3

Reagan

as B.E. Kertchman

2024
DeepStar Six 5.5

DeepStar Six

as Burciaga

1989
Moscow on the Hudson 6.3

Moscow on the Hudson

as Anatoly Cherkasov

1984
Raise the Titanic 5.4

Raise the Titanic

as Marganin

1980
Vice Versa 5.8

Vice Versa

as Kerschner

1988
The World's Greatest Lover 5.6

The World's Greatest Lover

as Actor with Bad Breath

1977
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest 7.0

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

as Boris

1997
Love Affair 5.5

Love Affair

as Ship Captain

1994
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 5.0

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

as Book-keeper

1979
Enemies, a Love Story 6.2

Enemies, a Love Story

as Yaska Kobik

1989
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright 4.9

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

as Letvinko

2010
Big Man on Campus 5.9

Big Man on Campus

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1989
Running Red 5.5

Running Red

as Strelkin

1999
The Hive 5.3

The Hive

as Yuri Yegorov

2015
American Pop 6.9

American Pop

as Tuba Player (voice)

1981
Legacy 6.1

Legacy

as Boranovic

2020
Forest Warrior 4.7

Forest Warrior

as Buster

1996
Jimmy P. 6.1

Jimmy P.

as Dr. Jokl

2013
The Pickle 5.0

The Pickle

as Russian Cap Driver

1993
Combat Academy 5.3

Combat Academy

as Interpreter

1986
Say It in Russian 4.0

Say It in Russian

2007
The Dukes 5.1

The Dukes

as Murph Sinitsky

2007
Supervized 5.2

Supervized

as Brian

2019
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose 2.0

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

as Self

2022
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger 5.7

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

as Misha

1993
Streets of Gold 5.4

Streets of Gold

as Klebanov

1986
The Elder Son 5.9

The Elder Son

as Uncle Fedya

2006
Chicanery 6.0

Chicanery

as Boris Namarov

2017
I Love Us 3.8

I Love Us

as Ira Prince

2021
Guys' Night in The Thing

Guys' Night in The Thing

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

2025
My Town 7.0

My Town

as Slovack

1986
God's Smile 5.2

God's Smile

2009
The Long Recess 7.3

The Long Recess

as red-haired student

1972
Embassy 4.0

Embassy

as Aelx Serov

1985
Runaway Virus 5.5

Runaway Virus

as Father Vadim

2000
Color of the Cross 3.0

Color of the Cross

2006
Zits 4.9

Zits

as Timoshenko

1988
Telegram 5.3

Telegram

as Teacher (uncredited)

1972
Wheelmen 7.0

Wheelmen

as Vladimir

2005
Silent Screams 4.7

Silent Screams

as Andrei

2015
Hit Me

Hit Me

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

2019
Dance With Me 10.0

Dance With Me

as Sasha

2026
Jangan Benci Cintaku

Jangan Benci Cintaku

2018

TV Shows 40

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